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FOI 3410 Nursing Costs

Q1-4 are answered in the attached spreadsheet Copy of Copy of FOI 3410

 1. Total nursing costs to the Trust (inclusive of salaries, tax, benefits, pensions and agency spend) broken down by individual financial quarters in the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14.

2. Total nursing costs to the Trust (inclusive of salaries, tax, benefits, pensions and agency spend) broken down by individual months to date in the current financial year 2014/15.  Please provide data up to the last available month possible.

3. Total spend on nursing agency staff (excluding bank staff and inclusive of all roles and grades) broken down by financial quarters in the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14.

4. Total spend on nursing agency staff (excluding bank staff and inclusive of all roles and grades) broken down by month to date in the current financial year 2014/15. Please provide data up to the last available month possible.

5. Total number of nursing shifts (inclusive of all roles and grades for registered nurses only, bands 5 to 9) for the months April, May and June 2014;

 

We are unable to supply a response to this question as this would involve undertaking a search of each unit per week and would take an extensive amount of time which would exceed the 18 hours staff time limit as set down in section 12 of the FOI Act.

 

6. Total number of nursing shifts filled by nursing agency staff (excluding bank staff and inclusive of all roles and grades for registered nurses only, bands 5 to 9) for the months April, May and June 2014.

 

Month Number of nursing shifts
01/04/2014 1282
01/05/2014 921
01/06/2014 891
Grand Total 3094

 

 

7. Total number of nursing staff, both headcount and full-time equivalent, (inclusive of all roles and grades for registered nurses only, bands 5 to 9) employed by the Trust for the months broken down by the months April, May, and June 2014.

April 3381 Headcount 2950.09 fte

May 3419 Headcount 2982.75 fte

June 3411 Headcount 2976.48 fte

 

8. Total number of agency nursing staff, both headcount and full-time equivalent, (inclusive of all roles and grades for registered nurses only, bands 5 to 9) employed by the Trust broken down by the months April, May, and June 2014.

 

We are unable to provide this information as our current systems establish a shift as filled by a worker and does not count the number of shifts a particular worker carries out.

 

9. What was the highest rate paid from 1st to 30th June 2014 for the following:

 

  • Band 5 level nursing agency nurse
  • Band 6 level nursing agency nurse
  • Band 7 level nursing agency nurse
  • Band 8 level nursing agency nurse

 

We are unable to supply a response to this question as this would involve undertaking a search of each unit per week and would take an extensive amount of time which would exceed the 18 hours staff time limit as set down in section 12 of the FOI Act.

 

However, the rates of the most expensive agency used are: Band 5 or 6 nurses is £62.45 per hour the maximum shift time they would  be paid for is 12 hours  = £749.40 per shift and the Band 7 and 8 rate is £82.45 x 12 hrs = £989.40 per shift

 

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