1. Please provide agency spend for the staff group for the Financial Year 2021-22 (please specify your start and end date used) Financial Year indicating what percentage is on and off-framework (for example, “£4,650,000 – c80% framework / 20% off-framework”).
2. Please provide bank spend for the staff group for Financial Year 2021-22 (please specify your start and end date used)
3. Please confirm which model you have in place for managing agency within the staff group: Email to preferred supplier List, a Master Vendor, a Neutral Vendor, or a Software cascade to a preferred supplier list
4. Please confirm what percentage of bookings over the last 6 months have been within the NHSI agency caps (an approximation based on NHSI data submissions is fine)
5. Please confirm which provider manages your direct engagement process, the fee for the service and the date on which this contract expires (no this is not relevant for Nursing)
6. Please confirm what percentage of bookings are processed with a VAT savings by your direct engagement (DE) provider (average for last 3 months –December, January and February)
7. Is your bank managed by an external bank provider (e.g., NHS Professionals, Bank Partners) or in-house? Please confirm who is the external bank provider and when the contract expires if relevant
8. Is your bank managed via software? If so, please confirm which software.
9. Is the Trust likely to undertake any procurement activity over the next 18 months related to provision or bank or agency services or software for the relevant staff group?
10. If you have a managed service, master vendor or neutral vendor in place for Agency medics/Agency doctors please confirm who this contract is with and the date on which this contract expires
11. If you have a managed service, master vendor or neutral vendor in place for Agency Nurses please confirm who this contract is with and the date on which this contract expires
