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FOI 5464

VACANCIES

Request 1

a)         Please confirm how many whole time equivalent physiotherapist and physiotherapy support worker vacancies were held in Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust as at 31 March 2017.

b)         Please confirm how many of the posts in Request 1a had been vacant for 3 months or more as at 31 March 2017.

POSTS

Request 2: 

Please confirm how many whole time equivalent (WTE) physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers were employed by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust on the 31 March 2017. (This should include any generic assistant or technical instructor posts that support physiotherapy service provision).

PATIENT DEMAND

Request 3: 

Please confirm the number of new referrals (including patient self-referral) to physiotherapy services in Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust, in the following financial years:

  • 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017
  • 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016
  • 1 April 2014 to end of 31 March 2015

 

SPENDING

Request 4:

Please confirm how much was spent on physiotherapy agency/locum/temp staff in Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust, in the following financial years:

  • 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017
  • 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016
  • 1 April 2014 to end of 31 March 2015

PRACTICE BASED LEARNING  

Request 5:

Please identify the clinical areas within your physiotherapy services that provide placements for physiotherapy undergraduates in the last financial year (1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017).

MUSCULOSKELETAL (MSK) PATHWAY

Request 6:

a) Please confirm/deny whether Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust provides MSK services that include first contact physiotherapists in General Practice

b) Please confirm/deny whether patients can self-refer to physiotherapy services within the MSK services provided by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

Please see attached

FOI 5464 – 5469

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