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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
Tel: 0300 421 8100
E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
1st June 2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 103-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. How many Learning Disability nurses have been employed by your trust over the last five years please supply this information annually, from 2017 to 2022.? LD STAFF GHC 5 Year Headcount Staff Group Year Headcount Nursing & Midwifery Registered 2018 88
Medical & Dental Consultants 5
Total 93
Nursing & Midwifery Registered 2019 92
Medical & Dental Consultants 7
Total 99
Nursing & Midwifery Registered 2020 90
Medical & Dental Consultants 7
Total 97
Nursing & Midwifery Registered 2021 83
Medical & Dental Consultants 6
Total 89
Nursing & Midwifery Registered 2022 80
Medical & Dental Consultants 5
Total 85
2. Regarding the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed by your trust, in which hospitals. and/or other settings are they based? If the nurses. work across multiple settings, please include all of them. The LD Nurses are employed across a number of Mental Health Services within the trust – these services include LD Inpatients, outpatient and community Services
3. Could you share the hours worked by the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed? For example, do they cover 9am-5pm or is there 24 hour provision? This would depend on where they work we run 24-7 services and have an LD Inpatient service that would cover a 24 hour provision
4. Could you share the band of the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed by your trust? All qualified nurses are banded from a band 5 and up depending on level of responsibility – Agenda for Change Pay Grades 5. Do you employ any other healthcare professionals with a learning disability speciality? Yes Consultants
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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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
I am writing to request some information about Learning Disability nurses.
1. How many Learning Disability nurses have been employed by your trust over the last five years please supply this information annually, from 2017 to 2022.?
2. Regarding the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed by your trust, in which hospitals. and/or other settings are they based? If the nurses. work across multiple settings, please include all of them.
3. Could you share the hours worked by the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed? For example, do they cover 9am-5pm or is there 24 hour provision?
4. Could you share the band of the Learning Disability nurse, or nurses, currently employed by your trust?
5. Do you employ any other healthcare professionals with a learning disability speciality?
Under section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. a public body has to provide advice and assistance to help the requester make their request manageable within the cost limit so do let me know if this is the case.
If you need any clarification, then please don’t hesitate to contact me. Please send me confirmation of receipt of this email.