Dear Jacob
Reference number: FOI 422 049

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act. Your request was received on 01 February 2023.
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being open and transparent in the delivery of services and management of the Trust. We endeavour to respond to requests within 20 working days. The Freedom of Information Team is, however, currently working through a backlog of requests and experiencing unforeseen staffing issues. We apologise for any delay in responding to requests and ask that you bear with us while we endeavour to get back on track.
Please can you refer to the reference number above in any future correspondence with us regarding this Freedom of Information Request.

Kind regards
FOI Administrator

Hello,

Further to your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act
2000, please see detailed below and attached the Trust’s response:

Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of
information act covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month
period recorded:

 1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit temporary non-medical
non-clinical staff? – Yes

1a.   If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non
clinical temporary staff? – £ 3,524,819

1b.   Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism – see below table.

Agency staff
spend by staff Audited Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Staff group group PY Apr 21 Apr 22 May 22 Jun 22 Jul 22 Aug 22 Sep 22 Oct 22 Nov 22 Dec 22
(including to Mar 22 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
agency and £
contract)
Non medical
- NHS
non-clinical infrastructure
staff agency support 1,711,000 162,000 162,000 152,000 137,000 132,000 229,000 167,825 93,175 97,155
Non medical
-
non-clinical Capitalised
staff agency staff costs   7,000 7,000 14,000           453,664

2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent non-medical
non-clinical staff? - No

2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non
clinical permanent staff? – Not applicable

2b.   Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism – not applicable.

3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical
non clinical permanent recruitment? - Ella Shaw - Recruitment Officer for
Corporate, Estates and Older Adults

4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical
non clinical temporary recruitment? - Nin Uppal Graves (Resourcing
Manager)

Please contact me us in the first instance if you have any queries or
questions regarding the Trust's response.  However, if you have any
complaints about the handling of your enquiry, please contact:

Information Governance Manager,

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, 

45 Wardsend Road North,

Sheffield,

S6 1LX

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
Website: [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [2][email address]

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