Temporary Worker Usage for Comms Roles
Reference: 25-26409
Date response sent: 06/01/2026
Details of enquiry
- 2025/26 Actuals and Outturn Forecast
a. Provide the total number of days a temporary worker was employed via an agency or bank for the communications roles defined above from 1 April 2025 to the end of the December 2025 (Month 9) reporting period. (If data is only held in hours, please provide the total hours and specify the standard working day length).
b. Provide the current projected year-end outturn for the total number of agency/bank days for these roles for the full 2025/26 financial year (ending 31 March 2026).
c. Provide a breakdown of these days by Agenda for Change (AfC) Band or job title.
2. 2026/27 Planned Requirements
a. Provide the total number of days currently budgeted or forecasted for agency-provided or bank communications staff for the 2026/27 financial year.
Response sent
- 2025/26 Actuals and Outturn Forecast
a. Provide the total number of days a temporary worker was employed via an agency or bank for the communications roles defined above from 1 April 2025 to the end of the December 2025 (Month 9) reporting period. (If data is only held in hours, please provide the total hours and specify the standard working day length).
All Communications Department staff are permanent employees of the Trust.
The Trust confirms that no agency or bank staff have been used during financial year 2025/26, however the Trust did have a contract with a Communications advisory firm who provided additional strategic communications services to the Trust, up to the end of June 2025.
b. Provide the current projected year-end outturn for the total number of agency/bank days for these roles for the full 2025/26 financial year (ending 31 March 2026).
Not applicable. See our response to Question 1a above.
c. Provide a breakdown of these days by Agenda for Change (AfC) Band or job title.
Not applicable. See our response to Question 1a above.
- 2026/27 Planned Requirements
a. Provide the total number of days currently budgeted or forecasted for agency-provided or bank communications staff for the 2026/27 financial year.
We do not hold any information on future temporary staffing strategies nor managed service delivery models, as we are working towards a merger with another organisation. This is further explained on our website: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust merger update Both parties intend to complete the merger process by 1 April 2026