FOI 25-036 Department Contacts
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 25-036 Department Contacts
- Request Date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Response Date
- 05 Feb 2025
- Information Requested
- Microbiology & Pathology Departmental Contacts
- Clinical Lead for Microbiology
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details (email, main phone extension if available)
- Service Manager for Pathology (or equivalent)
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Pathology Operational Manager (if different from #2)
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Head of Clinical Services (if covering Pathology or labs)
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Medical Director (if overseeing Microbiology/Pathology)
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Department Coordinators/Administrators who manage locum scheduling or recruitment for Microbiology/Pathology
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Regional Recruitment Leads for Microbiology (if applicable)
- Name
- Job Title
- Contact details
- Microbiology & Pathology Workforce and Locum Data
- Current consultant vacancies in Microbiology (or combined Infection specialities).
- If exact figures are unavailable, please provide the best estimate or vacancy rate (%).
- Locum Consultants
- Current number (headcount or FTE) of locum Microbiology consultants.
- Typical or average assignment length (e.g., <1 month, 1–6 months, 6+ months).
- Locum Expenditure & Pay
- Total expenditure on locum Microbiology consultants for the most recent full financial year (e.g., 2023/24 or 2022/23).
- The average or range of locum daily or hourly pay rates for Microbiology consultants.
- Any separate on-call or unsocial hours rates, if easily identifiable.
- Recruitment / Procurement Routes
- Which framework(s) and preferred supplier lists (PSLs) your Trust uses to procure locum Microbiology consultants (e.g., HealthTrust Europe, CCS, etc.).
- Whether you use a direct engagement model (e.g., Liaison, PlusUs, 247Time) and if so, which provider.
- The IR35 status for consultant locums (are they all considered inside IR35, or are any outside IR35?).
- General Medicine Workforce and Locum Data
(Please provide the same type of information as above, but now for General Medicine.)
- Consultant Vacancies in General Medicine.
- Locum Consultant Numbers in General Medicine.
- Locum Expenditure on General Medicine for the last full financial year.
- The average or range of locum pay rates (daily/hourly) for General Medicine.
- Any relevant procurement frameworks or direct engagement providers used to source General Medicine locums.
- Typical IR35 status for these General Medicine locum posts.
- Acute Medicine Workforce and Locum Data
(Again, mirror the Microbiology/Pathology questions, but for Acute Medicine.)
- Consultant Vacancies in Acute Medicine.
- Locum Consultant Numbers in Acute Medicine.
- Locum Expenditure on Acute Medicine for the last full financial year.
- The average or range of locum pay rates (daily/hourly) for Acute Medicine.
- Any relevant frameworks or direct engagement providers used for Acute Medicine locums.
- Typical IR35 status for these locum posts.
- Response
As an Emergency Service, the Scottish Ambulance Service, holds no such roles within the Trust.
