FOI/25/281

Request

In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of: 

• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors
  Overall Medical & Dental – 125k

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: 

• Spend per grade 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)
   
• Spend per specialty 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)
• Spend per agency name 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)

In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of: 

• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors 
  Zero

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: 

• Spend per grade
  Non Applicable
• Spend per specialty 
  Non Applicable
   
• Spend per agency name
  Non Applicable 

  In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of: 

• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors 
  Overall Medical & Dental – 700k

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: 

• Spend per grade 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)
   
• Spend per grade 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)
• Spend per internal or associated external provider 
  Sensitive information – Section 43 applied (See below)

Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024

Section 43 – Commercial Interest

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 subject 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.