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Freedom of Information request 021-2022

Response published: 2 September 2023

FOI Request

Sent: 03 February 2022 18:24 To: Jack Leather Subject: Freedom of Information request 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 Hello, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your trust. Please may you provide me with figures on the following: As of 3 February 2022, how many staff members in your trust were defined as ‘health and social care workers who have face-to-face contact with service users’? As of 3 February 2022, how many of those staff members had not received any Covid vaccination? How many are medically exempt? Please provide the information in the form of an email to jack.leather@telegraph.co.uk. 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 or phone 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. Best wishes,

FOI Response

Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW

E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 23/02/2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 021-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. As of 3 February 2022, how many staff members in your trust were defined as ‘health and social care workers who have face-to-face contact with service users’? 4,317
2. As of 3 February 2022, how many of those staff members had not received any Covid vaccination? 214
3. How many are medically exempt? 16
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:-
– Head of Legal Services / 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
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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