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Agency Staff Management

Reference: 23-24416

Date response sent: 26/01/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. What current Staffing Rosters are in place and operational, there contract end date per service, annual/contract fee’s/costs, plus How many users/licenses per product?
  2. What Direct Engagement Technology VAT efficiency model/provider is in place, and for what staffing group’s i.e. Locums, AHP, NMNC etc.. What’s the cost per annum? As a pence per hour, or percentage model? And expiry date of this contract?, What savings were delivered via DE 22/23 last 12 months?
  3. What is the current spend (£) for Nursing, Locums, AHP, NMNC and Facilities Management separately across Agency utilisation or contractors at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust ?
  4. Who manages your current Staff Bank? And for What Staffing Groups? Also, what annual costs are associated with your staff bank to provide this service?
  5. How many Nurses, Doctors or AHP’s were procured via International Recruitment during 2023? And who are the suppliers, contract term, and expiry

Who are the main providers for Clinical Insourcing/Outsourcing/Mobile Units to help reduce waiting lists across all services, i.e. Theatres/Endoscopy/Dermatology etc.. and What’s the annual spend and

Response sent

  1. What current Staffing Rosters are in place and operational, there contract end date per service, annual/contract fee’s/costs, plus How many users/licenses per product?

Not applicable. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust does not utilise Staffing Roster systems

2. What Direct Engagement Technology VAT efficiency model/provider is in place, and for what staffing group’s i.e. Locums, AHP, NMNC etc.. What’s the cost per annum? As a pence per hour, or percentage model? And expiry date of this contract?, What savings were delivered via DE 22/23 last 12 months?

Not applicable. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust does not utilise Direct Engagement Technology VAT efficiency model/provider systems

3. What is the current spend (£) for Nursing, Locums, AHP, NMNC and Facilities Management separately across Agency utilisation or contractors at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust ?

The Trust does not employ AHP staff, and only employ a small number of around 30 nurses at any given point, so we do not hire many agency nurses

Agency Spend FY 2023/24 YTD
April  to December 2023
Nursing £136,768.00
Locums £197,434.00
AHP £0.00
Facilities Management £198,900.00
NMNC £2,016,172.00
Total Spend £2,549,274.00

4. Who manages your current Staff Bank? And for What Staffing Groups? Also, what annual costs are associated with your staff bank to provide this service?

This is managed in-house, costs are absorbed with our People Department under business as usual costs.

5. How many Nurses, Doctors or AHP’s were procured via International Recruitment during 2023? And who are the suppliers, contract term, and expiry

Not applicable. We do not undertake international recruitment campaigns.

6. Who are the main providers for Clinical Insourcing/Outsourcing/Mobile Units to help reduce waiting lists across all services, i.e. Theatres/Endoscopy/Dermatology etc.. and What’s the annual spend and contract end date.

The Trust does not engage Clinical insourcing for waiting list reductions.

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