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Freedom of Information request 057-2122

Response published: 4 August 2021
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FOI Request

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I hope whoever is reading this is keeping well. My name is Yohannes Lowe. This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If this is the incorrect address for this request, please would you be so kind to forward it onto the right one and cc me into the email. If you have already received this request duplicate. please ignore it. 1. What day DD/MM/YYYY. did your trust's 'long Covid centre/clinic' become operational? Your trust was one of 69 which had set up long Covid clinic's last autumn, according to this NHS England release: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/12/long Please could you break down the following information per month between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021: 1a. How many suspected long Covid. patients were referred to this clinic by their GP over this period? 1b. How many of the long Covid. patients assessed/seen over this period at your trust's clinic were ones who needed such help after being discharged from hospital? Please could you break down the following information between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021 its entirety rather than per month as before.: 1c. What was the average waiting time in days. to be seen for long Covid assessment/specialist help at the clinic? 1d. What was the longest time a person referred to/discharged from hospital. into the clinic had to first. wait to be seen in days. For Q1d, if such a person is still waiting to be seen, as of the current day, please say: 'X' specify number. amount of people are 'still waiting' on the list. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could please contact me by email and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.F52I am aware that staff and resources are limited at this time, so I appreciate your help with this.F53

FOI Response

Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk
Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 08/04/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 057-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. What day DD/MM/YYYY. did your trust’s
‘long Covid centre/clinic’ become
operational?
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation
Trust became operational on February 26th 2020.
The Post-Covid Assessment Service run by
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation
Trust became operational on February 26th 2020.
Between 21/12/2020 and 26/02/2021 a number of
pilot clinics took place working closely with GHFT.
19 patients were seen during the initial pilot clinics.
2. How many suspected long Covid. patients
were referred to this clinic by their GP over
this period?
0
3. How many of the long Covid. patients
assessed/seen over this period at your
trust’s clinic were ones who needed such
help after being discharged from hospital?

4. What was the average waiting time in
days. to be seen for long Covid
assessment/specialist help at the clinic?

5. What was the longest time a person
referred to/discharged from hospital. into
the clinic had to first. wait to be seen in
days.

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:-
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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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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