Staff and Salaries

Summary

The requester asked for the total number of permanent staff and salary spend at Manx Care, broken down by department. The authority responded with Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff numbers and salary costs for January to March 2022, categorized by terms and conditions rather than specific job roles, with some groups anonymized to protect individual identities.

Key Facts

• Data provided covers the period of January, February, and March 2022.
• Staff numbers are reported as Full Time Equivalent (FTE) as of 31 March 2022.
• Breakdown is by terms and conditions (e.g., MPTC, Medical & Dental) instead of job roles due to system limitations.
• Certain small groups (Therapeutic Earners, Individual Contracts, Teachers & Lecturers) were combined to anonymize data.
• The total salary spend for Manx Care in March 2022 was £7,906,720.

Data Disclosed

• 2643.21
• 169.95
• 1264.29
• 219.87
• 976.73
• 12.36
• £7,765,276
• £8,108,349
• £7,906,720
• £634,242
• £632,024
• £650,393
• 31 March 2022
• 7 April 2022
• 10 May 2022

Original Request

1. Please may I be supplied with the total number of staff you have working within Manx Care. a) Please may you break this figure down by department (e.g. nurses, reception/admin, doctors etc.) b) Please may this figure reflect permanent staff - by permanent I mean non-locum/bank staff. 2. Please may I also be supplied with the total salary spend of the staff working in Manx Care (ignoring bank and locum staff spend). Please may this figure also be broken down by department also (e.g. nurses = £X, reception/admin = £Y, doctors = £Z).

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 2374477 10 May 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 7th April 2022 which states:

"1. Please may I be supplied with the total number of staff you have working within Manx Care. a) Please may you break this figure down by department (e.g. nurses, reception/admin, doctors etc.) b) Please may this figure reflect permanent staff - by permanent I mean non-locum/bank staff. 2. Please may I also be supplied with the total salary spend of the staff working in Manx Care (ignoring bank and locum staff spend). Please may this figure also be broken down by department also (e.g. nurses = £X, reception/admin = £Y, doctors = £Z)." We then requested clarification as follows: Q1: We propose to provide FTE as this provides better context for your second question as salary varies with FTE. Please note, the data provided will be as at 31st March 2022 - please can you confirm if this is acceptable? Q2: What period/date range do you require (it can vary depending on additional entitlements/payments (such as on-call allowances)? Would the salary spend for the month of March, broken down by terms and conditions be acceptable? Q1 and Q2: Our system does not record staff by their working role (such as reception/admin, etc), instead we could provide a breakdown between terms and conditions (such as MPTC, Medical & Dental, Civil Service, etc.) - please can you confirm if this is acceptable? Your response to our request for clarification: “With regard to FTE, this is acceptable, thank you. With regard to the break down of staff into categories, as you have suggested, this will also be acceptable - thank you. Lastly, with regard to salary spend, would you be able to provide the figures for January, February and March” Our Response Following the clarification outlined above, our response illustrates the total spend on salaries within Manx Care  based on the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) number of staff working within Manx Care  for the months of January, February and March 2022  categorised by terms and conditions (e.g. MPTC, Medical & Dental, Civil Service, etc.)

Please Note:  Therapeutic Earners, Individual Contracts, and Teachers and Lecturers have been grouped so as to anonymise the data, due to the potential to work out individual salaries due to the low group sizes.  Public Services Commission staff include both Manual and Craft workers and Civil Servants some historic terms and conditions differ between these two groups and may be subject to protection but work is ongoing to harmonise terms and conditions and procedures for these groups.
Please quote the reference number 2374477 in any future communications.

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In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi. Terms and Conditions Full Time Equivalent staff number as at 31/03/2022 January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 Health Medical and Dental 169.95 £634,242 £632,024 £650,393 Manx Pay Terms and Conditions 1264.29 £3,888,931 £4,046,468 £3,968,425 National Joint Council 219.87 £622,684 £684,729 £624,459 Public Services Commission 976.73 £2,592,241 £2,718,261 £2,635,306 Other (Therapeutic Earners, Individual Contracts, Teachers & Lecturers) 12.36 £27,178 £26,867 £28,137 Total Manx Care (All T&Cs) 2643.21 £7,765,276 £8,108,349 £7,906,720 Salary Costs

I will now close your request as of this date.