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Medical Locums/Agency Doctors Dec 2024 to Mar 2025

Reference: 25-26023

Date response sent: 25/04/2025

Details of enquiry

  1. In the period 1st December 2024 – 1st March 2025 what is your “on” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of hours filled for Medical Locums/Doctors?  Please break down per month.
  2. In the period 1st December 2024 – 1st March 2025 what is your “Off” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of hours filled Medical Locums/Doctors? Please break down per month.

a. Please provide a further breakdown by:  spend per band and spend per agency name.

3. Do you have an in-house temporary staffing team to manage your agency requests OR is this outsourced to a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? –

a. if outsourced, what is the name of the company?

4. If outsourced, what was the start date and expiry date of the contract with this provider?

5. What is your current Bank staff fill rate for Medical Locum/Doctors?

6. What is your current Agency fill rate for Medical Locum/Doctors?

7. How many agencies are currently supplying the Trust with Medical Locums/Doctors and what are their names?

8. Who is head of your procurement or temporary staffing team responsible for approving framework agencies who are wishing to join your preferred supplier list and what are their contact details?

Response sent

  1. In the period 1st December 2024 – 1st March 2025 what is your “on” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of hours filled for Medical Locum/Doctors?  Please break down per month.

The Trust’s agency expenditure for on Framework Medical Locum/Doctors to the end of March 2025 is publicly available on our website, in response to a request from a previous applicant and can be reached via this link:  24-25560 Agency Nurses & Locum Drs: Shifts Worked & Spend 2015-25

  1. In the period 1st December 2024 – 1st March 2025 what is your “Off” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of hours filled for Medical Locum/Doctors? Please break down per month.

Nil

a. Please provide a further breakdown by:  spend per grade and spend per agency name.

Not applicable.  See our response to Q2 above

  1. Do you have an in-house temporary staffing team to manage your agency requests OR is this outsourced to a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? –

No.  Agency staff are locally managed via the hiring teams

a. if outsourced, what is the name of the company?

Not applicable.  See our response to Q2 above

  1. If outsourced, what was the start date and expiry date of the contract with this provider?

Not applicable.  See our response to Q2 above

  1. What is your current Bank staff fill rate for Medical Locum/Doctors?

We do not track this

  1. What is your current Agency fill rate for Medical Locum/Doctors?

We do not track this and do not employ HCA staff

  1. How many agencies are currently supplying the Trust with Medical Locum/Doctors and what are their names?

One agency:  Pulse Healthcare Ltd

  1. Who is head of your procurement or temporary staffing team responsible for approving framework agencies who are wishing to join your preferred supplier list and what are their contact details?

The Procurement manager:  procurement@tavi-port.nhs.uk

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