Freedom of information requests

Agency supplier and their ethical business practices

Questions

1. Does the Trust have a Managed Service (MSP) or MV or an external Bank supplier for the recruitment of agency staff? Please break this down into Doctors, Nursing & AHP if appropriate.
2. If yes, who is that contract with and when does it end?
3. If yes, how did the Trust review whether the supplier followed ethical business practices, what ethical insights did they gather?
4. What steps do the Trust take to ensure suppliers are paying their fair share of taxes and acting with integrity.
5. Who is responsible within the Trust, for ensuring that suppliers follow ethical business practices?

Response

1. Yes. Maxxima supply UHB with AHP staff and HSS Staff.
2. Maxxima -Contract end date: February 2026
3. The Trust contract is engaged via a framework to ensure compliance with NHS England guidelines on agency use.
4. All suppliers awarded onto the framework which the Trust uses have a responsibility to pay their share of taxes and this is reviewed by the framework when awarding suppliers.
5. The responsibility of ensuring that suppliers follow ethical business practices sits with the framework provider.