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Care Plans/Risk Assessment & History/Suicide Prevention Awareness

Please could you provide the:

Data showing the amount and type of training that has been given to any member of patient facing staff that works for the crisis team covering Cheltenham and Gloucester in relation to formulating patient care plans, risk assessments/ risk history and suicide prevention awareness since:

– 1st September 2025 until present day

and

– January 2024 to January 2025

Many thanks in advance.

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Use of Simulation in Staff Training

Dear FOI Team,
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request information regarding the use of simulation-based training within your Trust. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide the following details:
1. Does the Trust currently use simulation to train any staff groups (e.g., consultants, resident doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, etc.)?
2. If yes, what simulation methodologies are employed (e.g., role-play with actors, digital avatars, augmented reality, virtual reality, or other approaches)?
3. What were the initial setup costs for implementing simulation training?
4. What are the ongoing annual costs, if any, associated with maintaining and delivering simulation training?
5. How many trainees did the Trust host in the last financial year (2024/2025) who were enrolled in training for a mental health–related profession?
If some or all of this information is not available, please provide the details that are held by the Trust.
Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

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Basic Life Support Training

I am a first-year medical student participating in a cross-cultural study between the UK and Bulgaria. Myself and other NHS professionals and students would like to ask the following questions, so that we can compare this to the training done in Bulgaria, before a Resus council is set up there.

1/ Is Basic Life Support course mandatory for the medical professionals working for the Trust?

2/ How many courses per year does your resus training department deliver?

3/ What percentage of doctors/nurses/midwives and other allied health professionals have done BLS training in the last 1 year?

4/ What percentage of your medical personnel have profession specific Advanced Life Support training?

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