Dear J Allen,
 
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has received your request.
 
We have allocated the reference 216-19 and will contact you in due course.
The Freedom of Information Act allows a period of 20 working days for
response.  The due date for our response to you is 16^th September.
Yours sincerely
 
 
Information Governance Team
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear J Allen,

We write further to your email of 16th August made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delayed response. This is not indicative of the service we provide and we are sorry if our delay has caused you any inconvenience.

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's response is below.

Could the authority state how they use agencies and/or software to expedite the discharge of DTOC patients?
We do not use agencies or software to expedite DTOC.

How much did they spend with agencies to arrange placements with care homes or home care for DTOC patients in each of the last three financial years?
We do not use agencies to arrange placements with care homes or home care for DTOC patients

Do they use Capacity Tracker or any other software of services to identify care homes or home care packages? Please state which software or services are used.
The CCG has a Capacity Tracker: Care Home Bed Availability tool that we can access to see availability.

We hope that the information supplied will be of use to you.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Thompson
Information Governance Team

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