The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust SY10 7AG

Freedom of Information Request - Our Ref: 2018-19-242

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find the answer to your question below.

1. Staff Numbers - Average headcount of permanent and non-permanent staff over the entire 2017/18 financial year or just the headcount as at Saturday, March 31st 2018). Can you please split this into the major staff groups used by the trust? (E.g. Medical, , Admin, AHP etc.)

Staff Group Headcount FTE Add Prof Scientific 60 53.59 and Technic Additional Clinical 248 206.48 Services Administrative and 386 334.10 Clerical Allied Health 152 121.82 Professionals Estates and 150 119.85 Ancillary Healthcare 8 5.55 Scientists Medical and Dental 122 117.74 Nursing and 334 287.70 Midwifery Registered Grand Total 1,460 1,246.82

2. Staff Cost – Total staff cost during the 2017/18 financial year split into permanent and non-permanent staff.

Permanent £54,741,041 Non-Permanent (Bank & Agency) £2,773,887

3. Agency Hours – Hours worked by agency staff in the 2017/18 financial year split by staff groups (E.g. Medical, Nursing, Admin, etc.) and speciality/grade (E.g. Consultants, GP, ICU Nurse, Acute Nurse, Occupational therapists, Pharmacists, Health Care Assistants, etc.) depending on how you report this within your trust.

Sum of Hours Healthcare Assistants & Other Support 728 B2 728 Medical & Dental 8,648 Cons 3,970 SpR 665 ST1-2 445 ST3+ 3,569 Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting 15,091 B5 4,159 B6 10,932 Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical (AHPs) 2,426 B6 2,077 B7 80 B8 270 Grand Total 26,893

4. Agency Spend – Total amount spent on agency staff in the 2017/18 financial year split into the Trusts’ staff groups (E.g. Medical, Nursing, Admin, etc.) and speciality/grade (E.g. Consultants, GP, ICU Nurse, Acute Nurse, Occupational therapists, Pharmacists, Health Care Assistants, etc.) depending on how you report this within your trust – this can be found on the Trust website by following this link Agency spend

I trust that this deals with your enquiry to your satisfaction, but if you feel that the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has misunderstood or not responded appropriately to your request, you have two courses of action:

 You can clarify the terms of your original request to allow this to be looked at again (if you expand your request this will be dealt with as a new request)

 All applicants have the right of appeal. An appeal should be focused on the original request and should identify how the Trust’s response failed to answer your Information Request. Appeals must be made in writing to the FOI Lead at the address below.

FOI Lead Information Department The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry Shropshire SY10 7AG [email protected]

After the Trust’s internal appeals procedure has been exhausted, a further appeal about the same information request can be directed to the Information Commissioner for adjudication. Appeals to the Information Commissioner should be sent for review to the following address:

The Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Telephone: 01625 545 700 Facsimile: 01625 545510 E-mail: [email protected]

Many thanks

Shelley Ramtuhul Trust Secretary