Recruitment of nurses (FOI)

Request

Our request relates to the calendar year, 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 and the recruitment of nurses that are directly employed by the Jersey General, Overdale and St Saviour's Hospitals.

Please provide us with the following information:

A

The total number of nurses recruited

B

The total cost of recruiting the nurses

C

The total number of nurses recruited using a recruitment agency

D

The total cost of recruiting the nurses using recruitment agencies

Response

​A

Please note that due to the small numbers represented above for Overdale and St Saviour's Hospitals, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied and the number of recruited staff is shown as fewer than 5 (<5). This is to protect the privacy of individuals.  

B

The total cost of recruiting nurses across the whole of Health and Social Services, of which Jersey General Hospital is part, in 2016, was £97,474.

C and D

All nurses that have been recruited for Jersey General Hospital in 2016 were recruited on a permanent basis, and these recruitments were processed through the States of Jersey Human Resources function.

Therefore no recruitment agencies were involved in the process and no recruitment agency costs were incurred.

Exemption applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.