Internal Reference Number: FOI_8693
Date Request Received: 05/06/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 25/06/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: consultant posts
Request Category: Media
Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please supply for your NHS trust/board: ● The total number of consultant-level doctors you currently have [WTE or equivalent] | |
Answer To Question 1: 193 WTE | |
Question Number 2: ● The total number of vacant consultant-level doctor posts you currently have [WTE or equivalent] | |
Answer To Question 2: 14 | |
Question Number 3: Please also supply: ● The total number of consultant-level posts substantially filled by agency locums for more than 6 months [WTE or equivalent] | |
Answer To Question 3: 9 | |
Question Number 4: ● The total spend on agencies for locum consultants (both framework and non-framework) for the 2024/25 financial year [£s] | |
Answer To Question 4: This information is available on the Trust website. /about-us/ under Freedom of Information | |
Question Number 5: ● Any existing or planned controls on recruitment of medical staff in 2025/26 [free text] | |
Answer To Question 5: The Trust has a Workforce Controls Process in place for the approval of all vacancies which includes consultants. | |
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