Kasper Gorny
Email: / Jenner House
Langley Park Estate
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 1GG
Tel: 01249 468232

Freedom of Information/RFI-460

21 January 2016

Dear Kasper Gorny

Further to your request for information to the Trust of 12th January 2016, we can now respond.

We have dealt with your request in accordance with your ‘right to know’ under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), which entitles you to be provided with a copy of any information ‘held’ by a public authority, unless an appropriate exemption applies.

You requested:

Please provide me with the following information as at the current date:

As of 31 December 2015:

1.  Total no of WTE employees

Total no of WTE employees = 3289.80.

2.  Total number of vacancies

Total number of vacancies = 383.69.

3.  Total number of vacancies at Band 1-4

Total number of vacancies at Band 1-4 = 209.60.

4.  Total number of vacancies at Bands 5-7

Total number of vacancies at Bands 5-7 = 164.15.

5.  Total number of vacancies at Band 8a and above

Total number of vacancies at Band 8a and above = 6.80

6.  Please provide your recruitment policy detailing the recruitment process and any current restrictions to recruitment.

Under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available on our website at the following link:

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/handlers/downloads.ashx?id=9356

Please could you take a couple of minutes to complete our online survey for our response to the Freedom of Information request on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/pk5m7zl

We are obliged to point out that if you feel unhappy with the way your request has been dealt with and wish for a review via the Trust’s Freedom of Information complaints procedure, you should write to the Chief Executive of the Trust at the above address.

If you are not content with the outcome of that review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF Telephone 0303 123 1113 www.ico.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

Chair
Anthony Gallagher / Trust Headquarters
Jenner House, Langley Park, Chippenham SN15 1GG / Acting Chief Executive
Hayley Richards