Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

‘We would like to request the details of all vacancies/positions that have been available through NHS Jobs:

• For an NHS role of: Freedom to Speak Up Guardian

• Available within 25 miles of NE27 0QJ

• Between February 2025 to date

We should be grateful if you would kindly include the information set out below in any table complied:

• Name of organisation

• Vacancy reference number

• Job title

• Staff group

• Salary

• AfC banding

• Date published

• Date closed

• Duration (i.e. permanent/fixed term for X months)

• Vacancy site (i.e. the hospital/site the position was held)’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 3 December 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached.

Data provided is for all adverts published between 1 February 2025 and 8 December 2025 where:

Job title contains “Freedom to Speak up Guardian”

Postcode area is set to “NE” – we are unable to do an exact search for availability within a certain area, but the two listings which were identified do meet the criteria of being with 25 miles of the requested postcode.

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.