Permanent Recruitment - FOI Response Register

1. Please provide the names of framework agencies you have used to fill your permanent roles between April 2024 and October 2024.

NHS Shetland has been unable to fill any permanent roles via any Agency route to date

2. Please provide the names of NON framework agencies you have you used to fill roles between April 2024 and October 2024.

 N/A

3. For each agency, can you specify the types of roles (e.g., nursing, doctors, AHP positions) they were contracted to recruit?

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4. Please provide a breakdown of the number of positions filled through each agency by job role and department.

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What is the expenditure on international agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Doctors?

N/A

5. What is the expenditure on international agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Nurses?

N/A as all International Nurses recruited were not through an Agency – this was direct

6. What is the expenditure on NON-International agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Doctors?

 N/A

7. What is the expenditure on NON-International agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Nurses?

N/A

8. What criteria does the Health Board use to decide to engage an external agency for permanent recruitment?

NHS Shetland ensures there is an approved Vacancy, initial advertising through normal board route and potential outsource to Agency for permanent recruitment – normal process followed thereafter