Internal Reference Number: FOI_9281
Date Request Received: 12/03/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 26/03/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: registered nurse bank shifts
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: We are looking for information on your registered nurse (band 5 and above) bank shifts. If possible, please exclude midwifery staff from any data you send. Please tell us - how many bank shifts were worked at your trust by registered nurses during the periods below. Please set out these shifts by Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band, if possible (numbers included as per attached example): | |
| Answer To Question 1: Level of nurse bank shifts Oct - Dec 2025 Oct - Dec 2024 Oct - Dec 2023 Band 5 3,292 3,639 3,375 Band 6 416 317 400 Band 7+ 153 188 116 Total 3,861 4,144 3,891 To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9281 - Q1.docx | |
| Question Number 2: Please tell us 鈥� the total amount spent by your trust on bank shifts worked by registered nurses during the periods below. Please set out the amounts spent by Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band, if possible. If it is not possible to provide this by band, please give the total amount (numbers included as per attached example): | |
| Answer To Question 2: This information can be found on the Trust website. /about-us/ | |
| Question Number 3: Does your organisation offer a variety of registered nurse bank shifts at different pay bands (such as in tables above) or does it instead adopt a 鈥榝lat rate鈥� per hour that all bank nurses would receive? (i) If it adopts a 鈥榝lat rate鈥� please detail what the hourly rate is for all registered nurses. E.g: 拢15.88 hourly rate | |
| Answer To Question 3: The banding is determind by the requirements of the role. SFT pay to grade and follow the AFC spine points. Not flat rate. | |
| Question Number 4: Have there been any changes to your bank shift policy for registered nursing staff since January 2024? If so, please explain what these changes were. | |
| Answer To Question 4: No | |
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