Agency Spend for Doctors - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2024-710
Subject
Agency Spend for Doctors
Date Received
17/02/2025
Request and Response
  1. In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of:

Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors

 

Expenditure £s

Agency Locum Consultant

 

Directly Employed Workers

112,722

Island Medics Recruitment Limited

40,020

Pulse Healthcare Ltd

-4,901

PHL Synaptik

19,240

Agency Locum Gp

 

Astramed Limited

4,000

Directly Employed Workers

136,053

Head Resourcing Limited

20,040

Pertemps Medical Limited

81,996

Total

409,171

 

  1. Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:

Spend per grade

Spend per specialty

Spend per agency name  

Please see Q1.

  1. In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of:

Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors

Please see Q1.

  1. Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:

Spend per grade

Spend per specialty

Spend per agency name  

Please see Q1.

  1. In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of:

Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors

Please see Q1.

  1. Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:

Spend per grade

Spend per specialty

Spend per internal or associated external provider 

Please see Q1.

  1. Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025

NHS Shetland only budgets for substantive staff. Agency staff therefore create a cost pressure once the corresponding vacancy budget has been exceeded.

  1. Please confirm the name of the framework used for the supply of locum doctors in your trust.

NP50022 Temporary Agency Medical Locum Doctors is the primary framework used by NHS Shetland.