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FOI 5630 Rota gaps and agency workers

1. The amount of medical rota gaps you have had in the last two years.
a) Of these gaps we would like to know many were filled by bank staff, how many were filled by locum doctors and how many were left empty

Please see attached spreadsheet FOI 5630

2. The amount spent on agency doctors in the last two years broken down by year

Total cost (including agency fees) of £10.2m in 2014/15, £13.3m in 2015/16 and £8.7m in 2016/17

3. The amount of nursing rota gaps you have had in the last two years

Please see attached PDF FOI 5630

a) Of these gaps we would like to know many were filled by bank staff, how many were filled by agency nurses and how many were left empty

Please see attached PDF FOI 5630

4. The amount spent on agency nurses in the last two years broken down by year

Total cost (including agency fees) of £5.0m in 2014/15, £11.2m in 2015/16 and £9.5m in 2016/17.

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