FOI Request - Nurse Agency Expenditure
Request 101003179169
This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to local authority agency recruitment expenditure.
1. What is the total value of spend by your Local Authority with recruitment agencies for nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care workers on a temporary basis? Please provide this information for the following years (please fill in the table below). Please only include spend on Local Authority-operated services (i.e. exclude expenditure on agencies by private care operators).
Total spend on nurses, healthcare assistants and care workers that are recruited
on a temporary basis via an agency (by role):
| Total spend by role | Apr-18 to Mar-19 | Apr-19 to Mar-20 | Apr-20 to Mar-21 | Apr-21 to Mar-22 |
| Nurse (e.g. RGN, RMN) | ||||
| Healthcare assistant (HCA) | ||||
| Care workers |
2. Total value of spend by your Local Authority with recruitment agencies for nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care workers on a temporary basis, listed by the recruitment agency that was used to place the worker. Please provide this information for the following years (please fill in the table below). Please only include expenditure on Local Authority-operated services (i.e. exclude expenditure on agencies by private care operators).
Total spend on nurses, healthcare assistants and care workers that are recruited
on a temporary basis via an agency (by agency):
| Recruitment agency (fill in empty rows with provider name, add rows if required) |
Apr-18 to Mar-19 | Apr-19 to Mar-20 | Apr-20 to Mar-21 | Apr-21 to Mar-22 |
Response 02-12-2022
1.
Total spend on nurses, healthcare assistants and care workers that are recruited
on a temporary basis via an agency (by role):
| Total spend by role | Apr-18 to Mar-19 | Apr-19 to Mar-20 | Apr-20 to Mar-21 | Apr-21 to Mar-22 |
| Nurse (e.g. RGN, RMN) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Healthcare assistant (HCA) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Care workers | 65,039.75 | 20,013.16 | Not held | 25,404.88 |
Please note that we do not employ nurses or healthcare assistants. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
2. As per above, as only one agency - Newcross - has been used. Total spend was £110,457.79.