Agency Staff - FOI Response Register

1. Can you please confirm the volume of supply, by number of shifts filled and & shift type, by each ON-Framework agencies currently supplying to your health board for the following staffing groups: (A) Registered General Nurses (RGNs) (B) Registered Mental-health Nurses (RMNs) (C) Accident & Emergency (A&E) (D) Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) Nurses (E) Prison nurses (F)  Theatre Nurses between 1st March 2024 –  31st May 2024
2. Can you please confirm the volume of supply, by number of shifts filled, by each agency supplying to your trust for the following staffing groups: (A) Advanced Nurse practitioner (ANP) (B) Advanced Clinical practitioner (ACP) (C) Emergency nurse practitioner (ENP)  (D) General practitioners (GP) : Between 1st January 2024 – 31st May 2024
3. Could you please confirm the average charge rate for the following staffing groups : (A) Advanced Nurse practitioner (ANP) (B) Advanced Clinical practitioner (ACP) (C) Emergency nurse practitioner (ENP)  (D) General practitioners (GP)
4. Could you please confirm the hospitals or Care centres where you are currently utilising Agency staff for the following staffing groups : (A) Advanced Nurse practitioner (ANP) (B) Advanced Clinical practitioner (ACP) (C) Emergency nurse practitioner (ENP)  (D) General practitioners (GP)
5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 4, how many framework shifts have been unfilled between 1st March 2024 – 31st May 2024

For Q1 and Q2, in accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. NHS Shetland does not record shift information.

For Q3, Q4 and Q5, 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:

See published Information on NHS Shetland’s website – NHS Shetland: Procurement Information (scot.nhs.uk)