Question 1
How many hours did nurses on the hospital/Trust bank work during 2017? 114998
How many nurses from the hospital/Trust bank worked during 2017? 4059
How much did the Trust spend on bank nurses in 2017? £19.935m (calendar year)
How many hours did external temporary (agency) nurses work for the Trust during 2017? 23439
How much did the Trust spend on external temporary (agency) nursing staff during 2017? £11.139m (2017 calendar year).
Question 2
How many registered nurses (full time equivalent) are employed by the Trust on permanent or fixed term contracts? 56 (exc. Midwives)
How many vacancies for registered nurses (full time equivalent) on permanent or fixed term contracts are there in the Trust? 46 (exc. Midwives)
How many registered nurses (full time equivalent) employed permanently or on fixed term by the Trust resigned or retired during 2017? 89 (exc. Midwives)
How many registered nurses (full time equivalent) joined the Trust under permanent or fixed-term employment during 2017? 49 (exc. Midwives)
Question 3
How many new registered nurses is the Trust planning to train using apprenticeship levy funding? There are no imminent plans for the Trust to train registered nurses via the apprenticeship levy route
How many new nursing associates is the Trust planning to train using apprenticeship levy funding? The Trust currently has a test site of Trainee Nursing Associates (TNA) that are due to qualify in April 2019. In addition the Trust plans to take a cohort of 25 TNA’s in April 2018 and a further cohort of 30 -40 TNA’s in October 2018, both of these cohorts will utilise funding from the apprenticeship levy
If the time limit of 18 hours for responses has not been reached:
Question 4
How many student nurses did the Trust support on practice placements in 2017? 695
How many of the student nurses on practice placement in 2017 were recruited by your Trust once qualified? The Trust does hold the information you have requested, however we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450. It would be necessary to gather every name of the students from the entire 12 month period and then cross reference them with recruitment, the appropriate limit would be exceeded and would require more than 18 hours work.
How many student nurses does the Trust plan to support on practice placements in 2018? 655
