- FoI Number
- 2022-681
- Subject
- Agency Staff
- Date Received
- 26/01/2023
- Request and Response
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1. How many Nursing and Midwifery locum shifts were advertised by this health board in NHS hospitals in 2022-23? Please provide this for each financial year since 2017-18.
2017-2018 – 7
2018-2019 – 4
2019-2020 – 12
2020-2021 – 50
2021-2022 – 68
2022-2023 – 46
Notes: The system does not count individual shifts. The above numbers are the number of requests sent to agencies.
2. In relation to Question 1, how many of these shifts were successfully filled?
Please provide this for each financial year since 2017-18, including the current financial year.
2017-2018 – 6
2018-2019 – 4
2019-2020 – 11
2020-2021 – 47
2021-2022 – 45
2022-2023 – 44
Notes: The system does not count individual shifts. The above numbers are the number of different nurses booked for shifts.
3. In relation to question 2, how many of these shifts were filled by locums who were also directly employed ‘in house’ by the health board as a member of staff (You might find this article useful for clarification NHS nurse works extra agency shifts during holidays and weekends to afford energy bills | STV News )
Please provide this for each financial year since 2017-18, including the current financial year.
2017-2018 – 0
2018-2019 – 0
2019-2020 – 0
2020-2021 – 0
2021-2022 – 0
2022-2023 – 0
4. In relation to Question 3, is there a cost associated with employing staff members to complete locum shifts? If so please provide this. Please provide this for each financial year since 2017-18, including the current financial year.
N/A
5. Please provide the overall spend so far on agency staff in 2022/23. Please provide this for each financial year since 2017-18.
In accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here: NHS Shetland: Procurement Information (scot.nhs.uk) The Agency information is at the bottom of the page.
