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FOI Request 2129 - Locum Doctors
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Case Number 2129
Request Date 10/07/2010

Details of the Request

What was the total cost your Trust paid (in the each of the last three financial years for which data is available) for:
  1. all locum doctors?
  2. locum doctors covering surgical positions (see definition below)?

Please indicate for each of the last 3 financial years for wich data is available the following:
  1. costs of providing locum doctors in each category below?
  2. costs of providing locum doctors covering surgical positions in each category below?

    • Consultant,
    • Non-training grades,
    • Trainee (Specialist registrar),
    • Trainee (Core trainee),
    • Trainee (Foundation year),
    • Other.

Of the total costs paid to locum doctors, in each of the last three financial years for which data is available, what proportion was paid to:
  1. internal locums
  2. external agencies
  3. other (please state)

Definition: surgical positions are doctors working in any of the nine surgical specialties.

Completion Date 18/08/2010


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding locum doctor costs.
  1. What was the total cost your Trust paid (in the each of the last three financial years for which data is available) for:

    a) all locum doctors?

    Year 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
    Amount(£) 1,575,163 1,492,953 2,457,081


    b) locum doctors covering surgical positions (see definition below)?

    Year 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
    Amount(£) 355,360 545,246 738,191


     
  2. Please indicate, for each of the last three financial years for which data is available, the following:

    a) costs of providing locum doctors in each category below? b) costs of providing locum doctors covering surgical positions in each category below?

    * Consultant
    * Non-training grades (excluding consultants)
    * Trainee (Specialist registrar)
    * Trainee (Core trainee)
    * Trainee (Foundation year)
    * Other


    All Locums:

    Year 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
    Consultant 334,976 502,300 555,102
    Non-Training Grades 130,163 33,832 26,370
    Specialist Registrar 237,802 376,610 1,091,435
    Trainees 872,222 580,211 784,174
      1,575,163 1,492,953 2,457,081


    Surgical Specialties:

    Year 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
    Consultant 36,559 156,449 36,625
    Non-Training Grades 104,199 15,751 4,237
    Specialist Registrar 53,398 107,712 396,929
    Trainees 161,204 265,334 300,400
      355,360 545,246 738,191


    NB for both of these responses our systems do not break down Trainees costs as set out in the request.

     
  3. Of the total costs paid to locum doctors, in each of the last three financial years for which data is available, what proportion was paid to:

    a) internal locums
    b) external agencies
    c) other (please state)

    Type 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
    Internal locums 64.13% 30.75% 25.59%
    External agencies 35.87% 69.25% 74.41%
    Other 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
      100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Definition: surgical positions are doctors working in any of the nine surgical specialties: Cardiothoracic surgery, General surgery, Neurosurgery, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Otolaryngology, Paediatric surgery, Plastic or reconstructive surgery, Trauma and orthopaedic surgery, Urology.


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