Consultant Staffing and Pay - FOI Response Register

1. How many consultant psychiatrists would the health board employ if it had no consultant vacancies?

There is only budget and requirement for 2.0 WTE

2. How many general adult consultant psychiatrists would the health board employ if it had no consultant vacancies?

As above

3. How many consultant psychiatrist posts are currently vacant (Total and for general adult psychiatry)?

2.0 WTE

4. How many consultant psychiatrist posts are being filled by locums (Total and for general adult psychiatry)?

N/A currently covered by in-house Bank with agency used on the rare occasion

5. How many of your agency psychiatrists working as consultants do not have a CCT or CESR (Total and for general adult psychiatry)?

N/A

6. What is the median hourly rate you pay an agency locum psychiatrist over the past 12 months?

£119

7. What is the highest hourly rate you have paid an agency locum (psychiatrist and for any medical / surgical speciality) over the past 12 months?

As per Q6

8. Do you have any agency consultant staff that are paid outside an IR35 contract?

No

9. What is your health board’s internal bank pay for consultant medical staff (median paid and highest paid in the past 12 months?)

For Psychiatry = £100 per hour

10. Are the agency consultant psychiatrists on the on-call rota, if so do they get paid for this by the hour?

Yes