FoI Number
2024-143
Subject
Agency Nurses
Date Received
29/05/2024
Request and Response
  1. Total Spend on Agency Nurses: The total expenditure on agency nurses for each month of this calendar year (January, February, March, April, and May 2024).

Month

£s

January

42,460

February

129,753

March

134,147

April

51,277

Total

357,638

Instruction Note: (Please also state for each month, what proportion of this spend was for Band 5 Nurses, how much of it was for HCAs and how much of it was for other bands).

All Band 5

  1. Number of Shifts: The number of agency nurse shifts that the above expenditure equates to for each month of this calendar year (January, February, March, April, and May 2024).

Instruction Note: (Please also state for each month, what proportion of this spend was for Band 5 Nurses, how much of it was for HCAs and how much of it was for other bands).

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

  1. Number of Agencies Used: The total number of different agencies that provided agency nurses to NHS Shetland for each month of this calendar year (January, February, March, April, and May 2024).

May 2024 is not yet available (29/05/24)

 

Month / Agency

£s

January

42,460

Id Medical Group

5,405

National Locums Ltd

3,895

Robinson Medical Recruitment

30,606

Txm Healthcare Limited

2,554

February

129,753

Id Medical Group

529

National Locums Ltd

93,477

Pulse Healthcare Ltd

814

Robinson Medical Recruitment

6,116

Txm Healthcare Limited

28,818

March

134,147

Direct Medics Ltd

983

Id Medical Group

15,313

Island Medics Recruitment Limited

18,800

National Locums Ltd

71,459

Robinson Medical Recruitment

14,965

Txm Healthcare Limited

12,628

April

51,277

Id Medical Group

3,881

Island Medics Recruitment Limited

6,400

National Locums Ltd

27,610

Txm Healthcare Limited

13,386

Total

357,638

  1. Top 10 Agencies by Spend:

Agency

£s

Direct Medics Ltd

983

Id Medical Group

25,128

Island Medics Recruitment Limited

25,200

National Locums Ltd

196,440

Pulse Healthcare Ltd

814

Robinson Medical Recruitment

51,687

Txm Healthcare Limited

57,386

Total

357,638

  1. The names of the top 10 agencies by spend.

See Q4

  1. The amount of money spent with each of these top 10 agencies for each month of this calendar year (January, February, March, April, and May 2024).

See Q3