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Agency Spend – Drs, Nurses, AHP March to October 2025

Reference: 25-26381

Date response sent: 18/12/2025

Details of enquiry

  1. What is the total Framework Agency spend from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025. Please breakdown between AHP, Doctors and Nursing?
  2. What is the total Off-Framework Agency spend from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025. Please breakdown between AHP, Doctors and Nursing?
  3. What is the total amount of framework agencies currently suppling above NHSI Capped rates (Escalated on framework) for Doctor’s, AHP and nursing? Please specify these agencies.
  4. Are you currently reviewing your PSL for Doctor’s, Nursing and AHP to help reduce agency spend where you currently have agencies charging above cap?
  5. What areas are currently in high demand with the most unfilled vacancies for Doctors, Nursing and AHP?
  6. Do you have a managed service implemented at the trust to assist with your temporary staffing processes?
  7. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.
  8. Do you use a direct engagement platform?
  9. If yes, please advise who this contact is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.
  10. Do you have a master vendor arrangement in place with any temporary staffing suppliers?
  11. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.
  12. Do you have any RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) agreements with any suppliers in relation to the supply of substantive staff?
  13. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, when the contract expires, which framework it was procured under and which departments it is for (if it is department specific).
  14. Does the Trust use external supply agencies to support with insourcing services?
  15. If yes, which agencies are used, what was the spend for these services from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025 and which departments used these services from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025?

Response sent

  1. What is the total Framework Agency spend from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025. Please breakdown between AHP, Doctors and Nursing?

Doctors – £168,416.82

Nurses – £5,305

AHP – Nil – we do not employ agency AHPs

  1. What is the total Off-Framework Agency spend from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025. Please breakdown between AHP, Doctors and Nursing?

Nil

  1. What is the total amount of framework agencies currently suppling above NHSI Capped rates (Escalated on framework) for Doctor’s, AHP and nursing? Please specify these agencies.

Nil

  1. Are you currently reviewing your PSL for Doctor’s, Nursing and AHP to help reduce agency spend where you currently have agencies charging above cap?

Not applicable – see our response to Question 3 above

  1. What areas are currently in high demand with the most unfilled vacancies for Doctors, Nursing and AHP?

We do not hold this data. Agency staff bookings are not centrally managed.

  1. Do you have a managed service implemented at the trust to assist with your temporary staffing processes?

No

  1. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 6 above.

  1. Do you use a direct engagement platform?

No

  1. If yes, please advise who this contact is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 8 above

  1. Do you have a master vendor arrangement in place with any temporary staffing suppliers?

No

  1. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, which framework it was procured under and when the contract expires.

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 10 above

  1. Do you have any RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) agreements with any suppliers in relation to the supply of substantive staff?

No

  1. If yes, please advise who this contract is with, which staffing categories it is for, when the contract expires, which framework it was procured under and which departments it is for (if it is department specific).

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 13 above

  1. Does the Trust use external supply agencies to support with insourcing services?

No

  1. If yes, which agencies are used, what was the spend for these services from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025 and which departments used these services from 1st March 2025 – 31st October 2025?

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 14 above

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