1. Who is the head of procurement responsible for approving agency usage for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Radiography, Speech and Language Therapy and Sterile Services?
2. Who are the managers responsible for agency usage (on and off framework) for the following departments at all hospitals associated with the Trust:
(a) Physiotherapy
(b) Occupational Therapy
(c) Pharmacy
(d) Radiography
(e) Sterile Services
(d) Speech and Language Therapy
3. Please can you provide the contact number and email addresses for the managers listed in relation to question 1 and 2?
4. Have you used off-framework agency staff between March 2021 - March 2022 in the following departments:
(a) Physiotherapy
(b) Occupational Therapy
(c) Pharmacy
(d) Radiography
(e) Sterile Services
(d) Speech and Language Therapy
5. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between March 2021 - March 2022?
(a) Physiotherapy
(b) Occupational Therapy
(c) Pharmacy
(d) Radiography
(e) Sterile Services
(d) Speech and Language Therapy
6. How many unfilled agency roles did you have between March 2021 - March 2022 for each of the departments outlined in question 5?
Thank you for your recent request dated 22 April 2022.
Public Health Wales provide a radiography service and have not used agency staff for this service. All other services above are not applicable to this organisation.
It is important to note that Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. This is not the same as NHS Wales. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce or their recruitment processes.
Under our duty to advise and assist, I have provided contact details for each Health Board below.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of the decision, you should write to the Corporate Complaints Manager, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, 3, Number 2, Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner for Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk