FOI/25/096

Request

1. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to ON framework agencies within the last 90 days?
   6200
    
2. In the last 90 days which wards, or departments were these ON framework requests for?

Directorate of Communications and Improvement

Finance, Performance and Contracts

Hertfordshire Division

Inner North West Division

North Central Division

Outer North West Division

People

South West Division

 

3. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by ON framework agencies within the last 90 days?
   3,900
    
4. How many long term lines of work or block bookings are currently being supplied by ON framework agencies?
   115
    
5. Which ON framework agencies is the trust currently utilising for Nursing vacancies and what is the spend on these agencies year to date?
   Exemption Section 43(2) - see below
    
6. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to OFF framework agencies within the last 90 days?
   100
    
7. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from ON framework agencies?
   Exemption Section 43(2) - see below
    
8. Who at Temporary Staffing is responsible for onboarding new agencies and could you provide their email address and contact number?
   Temporary Staffing, email address is clcht.temporarystaffing@nhs.net and phone number is 0203 937 8322.
    
9. What is the generic Nurse bank email address for staff bank?
   For any Bank enquiries, please email clcht.temporarystaffing@nhs.net
    
10. How many shifts were cascaded to Thornbury Nursing within the last 90 days?
    26

Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). Disclosure of the requested information could prejudice pending or future negotiations the CLCH may be subjected to.This is a qualified exemption under the FOIA, which means that consideration must also be given to whether in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favouring disclosure is greater than the public interest in maintaining the exemption. The public interest means what is in the best interests of the public not what is of interest to the public.

Factors in favour of discloser:  

• Disclosing information relating to Question 5 and 7]would promote accountability and transparency by showing how CLCH receive and spend public money. 

Factors in favour of non-disclosure: 

• Disclosing the Spend and ON Framework charges would undermine our competitive position in the marketplace. 
• Disclosing the details of the ON Frame work agencies would compromise the commercial activities of CLCH, as it would compromise its ability to negotiate competitive future deals.
• Disclosure of the ON Framework agencies and spend details, is likely to lead to reputational and financial damage which would affect future investments and have a knock-on effect to the money raised for the health economy.

 

Having considered the above, we maintain that the factors in favour of upholding the exemption outweigh the factors in favour of disclosure. Therefore, the balance of the public interest test is greater in maintaining the exemption available under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.