- FoI Number
- 2022-676
- Subject
- Agency Nurses
- Date Received
- 26/01/2023
- Request and Response
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1. This year’s most up-to-date figures for the total spend on agency nurses working in both acute settings and in primary care, and also the spend for the previous three years. For ease of collation, figures for each setting and year could be entered into the table below. (Not sure if you organise this data by calendar year or financial year, so the first column gives the option for either – please specify whether it’s calendar or financial year)
Financial Years (April – March) up to 30 Nov 2022
YEAR
AREA
COSTS
January 2022-present day or
from April 2022 to present day
Acute settings
£825,542
January 2022-present day or
from April 2022 to present day
Primary care
£783,306
Calendar year from January 2021 or
from April 2021 to April 2022
Acute settings
£692,814
Calendar year from January 2021 or
from April 2021 to April 2022
Primary care
£1,322,538
Calendar year from January 2020 or from April 2020 to April 2021
Acute settings
£774,634
Calendar year from January 2020 or from April 2020 to April 2021
Primary care
£1,155,201
Calendar year from January 2019 or from April 2019 to April 2020
Acute settings
£46,342
Calendar year from January 2019 or from April 2019 to April 2020
Primary care
£142,217
2. The total number of shifts worked by agency nurses, with a breakdown by acute and primary care, for the same timeframe. Again, for ease of collation, figures for each setting and year could be entered into the table below.
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested as our systems do not record this level of information.
YEAR
AREA
TOTAL NUMBER OF SHIFTS
January 2022-present day or
from April 2022 to present day
Acute settings
January 2022-present day or
from April 2022 to present day
Primary care
Calendar year from January 2021 or
from April 2021 to April 2022
Acute settings
Calendar year from January 2021 or
from April 2021 to April 2022
Primary care
Calendar year from January 2020 or from April 2020 to April 2021
Acute settings
Calendar year from January 2020 or from April 2020 to April 2021
Primary care
Calendar year from January 2019 or from April 2019 to April 2020
Acute settings
Calendar year from January 2019 or from April 2019 to April 2020
Primary care
