Usage of nitrile gloves

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Dear NHS Shared Business Services,

Please can you provide estimated usage figures for Nitrile Gloves throughout the NHS for period March 2020 to August 2020 and the same period in 2019?

Yours faithfully,

Chris Parkinson

FOI (NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (Wakefield)), NHS Shared Business Services

Good Afternoon,

Further to your e-mail below, I am contacting you with regards your request for information received into NHS Shared Business Services.

NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) is a private company created by a joint venture between Sopra Steria Limited and the Department of Health supporting NHS organisations. As a private company, we are not listed as a public authority within the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and are not obliged to comply with the act and the need to release information regarding our company. I must, therefore, refuse your request for information.

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For any further information on our services and what we do, please go to our web site http://www.sbs.nhs.uk.

Kind Regards

NHS Shared Business Services

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