Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 044-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. and in relation to disabled children’s occupational therapy OT. services provided in your area Gloucestershire., I would be grateful if you could provide the following information to us:
For the following two periods:
1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 and
1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
1. What was the average timeframe from referral of a disabled child to the Occupational Therapy service to the comprehensive assessment of their needs by an Occupational Therapist?
From the date of receipt of this request:
2. How many disabled children are currently waiting for an assessment?
3. After being referred, what is the longest waiting time that a disabled child is currently waiting for an assessment?
Please be advise that Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are unable to identify only disabled children. In any therapy service the Trust does not record, report using diagnosis codes or anything similar. Therefore we cannot identify the patients that this would apply to.
FOI Request
Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. and in relation to disabled children’s occupational therapy OT. services provided in your area Gloucestershire., I would be grateful if you could provide the following information to us:
For the following two periods:
1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 and
1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
1. What was the average timeframe from referral of a disabled child to the Occupational Therapy service to the comprehensive assessment of their needs by an Occupational Therapist?
From the date of receipt of this request:
2. How many disabled children are currently waiting for an assessment?
3. After being referred, what is the longest waiting time that a disabled child is currently waiting for an assessment?