Please would you provide me with the following information concerning the use of temporary, locum or bank staff for the duties performed by Junior Doctors.
• For each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
• The number of shifts worked by temporary/locum/bank staff.
• The cost of this temporary/locum/bank staff
Please provide:
• The totals for NHS Wales Acute Care Hospitals.
• The totals for NHS Wales Mental Health Hospitals.
• The figures for each Health Board.
• The figures by Specialty.
• The figures for each staff grade.
My organisation is developing a system that would help the NHS reduce its spend on locums and I need to understand how important it may be.
Thank you for your recent request dated 27th May 2022.
Public Health Wales do not hold this data, 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.
I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, I suggest you contact them for the information, they may hold the data you require.
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
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