Dear James Baker
 

Thank you for your [letter] [e-mail] of 16/10/2023   Your request is being
handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

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Dear James Baker

Request FOI/902

Further to your request received on 16/10/2023, I confirm that the Trust
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. Please confirm how many shifts were sent out for agencies to fill (per
month), for Band 5 and Band 2 (nursing staff) between July 2022 and June
2023? Please find attached

2. Please confirm how many of these shifts were filled by agencies per
month for the same timespan as detailed in Q1. (Please can this be broken
down per agency) Please find attached
3. Where there is a Tiered structure of agency suppliers, please can you
confirm how many shifts per month were filled by each ‘Tier" of supplier
used.

4. Between July 2022 and June 2023, what was the trust spend per month,
for each agency supplier? Please find attached

5. Please confirm the average charge rate across this 12 month period for
a Band 5 General nurse. The average charge rate would be in line with the
NHSI cap price - which is what most of our RGNs would be supplied at. All
RGNs are supplied by framework agencies up to Tier 3
6. Please confirm Total off-framework spend across the period July 2022 to
June 2023. Can this also be broken down per month. Please find attached

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Yours 

Abdullah

Abdullah Ibrahim
Freedom of Information Administrator
Digital

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
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