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DATE: 10/05/2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 061-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Within the ethnic minority categories used within your organisation to collate information on patient ethnicity, are Gypsy, Roma, Traveller included as three separate ethnic minority groups? No
2. Do you collate heath trends related to Gypsy, Roma, Traveller health and illness? No
3. Please can you send me the list of ethnic groups used by your organisation when collating ethnicity information about patients. Please see below, we would normally use the national ethnicity groupings.
PAT Ethnic National Group PAT Ethnic National Group Code
White – British A
White – Irish B
White – Any other white background C
Mixed – White and Black Caribbean D
Mixed – White and Black African E
Mixed – White and Asian F
Mixed – Any other mixed background G
Asian or Asian British – Indian H
Asian or Asian British – Pakistani J
Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi K
Asian or Asian British – Any other Asian background L
Black or Black British – Caribbean M
Black or Black British – African N
Black or Black British – Any other Black background P
Other ethnic groups – Chinese R
Other ethnic groups – Any other ethnic group S
Other ethnic groups – Not stated Z
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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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 18 March 2022 16:06
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request
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----------------- My name is Preeti Mahato, and I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bournemouth University. I am writing to you today with a Freedom of Information request asking 1. Within the ethnic minority categories used within your organisation to collate information on patient ethnicity, are Gypsy, Roma, Traveller included as three separate ethnic minority groups? 2. Do you collate heath trends related to Gypsy, Roma, Traveller health and illness? 3. Please can you send me the list of ethnic groups used by your organisation when collating ethnicity information about patients. I am requesting this as part of a research study conducted by Bournemouth University Ethics ID 41256. exploring whether Gypsy, Roma, Travellers are included as three distinct ethnic minority groups within health services in the UK. I plan to collate this for all Health Care providers across the UK and plan to publish the results from the study in a peer-reviewed journal.