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Hello,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your email in which you requested
information under the FOI Act 2000.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
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Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sebastien

Reference: FOI 422 097

Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 24^th
February 2023.  Please find below your request and our response.

Request / Response

 1. Does your trust utilise off-framework agencies for Nursing or Care, if
so which agencies?  Dutton Recruitment

2. How many hours have been covered by off-framework agencies for Nursing
and Care AUG 22-PRESENT?

I have provided the details of total number of shifts, also also a
breakdown of number of duties over the months.

2022 1286
Aug 393
Sep 314
Oct 278
Nov 185
Dec 116
2023 149
Jan 86
Feb 40
Mar 23
Grand Total 1435

3. Who at director level is responsible for patient safety and staffing
levels?  Executive Director of Nursing & Quality

I hope this information satisfies your request.  If you are not happy with
our response or the way your request has been dealt with you can ask for
an internal review of our decision or make a complaint.  You should write
to the Freedom of Information Lead at Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS
Foundation Trust, 1st Floor, 45 Wardsend Road North, Sheffield S6 1LX or
email [1][Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust request email]  Please quote the reference number at the top of
the page in any correspondence.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you have
a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner under section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act and ask him to investigate whether we have
complied with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.  Generally, the
Information Commissioner will not investigate a complaint unless an
internal review has been completed and / or our complaints process has
been exhausted.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

Telephone:  0303 123 1113   Website  [2]https://ico.org.uk/

Kind regards

Abdullah Ibrahim

Freedom of Information Administrator

Digital

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Telephone: 0114 22 63966

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