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FOI Request 2172 - Nightshift Staff
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Case Number 2172
Request Date 15/09/2010

Details of the Request

How many staff were on duty on the nightshift of Saturday 3rd July 2010 and Wednesday 7th July 2010 in your A&E unit and what were their roles, i.e. doctor, nurse etc?

On those nights how many of the staff on duty were agency staff?

What was the clinical staff status on duty for each of those nights? i.e. Consultant, Registrar, junior doctors etc.

Completion Date 11/10/2010


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding staff on duty on the nightshift of Saturday 3rd July 2010 and Wednesday 7th July 2010 in the A&E unit.

The Trust’s General Manager of Emergency Services has responded as follows:


Saturday 3rd July

1 Consultant on-call overnight

7 trained nurses – all night
  • 1 sister (A&E)
  • 3 nurses (A&E)
  • 3 nurses (bank/agency)
+ 1 Health Care Assistant – all night

+ 1 trained nurse (A&E) – twilight shift, until 1am

  Clinicians Time
Middlegrade doctors 1 A&E until 2300
1 bank until 2300
1 A&E 2300 – 0715
SHO doctors 4 A&E until 2200
5 A&E 2200 – 2300
4 A&E 2300 – 0000
3 A&E 0000 – 0200
2 A&E 0000 – 0700
Additional cover 2 bank until 2200
2 agency until 2200
2 agency 2200 – 0000
1 agency 0000 – 0200


NB: A senior registrar (red bleep holder) will be present at all times, with a Consultant on call over night.


Wednesday 7th July

1 Consultant on-call overnight

7 trained nurses – all night
  • 1 sister (A&E)
  • 3 nurses (A&E)
  • 3 nurses (bank/agency)
+ 1 Health Care Assistant – all night

+ 1 trained nurse (bank/agency) – twilight shift, until 1am

  Clinicians Time
Middlegrade doctors 2 A&E until 2200
2 A&E 2200 – 0000
1 bank 2200 – 0000
1 A&E 0000 – 0715
1 bank 0000 – 0715
SHO doctors 4 A&E until 2200
4 A&E 2200 – 2300
1 agency 2200 – 2300
3 A&E 2300 – 0000
1 agency 2300 – 0000
2 A&E 0000 – 0200
1 agency 0000 – 0200
1 A&E 0000 – 0700
1 agency 0000 – 0700
Additional cover 1 agency until 0200


NB: A senior registrar (red bleep holder) will be present at all times, with a Consultant on call over night.


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