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Freedom of Information request 092-2122

Response published: 4 March 2023

FOI Request

Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Forensic mental health 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 -----------------, I am writing to you to request the following information under the freedom of information Act 2000.. For each of the forensic services NHS and private-run. within the trust please provide the following: 1. 2. Please state how many patients 3. are currently in your forensic mental health wards. Please provide subtotals for patients in low security, medium security and high security wards. 4. 5. 6. Please state how many current 7. patients have resided in forensic wards for: 8. • • less than 1 year • • • between 1 and 4 years • • • between 5 and 9 years • • • Between 10 and 14 years • • • 15 years or longer. • 3. 4. Please state how many current 5. patients were admitted to forensic services under a civil section, and/or have no criminal conviction. 6. 7. 8. Of those current patients 9. who do have a criminal conviction/were sentenced, please state how many were sentenced for prison terms of more than 5 years and more than 10 years. 10. Please provide the information in an electronic format and send it to me by email. If you think my request will exceed time and cost limits, please advise me, as per your duty under S16 of the FOIA, how I can refine my request to bring it within limits. Please contact me immediately for any clarifications - I am more than happy to help.

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: 05/05/2021

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 092-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please state how many patients are currently in
your forensic mental health wards? Please provide
subtotals for patients in low security, medium
security and high security wards.
Low secure equals Nine patients.
Please state how many current patients have
resided in forensic wards for:
. Less than 1 year
. Between 1 and 4 years
. Between 5 and 9 years
. Between 10 and 14 years
. 15 years or longer
. Less than 1 year – Seven patients
. Between 1 and 4 years – Two patients
. Between 5 and 9 years – Zero patients
. Between 10 and 14 years – Zero patients
. 15 years or longer – Zero patients
Please state how many current patients were
admitted to forensic services under a civil section,
and/or have no criminal conviction.
Three patients.
Of those current patients who do have a criminal
conviction/were sentenced, please state how
many were sentenced for prison terms of more
than 5 years and more than 10 years.
Six patients have a criminal conviction and
received criminal section. No patients sentences
for prison for more than 5 years or more than 10
years.
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
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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