Trust Headquarters Russells Hall Hospital Dudley West Midlands DY1 2HQ

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1 Trust Headquarters Russells Hall Hospital Dudley West Midlands DY1 2HQ FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT Ref: FOI/ With reference to your FOI request that was received on 14/05/2012 in connection with 'Nine live media -Trust Expenditure'. Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed. Further information about your rights is also available from the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Tel: Fax: Yours sincerely Information Governance Manager Room 34a, First Floor, Esk House, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, DY1 2HQ FOI@dgh.nhs.uk

2 Please find the responses to your request below: 1) For the financial years 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, please specify: a. the trust s total revenue expenditure on staff salaries and wages b. the total amount spent on agency staff salaries and wages Please review the following link to the Trust's website which will hold the responses to question 1 under the Trust's Annual Reports for years The expenditure for 2011/2012 will be available on the same website following the Trust's AGM around September ) For the financial years 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, please specify the total amount spent by the trust on: a. Locum doctors b. Agency nurses or midwives c. Freelance clerical staff Please review the following link to the Trust's website which will hold the responses to question 2 under the Trust's Annual Reports The expenditure for 2011/2012 will be available on the same website following the Trust's AGM around September ) Please list the providers of locum and agency staff used by the Trust: Please find information attached under attachment 'Question 3' over two pages. 4) If only one company is listed in answer to either 3a and 3b, can you confirm that the company in question was awarded an exclusive contract as the result of a competitive tender. Not applicable 5) Does the Trust have any contractual or financial arrangement in place with NHS Professionals Ltd? The Trust operates its own internal bank 6) Please provide me with the number of staff who retired in the financial year 2011/12 This information will be available on the Trust's website - following the Trust's AGM around September ) Of the retirees you ve listed in answer to Q6, please confirm how many were subsequently replaced by: a. permanent, full-time member of staff b. temporary agency or locum cover The Trust does not hold this information. It is not information that is required by the Trust in running its day to day business. 8) Between January 2009 and the end of March 2012, what were the ten highest rates paid to agency staff for shifts? In each case, please specify: a. the number of hours worked by the member of staff in question b. the type of work carried out by the member of staff (i.e. the job role and the department) c. the total amount paid for the shift d. the organisation through which the shift was arranged (i.e. the locum agency, nurse bank or nurse recruitment agency in question). Please find attached information under FOI for agency pay 2010/11 and 2011/2012 In response to a Freedom of Information request on The single highest payment for a single agency nurse shift was This nurse was grade RN, the nurse worked within the Emergency Department for 9.75 hours at night from 21:00 hrs to 07:15am. This was on to Also in response to the same Freedom of Information request - The highest payment for an agency doctor was the grade of the doctor was Senior House Officer, the doctor worked within the Emergency Department. The number of hours worked was 8.25, this was from 17:00 hrs to 01:15 hrs, the shift started on and finished Agency staff are used due to a combination of reasons e.g. covering vacancies, sickness and maternity leave. Additional spend will have been directly attributable to the Trust performing a significant additional level of activity over and above the plan. If the response to question 8 does not answer your question fully enough please let me know.

3 9) Vacancies: a. How many locum doctors or agency nurses were employed to fill a vacancy in the financial year 2011/12? b. Of the instances listed in part a, how many were advertised via the Trust s website or nhs.jobs.uk beforehand? Please see question 5, the Trust operates its own internal bank. 10) Overtime: Please confirm if your trust has a policy which limits the amount of overtime, bank or locum work that staff working in the following divisions can take on in addition to their core duties: Admin and clerical (including senior management) AHP/HSS (Including scientific and technical roles) Medical locums (with consultant costs identified separately) (preferably split between qualified, unqualified and midwifery) Yes the Trust has a Working Time Policy. The Trust does not pay overtime to medical grades. Hospitals occasionally employ locum staff to cover temporary vacancies etc rather than rely on overtime working. Doctors are typically subject to the European Working Time Directive which restricts working hours during a particular period. 11) European Working Time Directive a. Does the trust measure compliance with the European Working Time Directive? b. If the answer to part a is yes, please tell me the percentage of staff shifts which are compliant with the European Working Time Directive. c. Of your staff, how many have signed a waiver or opt out allowing them to work hours in excess of the limit set down by the European Working Time Directive. Please provide this figure as: i. A total ii. A percentage of your total workforce The Trust does not pay overtime to medical grades. Hospitals occasionally employ locum staff to cover temporary vacancies etc rather than rely on overtime working. Doctors are typically subject to the European Working Time Directive which restricts working hours during a particular period. Information relating to whether staff have signed a waiver or opted out is stored in each individuals personnel file. As the Trust currently has 5,321 primary assignment staff including bank staff, so the cost to review all personnel files would exceed the 450 FOI requirement. 12) Management consultants. During the financial years 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, how much did the trust spend on: a. external management consultants b. external PR and communications? 13) Please list the recipients of the spending detailed in Q13a and Q13b. Please find the response to questions 12 and 13 attached as PDF Question 13

4 DUDLEY GROUP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FOI QUESTION / /12 (APR-AUG) AGENCY SUPPLIER AGENCY SUPPLIER Staff Group THORNBURY NURSING SERVICES THE ANAESTHETISTS AGENCY FLAME LILY NURSING AGENCY ROUTES HEALTHCARE (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD MEDACS HEALTHCARE / SURGI-CALL LOCUMS ROUTES H/CARE MIDLANDS LTD LOCUMLINX LIMITED JCJ LIMITED BROOK STREET UK LTD ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LTD PERTEMPS LTD TRIPLEWEST MEDICAL 206, INTERACT CONSULTING THE LOCUM CONSULTANCY LTD Staff Group THE ID GROUP THE ANAESTHETISTS AGENCY MEDACS HEALTHCARE / ARROWS GROUP HEALTHCARE DRC LOCUMS LIMITED LAK LOCUMS SURGI-CALL LOCUMS THAMES MEDICS LOCUMLINX LIMITED FLAME LILY NURSING AGENCY JCJ LIMITED REED PERSONNEL NOBLE GLOBAL MEDICS LTD ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LTD

5 MEDISEC UK LTD DRC LOCUMS LIMITED PROMEDICAL PERSONNEL A & E AGENCY LTD PURE MEDICAL HEALTHCARE UNIVERSAL LOCUMS FIRSTPOINT HEALTHCARE TOTAL ASSIST MEDICAL LTD PSEC THEJOBSCOMPANY.CO.UK T/A MMR ORION LOCUMS LTD AMLI RECRUITMENT LTD BBL MEDICAL RECRUITMENT LTD FIRST CALL MEDICAL LTD RANDSTAD CARE LTD CES LOCUMS PULSE HEALTHCARE LTD COYLE PERSONNEL PLC MEDICAL STAFFING LTD

6 MEDSOL HEALTHCARE BADENOCH & CLARK A & E AGENCY LTD LAK LOCUMS

7 Expenditure on Consultancy Firms 2011/12 Consultancy Company 000 Project Information HealthCare Consultancy Ltd 151 Project Support to IT Schemes TPC 9 Leadership Programme Support Deloittes 15 Council of Governors Development Practices Made Perfect Ltd 2 Policy Update & Strategic Planning Seminar RSM Tenon 16 Business Advisory Services Meant Ltd 7 Estates Strategy Work Qualitas Medical Ltd 5 Theatre Working Processes & Practices KPMG 10 Feasibility Study 4 Health Ltd 14 Leading Change Programme Duerden Microbiology Consulting Ltd 4 Review Infection Control /11 Consultancy Company 000 Project Information PWC 10 IT Strategy Support KPMG 10 PFI/IFRS Work HealthCare Consultancy Ltd 91 Project Support to IT Schemes ATOS 638 Transformation Programme /10 Consultancy Company 000 Project Information HealthCare Consultancy Ltd 33 Project Support to IT Schemes Deloittes 11 Bank & Agency Project ATOS 357 Urgent Care & Delayed Discharge Projects Deloittes 55 Strategic Acquisition Advice 456

8 AGENCY LOCUM SPEND 10/11 and 11/12 (to January) Specialty 10/11 11/12 Ambulatory Rheumatology 50,666 4,961 Ambulatory- Dermatology 59,495 0 Anaesthetics Medical Staff 1,048, ,656 Commercial Trials 5,474 3,196 Emergency Department - 1,341, ,370 ENT Medical Staff 7,415 0 General Surgery Medical Staff 159,969 12,762 GI Medical Staff 18,954 19,914 Imaging - Medical Staff 488,785 0 Medical Staff - EAU 959, ,356 Medical Staff - Older People 745, ,609 Medical Staff - Respiratory 449,930 53,383 Medical Staff Cardiology 8,298 11,433 Medical Staff Endocrin/Diab 74,669 44,532 Medical Staff Renal 6,310 1,456 - Clinical Haematology 6, Clinical Oncology 21, Medical Oncology 2,946 0 Obs.and Gynae. Medical Staff 19,254 0 Ophthalmology Medical Staff 34,976 14,169 Oral Surgery Medical Staff 37,835 0 Paediatric Medical Staff 45,440 20,794 Plastic Surgery Medical Staff 103,588 83,436 T&O Medical Staff 339,935 0 Urology Medical Staff 0 91,032 Grand Total 6,037,128 2,024,059 **1 **1 Spend for 11/12 is from April 2011 to January 2012