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Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8693

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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