1. Please confirm whether you have a permanent guardian of safe working hours in place at the trust. Please confirm their length of service in the guardian role.
Yes.
The Guardian of Safe Working was first appointed in August 2016. He resigned in December 2016.
The Deputy Medical Director acted as interim Guardian from January 2017 – April 2018.
Substantive GOSW appointed April 2018.
2. Please detail the total number of exception reports submitted during 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Please find the attached PDF document.
3. Please detail the number of exception reports submitted during the time frame which focus on staff shortages/rota gaps.
We do not hold this information in a retrievable format.
4. Please provide anonymised text for all of the reports fulfilling the above criteria.
We do not hold this information in a retrievable format.
5. Please provide the total number of clinical vacancies currently at the trust, separated however trust figures are usually detailed.
Please find attached spreadsheet.
