Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 001-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response attached as a separate excel spreadsheet. Please note, we do not have intensive care beds so cannot answer this question and are also unable to supply information of how many patients died from/dying with COVID-19. All the information and figures are publically available on the Office of National Statistics website. Please follow the link below for more
Information https://www.ons.gov.uk/
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:-
– Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office ICO. for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Hello
Under the FOI act, please can you supply me with the following monthly data for the trust, for March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2020:
How many Covid 19/Coronavirus patients were in intensive care units?
Total number of beds in the trust at the time?
How many of these beds were occupied?
If applicable, could you also provide the following:
Community Occupancy %
Adult Mental Health Beds Occupancy %
Older Adult Mental Health Occupancy %
How many of the patients died FROM Coronavirus/Covid-19
How many of the patients died WITH Coronavirus/Covid-19
Please provide the information in electronic form.
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.
If my request is denied in whole or in part I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withold any information or to charge excessive fees.
I would be grateful if you could confirm via email that you have received this request. I look forward to your response within 20 working days as outlined by the statute.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.