FOI Ref: 0225FOI1920

13^th March 2020

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I am writing to formally request the following information:

• Agency Spend – Total amount spent on agency staff in the 2018/19 financial year split into the CCG’s staff groups (E.g. Medical, Nursing, Admin, AHP etc.) and speciality/grade (E.g. Consultants, GP, ICU Nurse, Acute Nurse, Occupational therapists, Pharmacists, Health Care Assistants, etc.) depending on how this is reported within the Group. Could you please provide the information for all the CCG’s under your group separately?

Response

These figures relate to Sheffield CCG only.

Total agency spend in 2018/19 was £286,934:

Of which £67,266 was in relation to clinical staff (Continuing Health Care nurses);

And £219,688 was in relation to admin staff of various pay grades.