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Agency & Permanent Nurses & Doctors, Pay & Hours

Reference: 24-25561

Date response sent: 08/04/2025

Details of enquiry

Please break down figures by hospital and month.   Between 2015 and 2025

  1. What is the average hourly rate for each nurse on agency staff- please break it down by band and agency
  2. What was the average hourly rate for each doctor  on agency staff- please break it down by band and agency
  3. How many nurse shifts were filled by permanent staff? = please specify by month and department (I.e. ward, theatre etc)
  4. How many doctor shifts were filled by permanent staff? = please specify by month and speciality
  5. What is the average hourly rate for each nurse on permanent staff- please break it down by band and speciality
  6. What was the average hourly rate for each doctor  on permanent staff- please break it down by band and speciality

Response sent

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist NHS mental health trust with a focus on training and education, as well as providing a full range of mental health services and therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological services via talking therapies. We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities, and do not have an A&E department.

 

The following data relates to services provided by our Trust, however due to changes in staff and systems we do not hold 10 years data for most of your questions.

 

  1. What is the average hourly rate for each nurse on agency staff- please break it down by band and agency

The Trust confirms that it does not hold 10 years of data, but for the last 2 years:

  • Nurses (CNP) provided by Pertemps Medical Professionals Ltd Nurses band 7 at £45-£50/hour
  1. What was the average hourly rate for each doctor  on agency staff- please break it down by band and agency

The Trust confirms that it does not hold 10 years of data, but for the last 2 years:

  • StR Higher On Call – CAMHS, Provided by Pulse Healthcare Ltd – average rate £64.35 per hour..
  1. How many nurse shifts were filled by permanent staff? = please specify by month and department (I.e. ward, theatre etc)

We cannot answer this question as staff at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust do not work shifts, – our staff work week-time hours during the day.  We do not hold records of how many hours they spent working in patient-facing roles.

  1. How many doctor shifts were filled by permanent staff? = please specify by month and speciality

We cannot answer this question as staff at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust do not work shifts, – our staff work week-time hours during the day.  We do not hold records of how many hours they spent working in patient-facing roles.

  1. What is the average hourly rate for each nurse on permanent staff- please break it down by band and speciality

We do not have an hourly rate for permanent staff, as they are on Agenda for Change (AfC) Contract rates and paid according to skills and experience and job tenure. – These payscales are publicly available on the NHS Employers website for each financial year, so for 2023/24 they are here:  Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers  and for 2022/23 they are here:  Pay scales for 2022/23 [Archived] | NHS Employers

  1. What was the average hourly rate for each doctor  on permanent staff- please break it down by band and speciality

We do not have an hourly rate for doctors as they are on consultants contracts and paid monthly. Again, their pay would be based on skills and experience and job tenure, in accordance with the pay and conditions on the NHS Employers website which may be reached here:   Pay and conditions circulars for medical and dental staff | NHS Employers.

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