University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding Staffing:
1. What framework agreement/s do you use for the supply of Allied Health Professionals (AHP) and Medical Locums? E.g. HTE , CCS
HTE
2. Does your organisation use a Direct Engagement scheme?
Yes
3. If so, who provides it?
LIAISON/TempRe
4. When did you start using Direct Engagement?
November 2016
5. What has been your total agency staffing spend since you started using the scheme? If this cannot be easily calculated, what has been the total agency staffing spend in the last financial year?
The 2017/18 expenditure across all locum and agency staff groups was £11,835,838.
6. How much has been paid to the third party direct engagement facilitator so far?
The expenditure from Nov 2016 to the end of July 2018 through TempRE is £10,131,000.
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding Staffing:
1. What framework agreement/s do you use for the supply of Allied Health Professionals (AHP) and Medical Locums? E.g. HTE , CCS
Medical Locums – Health Trust Europe
2. Does your organisation use a Direct Engagement scheme?
Medics – Yes
3. If so, who provides it?
247 Time
4. When did you start using Direct Engagement?
August 2013
5. What has been your total agency staffing spend since you started using the scheme? If this cannot be easily calculated, what has been the total agency staffing spend in the last financial year?
Medics agency spend from August 2013 to June 2018 is £56,600,000
6. How much has been paid to the third party direct engagement facilitator so far?
2013 to 2018 Commission fee paid to the third party involved totals £562,000.
