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081-2022

Sent: 04 April 2022 13:11
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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Can you please confirm the name of the providers you have for the following services? Please include journey numbers and mobilities for all patient journeys per annum, start date, end date of contracts, include if any extensions may be applicable and initial length of awarded contract. Please also include all complaints/concerns for each provider, both formal, informal, DATIX, PALS, any SUI’s and CQC reported incidents etc. Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services NEPTS. Any Ambulance services not included in the above, including any specialist services Mental Health Transport Services Pathology Courier Services Any other Courier Services Patient Taxi services – for Taxis booked by the Trust are the providers CQC registered?. For all courier work, please confirm if you have regular GP runs, if yes how many individual runs, what services you supply the GPs, how many GPs are associated to them and the number of journeys per annum?

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083-2022

Sent: 04 April 2022 18:27
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RT policy
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I am currently undertaking research nationally reviewing Rapid Tranquilisation policies across the UK, I was requesting if I could have a copy of the trusts rapid tranquilisation policy, so that it could be used for research.

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086-2022

Subject: Request for Information
This email, created by thomas.shearman@gloucestershire.police.uk, has been securely delivered using Egress Switch and was decrypted on Monday, February 21, 2022 2:01:31 PM+00:00
Good Afternoon
I have been informed I need to submit the above to gather some information around a previous patient.
I am looking to establish what the patients capacity was at the time of the incident and if a capacity assessment was conducted at the time?

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088-2022

Sent: 12 April 2022 13:26
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Inventory Management System
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please confirm what Inventory Management System the Trust has implemented?

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022-2022

Sent: 04 February 2022 08:40
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request
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————————-Officer,
I am researching the usage of software for the processing of prescribing and medicines administration, and would therefore appreciate a response under the Freedom of Information Act to the following: What Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration system does the Trust use?
When did the trust go-live or start using the system?
When does the current contract expire?
How many wards use the system?
Is the system used in outpatients/community?
I appreciate your time & response to my FOI request.

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417-2023

I’m working for Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, supporting our Dental services across Cambridge, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Our current project includes a review of Special Care Dental nursing, as the trust is currently experiencing some recruitment/retention challenges in certain areas, and I’m keen to understand if these are specific to the local region or a more broader, shared challenge across the country with other trusts.

In particular, am keen to understand current:

Dental nursing vacancy rates qty and %.
Pay bands what band, if aligned, or any variation/tactical amends to aid recruitment – i.e. starting bonus, referral reward etc..
Recruitment strategy where advertised, when.

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237-2122

Sent: 21 October 2021 17:54
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RE: FOI 237-2122 – Clarification Required This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
Many thanks for your email – yes please if you could respond with the data available since the trust was formed that would be great. Thanks again for your help, From: Freedom of Information Sent: 19 October 2021 12:00
To: Gorman, Chris Subject: FOI 237-2122 – Clarification Required ——————-
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 237-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
• Regarding Q3-Q6 Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT was formed in October 2019 therefore we couldn’t provide the full financial data you are requesting. Please confirm if you wish us to answer this request still but with data from October 2019 onwards?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: .uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
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————————-FoI lead, Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act. This information would normally be provided by your trust’s patient equality lead/manager, possibly in conjunction with the leads for your patient administratioppointment-booking systems. Questions:
1 – At the point of registration/referral, in line with the Accessible Information Standard, does your trust currently:
• A – ask all patients whether they have any information or communication support needs, and find out how to meet those needs?
• B – routinely highlight or ‘flag’ in the person’s file or notes that they have information or communication needs which must be met?
• C – routinely share this information with other providers of NHS and adult social care, when patients have given consent/permission to do so?
2 – Barriers to compliance:
• A – If you have answered ‘no’ to 1A, what is the main reason why this is not currently done?
• B – If you have answered ‘no’ to 1B, what is the main reason why this is not currently done? • C – If you have answered ‘no’ to 1C, what is the main reason why this is not currently done?
3 – If you have answered yes to 1B, what is the process by which patients’ needs are recorded and subsequently acted on? eg via pop-up alerts within patient administration system, use of colour-coded stickers within paper records.
4 – In the last three full financial years 2020/21, 2019/20 and 2018/19., have you undertaken any audits to assess your compliance against the Accessible Information Standard or the provision of accessible information generally? If yes, please share any resulting reports/findings.
5 – In the last three full financial years 2020/21, 2019/20 and 2018/19., how many complaints has your trust received which primarily related to patients not receiving information in accessible formats? If it is not possible to provide these figures in full without incurring the Act’s Section 12 time/cost limit, please provide any figures you are able to within the limit eg figures for one year, any snapshot reports/audits.
6 – Please provide figures for your trust’s spending on interpreting and translation into non-English languages if possible, excluding British Sign Language BSL. interpreting and translation of materials into easy read. for the last three full financial years 2020/21, 2019/20 and 2018/19. together, if possible, with the number of requests for interpreting/translation that this represents.
If it is not possible to provide the details requested without incurring the Act’s Section 12 time/cost limit, please the information you are able to provide within the limit. I look forward to receiving your response. Please do not hesitate to contact me via chris.gorman@healthwatch.co.uk if you require any clarification. To avoid any potential confusion please note that this request has been submitted by Healthwatch England – a separate organisation to any local Healthwatch organisations which may operate in your area.
Many thanks, Healthwatch is your health and social care champion. We make sure NHS leaders and other health and social care decision-makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care. Visit www.healthwatch.co.uk to share your story, access information or to find your local Healthwatch.
Personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. and relevant data protection law. You can find information on the processing of personal data by us at www.healthwatch.co.uk/privacy. Statutory requests for information made under access to information legislation such as the GDPR and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 should be sent to

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187-2122

Sent: 23 July 2021 10:37
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request
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Hi, I have been passed your details from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts to complete the attached Freedom of Information request. Please could you provide a response to the FOI attached? Many thanks and best wishes
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194-2122

Sent: 03 August 2021 17:35
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Covid-19 Vaccines Administered, Discarded and/or Thrown Away.
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————————-FOI Officer, I am writing to request the following information regarding the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered by centres run by your Trust, and the number of vaccine doses discarded or thrown away at these centres run by your trust. Please provide figures and information for the time period starting from when the UK vaccine-roll out began in December 2020 – Present. 1. The total number of single Covid-19 vaccine doses administered by all health authorities within your trust each month, broken down by manufacturer, e.g. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna. 2. The total number of single vaccine doses that have been wasted or discarded at vaccine hubs controlled by your trust each month, broken down by manufacturer, e.g. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna. 3. Please state the reasons for this wastage or discarding, e.g. dropped or contaminated vials; human error in the preparation process; expired stock; leftover doses; and faulty syringes.
If you do not hold this specific information I would be grateful if in line with Section 16 of the Act you could provide me advice and assistance as to what information you hold that is relevant to my request. Similarly, if you require any clarification regarding my above questions then please contact me under your section 16 duty.
I understand that under the FOI Act I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm via email that you have received this request. If obtaining the information I require is likely to incur a fee, then I would also be grateful if you could warn me about this before proceeding.

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204-2122

Sent: 17 August 2021 16:24
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of information request: funding to charities and third sector bodies
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
This is an information request relating to payments made to charities and third sector organisations. Please provide the following information for 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21:
• • • The value of grants made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information
• for each of the three financial years separately, and list all grants separately.
• • • • The value of loans made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information
• for each of the three financial years separately, and list all loans separately. • The payments made to charities and third sector organisations relate to the following only:
• • • Operation Black Vote
• • • • U.K. Black Pride
• • • • Mermaids
• • • • Ozanne Foundation
• • • • Gendered Intelligence
• • • • British Medical Association
• • • • ActionAid UK • • • • Hope Not Hate • • • • Led by Donkeys
• • • • Extinction Rebellion
• • • • Migrants Organise
• • • • CLASS • • • • Black Lives Matter
• • • • Action on Smoking and Health
• • • • Action on Smoking and Health Scotland
• • • • Action on Smoking and Health Wales
• • • • Breath 2025
• • • • Association of Directors of Public Health
• • • • Improving Performance in Practice previously Public Management Associates. • I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.
Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.

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143-2022

Hello,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. The name of the trust’s Electronic Patient Record EPR. solution, if you have one.
2. The name of the trust’s Patient Portal solution, if you have one.
3. The name of the trust’s Clinical Portal solution, if you have one.
4. The name of your Trust Integration Engine.
5. The name of the trust’s Healthcare Information Exchange HIE. platform, if you have one.
6. Please confirm if the trust uses any digital solutions that support Multidisciplinary Teams MDTs., if so, which ones?

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160-2022

Good morning, In line with the freedom of information act, please could you let me know the following information in accordance with your guidelines: 1. 1. Do you currently use digital dictation? Yes/No
2. If yes, who is your provider for digital dictation?
3. If no, what is your process for letter production?
4. What is the contract end date for your current digital dictation provider?
5. Do you use outsourced transcription or speech recognition or both?
6. Who are your suppliers for each?
7. What is the contract end date for these suppliers?
8. What EPR and PAS system is used?
9. What is your current letter turnaround time target from appointment to letter sent to the GP.?
10. Are you compliant with this target?
11. Do your teams suffer from letter backlogs due to capacity?
12. How many secretarial/admin staff are employed to support outpatient letter production?
I look forward to hearing from you.

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168-2022

I am writing to request some information about your Hospital Trust under the Freedom of Information Act. This information is being requested from the following contact: Role: Head of Insights
Could you please provide the following information to me via email:
1. Does your Trust routinely offer Laboratory based Coagulation testing? please answer either yes or no to this question..
2. If you answered yes to question 1, can you please provide us with a list of the tests that you perform.
3. If you answered yes to question 1 can you please tell us if any of these tests are sent away for testing outside of your trust please also detail which tests are sent away..

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170-2021

Please can I request under the FOIA 2000.:
A. For 2021 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
B. For 2020 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
C. For 2019 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
i.e. A. 50 Absconsions
i. 10 – Ward x
20 – Ward y
Please can this information be sent to me electronically. If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary. I would like to remind you of your duty under section 16 of the Freedom of Information act to offer such advice and assistance on a request if necessary.
If this request is too wide please can I request that requests A,B,C are answered before a refusal is given.
Please reply to this email as form of a receipt.

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018-2023

I am emailing under the Freedom of Information Act to request information regarding your trust and its participation in clinical trials by providing patient recruitment and/or acting as a trial site.
Can you please provide answers to the questions below:
1. Does your trust participate in clinical trials by providing patient recruitment and/or acting as a trial site?
2. For the last 3 years FY2019/20 – FY2022/23. how many clinical trials have the trust participated in by providing patient recruitment and/or acting as a trial site for trials that have been sponsored by the following:
a. Academic institutions
b. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies
c. Other non-profit organisations
d. Other for-profit organisations
3. If you have participated in clinical trials with academic institutions, how many trials were conducted at the following stages of a clinical trial? Please answer for the last 3 years FY2019/20 – FY2022/23..
a. Phase 1
b. Phase 2
c. Phase 3
d. Phase 4
e. Other
4. If you have participated in clinical trials with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, how many trials were conducted at the following stages of a clinical trial? Please answer for the last 3 years FY2019/20 – FY2022/23..
a. Phase 1
b. Phase 2
c. Phase 3
d. Phase 4
e. Other
5. For each year in the last 3 years FY2019/20 – FY2022/23. please detail:
a. How much income the trust should have received for all its clinical trial participation?
b. How much income has the trust actually received for all its clinical trial participation?
c. How much income is still owed to your trust for all its clinical trial participation?

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048-2023

Freedom of Information Request
Section -1
1. Has the trust conducted any overseas healthcare recruitment in the previous financial year of 2022-2023?
2. If yes, can you please advise which all professionals were recruited from overseas Eg. Nurses, doctors, radiographers, ODP’s
3. Can you please list out which all recruitment agencies were used for each professions respectively for year 2022-2023
4. Please list out the contact details of the recruitment agencies used
5. Please can you describe how were these agencies selected?
Section – 2
6. Is the trust planning to conduct overseas healthcare recruitment in the present financial year of 2023-2024?
7. If yes, can you please advise which all professionals were recruited from overseas Eg. Nurses, doctors, radiographers
8. Can you please list out which all recruitment agencies are being used for each professions respectively for year 2023-2024
9. Please can you describe how were these agencies selected?
Section 3
10. What is the process to get onto your framework of suppliers.
11. Would the trust be open to using a non-framework agency who could deliver a better service in a cost-effective way? if So who is the best person to contact?
12. Kindly specify when is the next lot of tenders invited for such a requirement?
13. Kindly specify where would such a tenders would be published for interested bidders to bid?
14. Are you looking for new suppliers who would be able to help you fulfil the roles?

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059-2023

I am requesting information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Q1. Does your organisation have a panel which focuses on supporting adults who hoard or a ‘hoarding panel’.?
Q2 . If yes, please can you provide me with a copy of the policy/guidance/standard operating procedure/terms of reference that informs the remit of the panel?

Q3. Is there policy or guidance in the organisation to support staff working with people who self-neglect?
Q4. If yes, please can you provide me with a copy?

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087-2023

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.
If this information is already publicly available or you might be able to guide me to another information source, any advice would be gladly received.
Please provide data for each question for the years 2018 – 2022, broken down by calendar year i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022..

1. Please provide the number of term stillbirths 37 weeks or more. at your trust
2. Please provide the review process for each stillbirth recorded, e.g.. X number of PMRTs, X number of SIIs, X number referred to the coroner. If relevant, please include the number that led to no review.
3. In any reviews done following a stillbirth please list how many times each of the following was a contributing factor, concluded from the investigation.
a. Failing to monitor reduced foetal movements
b. Wrongly interpreting test results during pregnancy
c. Failing to act on test results which highlight a problem
d. Failure to treat infections in the mother
e. Poor staffing levels
f. Failure to notice vital signs of distress
4. Please provide the number of neonatal deaths at your trust
5. Please provide the review process for each neonatal death, e.g. X number of SIIs, X number referred to the coroner. If relevant, please include the number that led to no review.
6. In any reviews following a neonatal death, please list how many times each of the following was a contributing factor, concluded from the investigation.
a. Failing to monitor reduced foetal movements
b. Wrongly interpreting test results during pregnancy
c. Failing to act on test results which highlight a problem
d. Failure to treat infections in the mother
e. Poor staffing levels
f. Failure to notice vital signs of distress
g. Failing in antenatal care
h. Insufficient or inaccurate handovers
i. Failing to recognise need for caesarean
7. Please provide the number of maternal deaths at your trust
8. Please provide the number of midwifery staffing red flags at your trust

If the request exceeds costing limits set out under the act, please advise how I can refine my request. If you do not hold data in calendar years, please provide data in financial years from 2018-19 through to 2022-23.

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102-2122

Sent: 30 April 2021 12:48
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Innovation Practices and Innovation Stakeholders
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act on your organisations innovation practices and innovation stakeholders. Please complete the attached FOI questions.
Thank you very much for your time and let me know if you have any questions.

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454-2023

I sent a FOI request on Friday regarding CAMHS waiting times and budgets. I wonder if you could take into account the following clarifications as I can see some of my questions were a little opaque, apologies.
I would appreciate if you could consider the following questions:
1: The number of young people on your waiting list for a first appointment and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. A snapshot for a single day in February for those years please.
2: The number of young people on your list who had an assessment but have not started any therapeutic intervention and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017.. PLEASE DISREGARD THIS QUESTION. INSTEAD ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REFERRALS IN 2022, 2021 AND 2017?
3: The average length of time young people are waiting for a first appointment and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. Are you able to give a snapshot of the average wait time now, plus the average wait time in 2021 and 2017 in whatever way you record this?
4: The average length of time young people are waiting between initial referral and treatment beginning and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. 5: Your annual budget and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. For CAMHS please, and the trust’s budget.
6: How many young people referred in to the service were refused treatment in 2022, 2021 and 2017.
I wonder if you could also tell me:
7: The longest time any young person has been on your current waiting list as of the date of the receipt of this email.

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050-2122

Subject: BBC FOI Request Inpatient Deaths.: 3rd March
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Good afternoon, Please treat this email as a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am seeking information on deaths in inpatient mental health facilities run by the NHS. If you can, please provide the following information in the form of an Excel document with a yearly breakdown. Please also provide the age and location of each death if this is possible.
I’m asking for:
• The number of self-inflicted deaths which have happened in your CAMHS Tier 4. inpatient facilities from January 2016 to December 2020
• The number of self-inflicted deaths which have happened in your ADULT Mental Health inpatient facilities from January 2016 to December 2020
If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.
In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined, please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this before the 20 day limit. I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.

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414-2023

Please can you provide response to the following Freedom of Information Request for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust to 1.matt.tucker.1@gmail.com:
1. The number of operating theatres OTs. in your Trust by type e.g., day case, general, obstetrics etc..
2. For each type of OT e.g., day, general, obstetrics etc.., please provide the number of OTs:
a. With no ventilation system
b. With a ‘conventional’ ventilation system
c. With an Ultra Clean Ventilation UCV. / laminar flow ventilation system
d. That are ‘Integrated’ OTs e.g. connected by a digital control panel.
3. The number of OT ventilation system that were refurbished/replaced in the last 5 years. For each, please list the supplier and capital cost of the equipment
4. For OT ventilation systems, where there is a servicing agreement, please specify:
a. Total value and duration of the servicing contract
b. Provider of the servicing contract
c. Renewal date
d. Type of agreement e.g., framework, warranty, tender etc..
5. Your Trust’s annual capital equipment spend on the following OT equipment, for the last 5 years
a. OT ventilation systems
b. Theatre control panels
c. Operating lights
d. Medical pendants
e. Mobile ventilation systems
6. The annual number of surgeries performed outside of an operating theatre, for the last 5 years
a. The number of those where a mobile ventilation system was used for the same period

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019-2122

To whom it may concern,
I am emailing you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. The information I would like is: 1. How many Fax Machines are currently a. owned and b. used by your Trust,
and 2. What operating system does your Trust currently use Windows 8, etc.. for its Computers and Laptops?

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315-2022

As per the FOI Act 2000, I would really appreciate it if you could help me by answering the following questions at your earliest convenience.
Question Response
Who is your Chief Operations Officer ? Who is your Chief Nurse ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Performance ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Transformation ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Informatics and Reporting ? Who is your Director of Finance? What stage of analytics are you in – Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive? Do you currently use predictive analytics in your Organisation? If yes, do you use it for any of the following: bed modelling, theatres, staffing and productivity better use of resources.? Is it an internal or external team that does your predictive analytics? If external, please mention their name.

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191-2122

To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RE: FOI 191-2122 – Clarification This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
Thank you for the email.
I am asking for the ECT policy to ultimately answer a question regarding the administration of ECT. I would like to receive whatever policy you have in regards to ECT. I will also add the question here that I hope you may be able to answer.
Please can you confirm that the equipment used in the administration of ECT in clinics governed by the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Thymatron System IV machine. If this is not the machine, please provide the name of the machine being used.

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129-2122

Sent: 30 May 2021 13:55
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Sir / Madam
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Could you please provide some information, as laid out below; Question Response
1. Does your organisation use/perform Viscosupplementation injections? 2. How much has your organisation spent in the financial year 2019/20 on viscosupplementation in Primary care and how much has been spent in Secondary care. 3. How much has your organisation spent in the financial year 2018/19, on viscosupplementation in Primary care and how much has been spent in Secondary care. 4. Which brands. Viscosupplement have been used in the financial year 2019/20? YES/NO
Arthrum H Cingal Durolane Euflexxa Fermathron Orthovisc Ostenil Ostenil Plus RenehaVis Suplasyn Synocrom Synocrom Mini Synolis Monovisc Synopsis Synvisc Hylan G-F20. Synvisc ONE Hylan G-F20.

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146-2122

Sent: 16 June 2021 15:48
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request
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To whom it may concern
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Trust regarding.
1. Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021, how many permanent Doctors Vacancies have been filled within the Trust by agencies.
2. Please break down the number of permanent roles that have been filled by agencies Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021; E.G. SHO’s, Middle Grade’s, Consultant’s
3. Please list the providers you have utilised Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021 to source permanent vacancies for doctors
4. Who is the person responsible for recruiting Permanent Doctors agency requirements within your trust?
5. Please list the agencies the trust have used ‘Off Framework’ for permanent vacancies Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021.
Please provide the information in the form of an email to If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response within 20 working days as per the statute.

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094-2122

Sent: 27 April 2021 10:19
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Orthotics
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We are currently doing some research into Orthotics services within the UK. We are a manufacturer of orthotic devices based in the UK. We are writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the Orthotics department at Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust to help with our research. Please could you provide us with information regarding your Orthotics services and products. A full list of questions has been attached to this email. Please provide the information in the form of letter and as digital format. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how we can adjust our request.
If you can identify any other ways that our request could be refined we would be very grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us via email or phone and we will be very happy to clarify what we are asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and we look forward to your response.

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068-2022

Subject: Re: FOI long covid
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information:
1. How many passwords have been generated for the Your COVID Recovery App in 2020, 2021 and 2022?
2. How many patients have been referred to the Nuffield Health long COVID recovery programme from the CCG in 2020, 2021 and 2022?
Please separate the data if you oversee FOI disclosure for more than one NHS Trust.
Please confirm you have received this request.
You can contact me if you have any questions about the request or believe the information will be too burdensome to retrieve on +447551395753 or at sashabaker177@gmail.com. I would be happy to refine the request if needed.
I await your response within 20 working days.

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037-2022

Sent: 22 February 2022 19:41
To: Freedom of Information
Cc: isabelblench@gmail.com
Subject: FOI Request – Social Media and Mobile Phone Guidelines
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information: Any guidelines, protocols, policies or similar you have in place for patients under your psychiatric care regarding:
· Use of mobile phones
· Use of cameras/video recording devices or similar
· Use of social media Please could you provide this information for both adults and patients aged under 18 on residential wards and, if relevant, outpatients?
I would like to receive the information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me by telephone 07714287702. and let me know how I could refine the request.
If you don’t have all the relevant information, please could I have access to that which you do have.

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059-2022

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I am seeking information regarding your Trust’s use of Serenity Integrated Mentoring SIM.. I understand that in some areas it uses a different acronym, but it is designed to help police officers and NHS teams handle persistent users of emergency services who have mental health conditions, and is provided via training from the High Intensity Network HIN. or Health Innovation Network HIN..
Please provide the following information:
• • • The number of police officers working with your trust as part of SIM or equivalent..
• • • • The number of service users on the programme in your Trust area. Please break this down by the
• year they started participating, as well as their age group, gender and ethnicity.
• • • • The number of service users who stopped participating in the programme. Please break this down
• by year, and whether their decision to stop participating was made in agreement with Trust staff.
• • • • The number of uses of s136 of the Mental Health Act carried out by officers participating in SIM
• in your area, by year since your trust began participating in/using SIM.
• • • • The number of times service users on the programme required admittance to hospital or the use of
• emergency services since your trust began using SIM.
• • • • Please provide any data protection impact assessments carried out regarding your use of SIM.
• • • • Please provide any Equality Impact Assessments regarding your use of SIM.
• • • • I understand that in May 2021 Tim Kendall at NHS England asked all Trusts using SIM to review it.
• Please provide a copy of the letter requesting this review, confirm whether or not your Trust has completed a review, and if it has, any correspondence with NHS England confirming that you have submitted the review.

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060-2022

The role of Director/Chief/Lead of AHPs is commonly described as “Providing Workforce
Leadership for Allied Health Professions, map the current AHP workforce across the trust, work
with other trust AHP Directors and develop a strategic workforce plan for recruitment and
retention of Allied Health Professions within the trust.”1
Section 1. Within your Trust, do you have a role that meets the above description?
☒ Yes
☐ No
If the answer is “Yes” answer section 2 only, and if the answer is “No” answer Section 3
only.
Section 2
2.1. What is title?
☐ Director of AHPs
☒ Chief AHP
☐ Lead AHP
☐ Other please specify.: ____________________________________________
2.2 When was the role of Director/Chief/Lead AHP or its equivalent first created within the
Trust?
November 2019 at the point of the formation of the newly integrated Physical Health, Mental
Health and Learning Disabilities Trust
2.3. Is there someone currently in this post?
☒ Yes
☐ No
If no, why not?
2.4. If yes, are they registered as an allied health professional AHP.?
☒ Yes
☐ No
2.5 If yes, which profession?
☐ Art Therapist
☐ Drama therapist
☐ Music therapist
☐ Chiropodist/podiatrist
☐ Dietitian
☒ Occupational therapist
☐ Operating Department Practitioner
☐ Orthoptist
☐ Osteopath
☐ Paramedic
☐ Physiotherapist
☐ Prosthetist
☐ Orthotist
☐ Radiographer
☐ Speech and language therapist
2.6. If they are not registered as an AHP, what is their professional background?
2.7. Does this individual have a position on the Trust board?
☐ Yes
☒ No
2.8. Which Allied Healthcare professions are employed by your Trust?
Please complete the table below.
Select the AHP
professions employed by
your Trust
If your Trust employs this profession, select if
the Director/Chief/Lead AHP or its equivalent
leads/directs this profession
Art Therapists ☒ ☒
Drama therapists ☒ ☒
Music therapists ☐ ☐
Chiropodists/podiatrists ☒ ☒
Dietitians
Occupational therapists
☒ ☒
Operating Department
Practitioners
☐ ☐
Orthoptists ☐ ☐
Osteopaths ☒ ☒
Paramedics ☒ ☒
Physiotherapists ☒ ☒
Prosthetists ☐ ☐
Orthotists ☐ ☐
Radiographers ☐ ☐
Speech and language
therapists
☒ ☒
Section 3.
It has been shown that “there are benefits to improvement activity, as well as to the visibility and
influence of the AHP workforce on the Trust’s priorities when there is a designated AHP lead”,
and that these roles should be put in place in each Trust1,2
.
3.1. Do you expect to advertise/create a job role meeting the above description within the next 6
months?
☐ Yes
☐ No
3.2. If no, are you planning to advertise/create this role in the long term 12-24 months?
☐ Yes
☐ No
3.3 If no, what has been the main barrier/s that are preventing a job role meeting the above
description from being created in the long term 12-24months.?
3.4. Is your Trust aware of the NHS England and NHS Improvement strategy 2019 Investing in
chief allied health professionals: insights from trust executives.. to have designated AHP leads?
☒ Yes
☐ No
References:
1. NHS England and NHS Improvement. Investing in chief allied health professionals:
insights from trust executives. 2019;July..
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/investing-chief-allied-health-professionals/
2. NHS England and NHS Improvement. Developing Allied Health Professional Leaders: A
Guide for Trust Boards and Clinicians.; 2019

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069-2022

I am writing in respect of your current Finance solution. Please can you kindly help me out with the following information?
1. What ERP Enterprise Resource Management. or Finance system is currently used at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust?
2. When does your present contract expire?
3. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
4. Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
5. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title, and contact information if possible.
Thank you very much for your assistance.

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070-2022

Procurement,
I am writing in respect of your finance solution. Could you kindly help me out with the below information?
1. What ERP Enterprise Resource Management. or Finance system is currently used at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust?
2.When does your contract expire?
3.Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
4.Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
5. Who is the people responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title, and contact information if possible.

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076-2022

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Good afternoon,
Please can you provide the following information:
Please confirm the name, position and contact details telephone number and email address. of the person responsible for arranging and administering the Authority’s insurances. Which classes of commercial insurance do the Authority currently procure in addition to NHS Resolution risk pooling schemes.? When are these policies due for renewal?
How much does the Authority spend annually on its insurance premium?
Please confirm the name of the Authority’s current insurance broker/advisor if applicable..
When was the contract for insurance broking services last reviewed/tendered?
When will the current contract for insurance brokerage services expire? Is this subject to a potential extension?

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060-2122

The following freedom of information request is designed to establish what process and specific software tools are used to administer your board meeting / senior management meeting process, within the NHS Trust. I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. How does the NHS Trust administer and manage board and other senior managed events? – what process is followed to prepare, collate and manage the board meeting documents pack, including print / e-mail and distribution? 2. Is a “manual process” used for the above or does the NHS Trust use a dedicated Software tool? 3. If yes, what is the name of the software tool used? 4. If no, is the NHS Trust considering to acquire such a tool or “Board Portal” at some time in the future? 5. Who is the most appropriate person, within the NHS Trust, to contact regarding this matter?
I look forward to hearing from you regarding my request,

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064-2122

Sent: 20 March 2021 00:13
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Cultural Competency Toolkits
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Good morning. I am a Doctorate in Public Health Student with Teesside University and l am investigating cultural competency in the NHS. I am kindly requesting a copy of your Cultural Competency Toolkit under the freedom of Information Act 2000..

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065-2122

Sent: 23 March 2021 10:43
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Confidential waste
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————————-FOI Team,
Please could you confirm if you can provide the following information Free of Charge or if a fee will be applicable – If a fee is applicable please confirm the price before providing any information.?
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.
Confidential Waste The details we require are:
• Has confidential waste being procured via tender or framework or another means?
• If a framework, could you confirm the name of the framework please?
• Actual contract values of each framework/contract & any sub lots. • Start date & duration of contract
• Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension? • Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or renewed? • Who is the procurement officer responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
• Who is the current supplier?
• If your current supplier is a Facilities Management/Waste Company, which sub-contractor services your organisation?

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066-2122

I want to submit a request for some information from the organisation, in relation to their contract’s register.
The FULL contract register should display all the organisations existing/live contracts I would like the register to display the following columns/headings:
1. Contract Reference -Unique reference number associated with the contract.
2. Contract Title
3. Procurement Category –Please state the Category name of the contract, I wish to know the Category the contract is under. 4. Supplier Name
5. Spend Total or Annual.
6. Contract Duration
7. Contract Extensions
8. Contract Starting Date
9. Expiration Date
10. Contract Description [Please provide me with as much detail as possible.]
11. Contact Owner Full contact details if possible..
12. CPV codes/ProClass
IMPORTANT
1. For those organisations planning to make an exemption around spend, the spend information I have requested is an overall figure and I am not requesting a complete breakdown of services relating to the spend.
2. If the organisation has a CRM system or a similar system, there should be a facility to download and extract contract data.
3. You may forward me a Weblink to a portal to download the contract register, please make sure all of the organisation’s contracts are provided as doing prior research I have found that most organisations have only uploaded a small portion of all of their contracts.
Please do not think that this is the only information I require if you could provide me with more information that would be great.
Contract Data/API Contact Details
13. Can you also provide me with contact details of the person responsible for the actual contract’s register or someone responsible for API? [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address] At the very least provide me with their actual job title.
Meaning of API “a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service.”.
Please provide me with the contract’s register file in an excel format.
Thanks in advance.

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301-2122

Sent: 22 December 2021 15:26
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Subject access request – Our Ref: 160774/0001
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We have been instructed by Mr and Mrs Choudhury in relation to a potential clinical negligence arising out of and in connection with the death of their son, Jabid Choudhury on 25 April 2021. We are also instructed to represent the family at the forthcoming Inquest which has been listed to take place on 26 and 27 April 2022. Jabid received treatment from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust prior to his death and a Clinical Incident Report into the care afforded to Jabid was carried out by the Trust thereafter. The clinical incident report makes reference to a number of internal policies, and we would be grateful if you could please provide us with copies of the following by return: – 1. Assessing and Managing Clinical Risk and Safety Policy CLP249 v14.1.. 2. Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team CRHTT. Operational Policy v10.. 3. Health Records and Clinical Record Keeping Policy CLP005 v10.. 4. Incidents Policy Including Serious Incidents. CGP001 v2.1.. 5. Mental Health Intermediate Care Team MHICT. Operational Policy v10..
We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

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002-2022

Sent: 12 January 2022 11:12
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request for Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
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I hope you’re well.
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible, however, if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate it if you would get in touch at adriana.myther@gmail.com. Please could you provide the following information:
1. 2. 3. What software are you currently using for your website? 4. 5. 6. 7. What team/individual is responsible for maintaining your website? 8. 9. 10. 11. Do you work with an external supplier to maintain your website, if so when does your contract expire? 12. 13. 14. 15. When did you last conduct an accessibility audit against your public website? 16. 17. 18. 19. What team/individual is responsible for digital accessibility across your public facing services? 20. 21. 22. 23. What is your budget for digital accessibility? 24. 25. 26. 27. What is your annual marketing/communications budget for creating content for residents? 28. 29. 30. 31. Do you work with external marketing/communications suppliers to create content for your public
32. facing services?
33. 34. 35. 36. When was the last time you conducted a content audit on your website to remove outdated content?
37. If possible, please could you present the information via a Microsoft Word or Excel document, sent to me via email.
I would appreciate it if you could confirm receipt of my request and look forward to hearing from you.

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214-2122

Sent: 03 September 2021 14:30
Subject: Freedom of Information request
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Good afternoon,
I would like to make an FOI request please, please feel free to publish the response publicly, however if you do I would appreciate if my personal details were removed prior to publishing.
1. Does the Trust have appointed Information Asset Owner’s IAO’s.
2. If the answer to Q1 is yes, how often are they trained, when was the training last delivered and who is responsible for organising the training? as in, the person. 3. Are you or have you considered becoming ISO 27001 compliant or certified? If so whom is responsible for the project? as in, the person. 4. How is 3rd Party supplier risk assurance managed, in particular the risk in the areas of data protection and information security and who is responsible for this, if relevant as in, the person. 5. When did you last conduct a Physical Security risk assessment of the Trust’s Estates. and Buildings., and who is responsible for managing risk in this area? as in, the person. Kind Regards

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216-2122

Sent: 06 September 2021 17:07
Subject: Communication via the website
Submitted details:
How can we help you?
Please select an option… I have a question about the trust Your details
Your name Victoria Mills Your email address victoria.mills@somersetft.nhs.uk Your phone number 07827 879551 What is your query? FOI Request
Please could you confirm what Software provider you use for your fixed asset register?

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234-2122

Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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To whom it may concern
I would like to make a freedom of information request, under the Freedom of Information Act, pertaining to the trust use of insourcing providers to aid in waiting list management. Specifically, I would like to know;
– Does the trust currently use private insourcing providers?
– Which providers are currently used, and for what type of work are they employed e.g general surgery, ophthalmology, etc.?
– Does the trust also outsource waiting list work to private hospitals, etc?
– What % of patients are insourced vs outsourced?
– Please provide a list of insourcing contracts that have been awarded to insourcing providers within the last 5 financial years, to include the following information;
o Contract award date
o Contract end date
o Name of company the contract was awarded to
o Value of contract
o Nature of contract which specialism does the contract relate to, what does the contract cover.
o Contact name title and contact details for the person in charge of each contract awarded
I would be grateful if you could email your response to me, or if preferable you may post a response to me at Alliance Health Group, 54 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 8PE.
Kind regards

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201-2122

Sent: 17 August 2021 10:56
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – PACS System Update
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
We are currently updating data on your trust’s PACS system. Can you please complete the fields below with what you currently hold?
Please enter ‘No System Installed’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system:
System type – PACS
Supplier name –
System name –
Date installed –
Contract expiration –
Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender
Is this annually renewed? – Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No
System definition:
PACS picture archiving and communication system. – is medical imaging technology used primarily by radiologists to securely store and share electronic images and clinical reports.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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209-2122

Sent: 23 August 2021 15:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request on the treatment of schizophrenia
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to you today to request information relating to the treatment of schizophrenia by your trust
Q1. In the past 6 months, how many patients has your trust treated [for any condition] with the following drugs:
• Aripiprazole long-acting injectable Abilify Maintena.
• Olanzapine pamoate Zypadhera.
• Paliperidone palmitate, once monthly Xeplion.
• Paliperidone palmitate, three monthly Trevicta.
• Risperidone long-acting injectable Risperdal Consta.
• Flupentixol decanoate Depixol.
• Fluphenazine decanoate Modecate.
• Haloperidol decanoate Haldol Decanoate.
• Pipotiazine palmitate Piportil.
• Zuclopenthixol decanoate Clopixol.
Q2. Within your organisation how many patients are currently [within the past 6 months] being treated for Schizophrenia ICD code: F20.
Q3. Of the Schizophrenia patients ONLY, how many are currently [within the past 6 months] being treated with the following drugs:
• Aripiprazole long-acting injectable Abilify Maintena.
• Olanzapine pamoate Zypadhera.
• Paliperidone palmitate, once monthly Xeplion.
• Paliperidone palmitate, three monthly Trevicta.
• Risperidone long-acting injectable Risperdal Consta.
• Flupentixol decanoate Depixol.
• Fluphenazine decanoate Modecate.
• Haloperidol decanoate Haldol Decanoate.
• Pipotiazine palmitate Piportil.
• Zuclopenthixol decanoate Clopixol.
Thank you for your assistance.

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024-2022

Sent: 09 February 2022 16:37
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: NHS Freedom of Information Request – 09.02.22.
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To whom it may concern,
Under the freedom of information act 2000, please could Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust provide answers to the following:
A. For the financial year 2018-2019 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed by [Insert trust name] ii. whether a named continence lead was in place iii. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and iv. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. B. For the financial year 2019 – 2020 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. whether a named continence lead was in place iv. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and v. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. C. For the financial year 2020 – 2021 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. whether a named continence lead was in place iv. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and v. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. D. For the financial year 2021 – 2022 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. how many continence staff are still redeployed as a result of COVID19 iv. whether a named continence lead was in place v. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and vi. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm receipt of this request.
I look forward to hearing from you.

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299-2022

I want to ask about something that has been bothering me for a long time
I am a person from Morocco and am currently in the UK, and I have a brother who suffers from psychological problems and maybe mental, it seems that he suffers from bipolar disorder
We have tried to treat him in my country of origin, but the level of psychiatry is fragile,
so I want to bring him to the United Kingdom, especially to your hospital, to receive treatment due to your excellent reputation for your services in psychiatry, and my inquiry is about:

Is there follow-up and treatment of bipolar cases for expatriates?
And if yes, what are the necessary procedures for a treatment visa in the UK with treatment fees for expatriates?

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