FOI 2017-467 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 INFORMATION REQUEST Your request for information regarding physiotherapy services in the Trust has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed. The enclosed information has been supplied to you for your personal use under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and remains protected by copyright. You do not have an automatic right to re-use the information e.g. for commercial purposes or by publishing or issuing further copies of the information unless you have received permission from the Trust. For further information please refer to the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. If you are unhappy as to how this request has been handled, you should write to Mrs Claire Graham, the FOI lead for the Trust. You have the right to seek a review within the Trust in the first instance. If, after receiving a response, you remain unhappy, you can refer your complaint to the Information Commissioner at The Information Commissioner s office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust s review procedure to try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance. If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Mrs Claire Graham at the following address: Head of Information Governance Southern Health & Social Care Trust Ferndale Bannvale Site 10 Moyallen Road Gilford BT63 5JX Tel: 028 38 833357 Email: Foi.Team@Southerntrust.hscni.net Yours sincerely Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford TEL: 02838833357
Melanie McClements Director of Older People and Primary Care Enc: Response 2017/467
Southern Health and Social Care Trust Freedom of Information Request 2017/467 VACANCIES Request 1 a) Please confirm how many whole time equivalent physiotherapist and physiotherapy support worker vacancies were held in Southern Health and Social Care Trust as at 31 March 2017. b) Please confirm how many of the posts in Request 1a had been vacant for 3 months or more as at 31 March 2017. POSTS Request 2: Please confirm how many whole time equivalent (WTE) physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers were employed by Southern Health and Social Care Trust on the 31 March 2017. (This should include any generic assistant or technical instructor posts that support physiotherapy service provision). PATIENT DEMAND Request 3: Please confirm the number of new referrals (including patient self-referral) to physiotherapy services in Southern Health and Social Care Trust, in the following financial years: 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016 1 April 2014 to end of 31 March 2015 SPENDING Request 4: Please confirm how much was spent on physiotherapy agency/locum/temp staff in Southern Health and Social Care Trust, in the following financial years: 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016 1 April 2014 to end of 31 March 2015 PRACTICE BASED LEARNING Request 5: Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford TEL: 02838833357
Please identify the clinical areas within your physiotherapy services that provide placements for physiotherapy undergraduates in the last financial year (1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017). MUSCULOSKELETAL (MSK) PATHWAY Request 6: a) Please confirm/deny whether Southern Health and Social Care Trust provides MSK services that include first contact physiotherapists in General Practice b) Please confirm/deny whether patients can self-refer to physiotherapy services within the MSK services provided by Southern Health and Social Care Trust Notes on terms used in Request 6 First contact physiotherapists in General Practice When an individual contacts their GP they can be offered a consultation with the First contact physiotherapist instead of seeing the GP and without needing to see the GP first. First contact physiotherapists in General Practice provide assessment, diagnosis, exercise/ self-care advice, and if necessary, referral for investigations or treatment. They may work solely in General Practice (s) or they may be both part of the GP team and a physiotherapy team providing services in community or secondary care. First contact physiotherapists in General Practice have been given a variety of different job titles Self-referral to physiotherapy services Self-referral is the term for a means of accessing physiotherapy services, where patients can arrange an appointment without needing to be referred by a health professional. Freedom of Information Request Physiotherapy staff and services at Southern Health and Social Care Trust Vacancies as at 31.3.17 Total Vacancies* WTE Vacancies lasting 3 months WTE Physiotherapists Band 5 Band 5 5.00 WTE permanent 0.00 WTE permanent 6.00 WTE temporary 5.00 WTE temporary Band 6 5.00 WTE permanent 2.00 WTE temporary Band 7 Band 6 3.00 WTE permanent Band 7
Physiotherapy Support Workers 1.50 WTE permanent 1.00 WTE temporary Band 8a 1.00 WTE permanent Band 3 3.80 WTE permanent 1.00 WTE temporary 0.00 WTE permanent Band 8a 0.00 WTE permanent Band 3 1.80 WTE permanent 1.00 WTE temporary Note: Vacancies is defined as any approved request for recruitment which has not yet been filled (defined as all pre-employment checks completed) Posts Funded Establishment WTE as at 31.3.17 Physiotherapists Band 5 and above Funded Staffing Level Equated to 200.30 WTE Physiotherapy Support Workers Band 3 & 4 Funded Staffing Level Please confirm the number of new referrals to physiotherapy services in Southern Health and Social Care Trust, in the following financial years: Please confirm how much was spent on physiotherapy agency/locum/temp staff in Southern Health and Social Care Trust, in the following financial years: Clinical areas within Southern Health and Social Care Trust physiotherapy services Equated to 41.21 WTE Patient Demand 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017 Referrals seen equates to 48,100 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016 Referrals seen equates to 47,523 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2015 Referrals seen equates to 48,577 Spending 1 April 2016 to end of 31 March 2017 43,318 Practice Based Learning 134,134 1 April 2015 to end of 31 March 2016 58,133 1 April 2014 to end of 31 March 2015 Which clinical areas within physiotherapy services Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford TEL: 02838833357
that have provided placements for physiotherapy undergraduates in the last financial year (1.4.16 31.3.17) ** The following is a list of placements that Southern Health and Social Care Trust has submitted to Ulster University for the following year to offer to students. Not all options are available at all times. **Musculoskeletal outpatients in Armagh Community Hospital, South Tyrone Hospital, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown Health Centre, Daisy Hill Hospital. Community rehab in all Craigavon & Banbridge, Newry & Mourne, Armagh & Dungannon Acute Respiratory, including Intensive Care Unit/ High Dependency Unit in Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hospital Stroke Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hospital, Lurgan Hospital Elderly rehab in South Tyrone Hospital, Lurgan Hospital, Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hospital. Does Southern Health and Social Care Trust provide MSK services that include first contact physiotherapists in General Practice MSK Pathway Yes/No Not currently, however this is in progress Does Southern Health and Social Care Trust provide MSK physiotherapy services that patients can refer themselves to Yes/No We currently operate a staff selfreferral service to Occupational Health Physiotherapists.
Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford TEL: 02838833357 In addition the Trust is expecting to see self-referral for the public to be progressed in due course.