Internal Reference Number: FOI_9067
Date Request Received: 26/11/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 02/01/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Workforce management solutions
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to the Trust鈥檚 workforce management solutions, covering the financial years 2020/21 through to 2025/26 (projected). To avoid any doubt or misinterpretation when responding to this request, please refer to the following definitions: 'Workforce Management Solutions' refers to all tools, systems, processes, or platforms used by Trust to plan, deploy, manage, record, analyse, or support the workforce, including both clinical and non-clinical staff 'Digital Workforce Management Solutions' refers specifically to software-based systems used by the Trust to manage any part of the above workforce lifecycle 'Substantive staff' are defined by NHS Digital as: Employees who hold a permanent contract of employment with the NHS organisation, or who are employed on a fixed-term contract directly by the organisation, and are recorded in the Electronic Staff Record Bank staff: employees working via the Trust鈥檚 internal staff bank Locum staff: temporary medical or AHP workers directly engaged by the Trust Agency staff: temporary workers supplied via external agencies For the purpose of this request, 鈥榮hift fill rate (%)鈥� refers to the percentage of shifts filled out of the total number of shifts requested (i.e., number of shifts filled 梅 number of shifts requested 脳 100). Please provide answers on the attached and accompanying spreadsheet | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see attached. The information in response to Q8 can be found on the trust website for years 21-22 onwards under Freedom of Information - /about-us/. Information relating to 20-21 is attached separately. Re Qs 6 and 7 - this information is not held in a reportable format. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9067 20-21 temp staffing expenditure.xlsx Workforce Management Solutions OD&P FOI NHS Trust_2025 FOI 9067 response.xlsx | |
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