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Dear Mr Bates,

 

I am contacting you with regard to your email correspondence of 24 March
2023, seeking to access government information held with NT Health.

 

Your application has been submitted as a Freedom of Information (FOI)
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Privacy Unit, Department of Health, PO Box 40596 Casuarina NT 0811.

 

Alternatively, you may contact RTM on 08 8999 1606 and make a direct
payment quoting cost code: 70100380 166311 and reference: FOI2023/115

 

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Kind regards

 

Sarah Kennedy
Information and Privacy Officer
Legal Services
NT Health

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Bates <[FOI #10097 email]>
Sent: Friday, 24 March 2023 1:51 AM
To: InfoPrivacyHealth THS <[email address]>
Subject: HPECM: Freedom of Information request - Healthcare Recruitment
Information Request

 

Dear NT Department of Health,

 

1.            Have you ever used agencies to recruit doctors on a
permanent contract?

2.            If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of
doctors in the most recently recorded 12 month period?

3.            What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for
permanent doctors?

4.            What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that
are in demand for doctors?

5.            A contact name/specific team or department responsible for
dealing with permanent doctors recruitment?

 

6.            Have you ever used agencies to recruit nurses on a permanent
contract?

7.            If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of
nurses in the most recently recorded 12 month period?

8.            What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for
permanent nurses?

9.            What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that
are in demand for nurses?

10.          A contact name/specific team or department responsible for
dealing with permanent nurses recruitment?

 

11.          Have you ever used agencies to recruit AHPs on a permanent
contract?

12.          If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of
AHPs in the most recently recorded 12 month period?

13.          What is you  r estimation for the number of vacancies open
for permanent AHPs?

14.          What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that
are in demand for AHPs?

15.          A contact name/specific team or department responsible for
dealing with permanent AHPs recruitment?

 

16.          Would you consider using agencies for international
recruitment?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Colin Bates

 

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