Request

You asked us:

I am instructed on behalf of an NHS Trust and would like to make an FOI request for a list of vacancies for a Paediatric Consultant between 7 March 2024 until 31 December 2024 for all NHS Trusts within the locations of London and Oxford. Please let me know if more specific search areas are required and we will seek to narrow down the location criteria.

I am requesting this information as it is relevant to an Employment Tribunal claim and the Claimant’s potential to mitigate his losses between the above dates. As you will appreciate, I am unable to provide more specific details as to the relevant parties due to confidentiality. As this information has already been in the public domain, I would be grateful if you could provide it in a table format setting out the following information:

• Name of organisation

• Vacancy reference number

• Job title

• Salary

• Date published

• Date closed

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

• Part time/full time

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

Our response

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

Search terms

The information has been filtered on the following criteria:

• Jobs Adverts Published: 07/03/2024 – 31/12/2024

• Location: London area as a whole and Oxford postcodes

• Job Title: Contains ‘Paediatric’

• Pay Scale: Consultant

The post code field confirms the location of the vacancy.

The information provided is limited to what the recruiting organisation supplies us with. For more detail on each position, you may wish to write to each trust directly. A directory of trusts and ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/

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: “NHS Jobs, 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.