In relation to the following hospitals:
· Maidstone Hospital;
· Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
1. Could you please specify how many staff in total work for your trust and in each respective hospital listed above?
2. Could you specify how many employees in each respective hospital listed above are:
a) British citizens (i.e. from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland);
b) Non-UK EU nationals;
c) Commonwealth citizens (excluding England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and;
d) People of other nationalities?
3. Could you please specify how many non-UK EU nationals work as professionally qualified clinical staff, support to clinical and NHS infrastructure support in this trust and in each respective hospital listed above?
4. Please could you also specify how many of your overall staffing are either directly employed by the trust, and how many are sub-contractors?
5. What is the safe staffing level in this trust, both overall and by individual services, and in each respective hospital listed above?
6. Finally, in the outcome of a so called ‘Hard Brexit’, with no freedom of movement of people or services, what contingency plan has been put in place to ensure safe staffing levels in the trust and for each respective hospital?