Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 16/03/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 038-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response attached as a separate PDF document. 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
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI voluntary and sectioned patients
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I would like to request, under the freedom of information act, the following information for the Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
1. 2. The total number of patients admitted to an inpatient mental health
3. unit every month broken down into voluntary/informal and sectioned patients for the following years:
4. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
2. 3. The total number of patients that are inpatient in a mental health
4. unit at the end of the month broken down into voluntary/informal and sectioned patients for the following years:
5. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
3. 4. Please provide the information for the following time period:
5. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
4. 5. Please provide the information in the form of an .csv
6. 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.