1. Over the last financial year, how many Nurses, Drs and AHPs have been recruited internationally?
Medics (between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2024) – 61 recruited outside of the UK
2. Over the last financial year, how many international nurses, Drs and AHPs were recruited via an agency?
160 nurses
No doctors were recruited via agency.
10 AHP's
3. Which agencies were used over the last financial year for international recruitment, and were any of them on an exclusive basis?
· Jane Lewis International,
· Walsons Healthcare,
· Pulse Recruitment,
· Xander Hendrix,
· Apollo Education - for nurses and AHP's via recruitment project.
No doctors recruited via agency.
4. What is the budget for international recruitment over and above any grant funding for the financial year 2024/25?
£783,034
5. What is the name and the job title of the person within your Trust is responsible for International recruitment?
Head of Employment Services
The Trust does not supply details of members of staff unless they are already in the public domain. Contact details are also not provided unless these are public.
Structures for divisions are located on the Corporate Governance page of the Trust website
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-publications-annual-reports-and-accounts
Information relating to the board, including email address is on the Trust board page
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-board
The Trust does not supply contact details of staff, such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers, unless these are routinely published on our website or already in the public domain. Such information is classed as personal identifiable information and, therefore, is considered exempt from disclosure under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act. Direct email addresses are not disclosed in line with Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 which states that:
“A person shall neither transmit, nor instigate the transmission of, unsolicited communications for the purposes of direct marketing by means of electronic mail unless the recipient of the electronic mail has previously notified the sender that he consents for the time being to such communications being sent by, or at the instigation of, the sender.”
Should you wish to contact a member of staff, please contact the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to them.
6. How did the trust engage with these agencies (direct award, Call off agreement, tender, mini-competition)?
Call off agreement
7. How many vacancies for nurses, Doctors and AHP does your Trust have currently?
100 (Doctors, AHPs and Nurses)
