Gloucestershire Health and Care- NHS Trust logo
with you, for you
Responses > 116/2022

Freedom of Information request 116/2022

Response published: 6 April 2023

FOI Request

Please can you provide the following information for the community dental services. provided by your organisation for 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 unless otherwise stated. 1. Did your organisation provide a community dental service*? *By community dental service we mean a service that provides dental care in community settings to children and vulnerable adults, including elderly and housebound people, people with physical disabilities or mental illness. Yes, we did provide a community dental service. Please continue to Question 2. No, we did not provide a community dental service. Please provide the name of the organisation that provides this service in your geographical area. You do not need to respond to the remainder of the questions in this FOIA request. 2. For each band please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels. *By WTE we mean ‘whole time equivalent’. This is the total hours worked by all dentists divided by average hours worked by a full-time dentist. Please write ‘0’ if there are no staff at a specific band. Band Currently today. how many dentists are employed by your organisation under Salaried primary dental care terms and conditions: Currently how many dentist positions are vacant: Between 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 how many headcount.: headcount WTE* headcount posts became vacant vacant posts were advertised vacant posts were filled. Please do not include partially filled positions Band A Band B Band C Clinical Band C Managerial Band C Clinical Managerial: Other dentist: 3. For each grade please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels. *By WTE we mean ‘whole time equivalent’. This is the total hours worked by all dentists divided by average hours worked by a full-time dentist. Please write ‘0’ if there are no staff at a specific grade. Grade Currently today., how many dentists are employed on each of the given grades by your organisation on Hospital Medical and Dental Contracts and who perform: headcount WTE* Dental Core Trainee DCT/SHO.: Specialty Trainee StR. Staff and Associate Specialist grades Consultant 4. How many courses of treatment has your community dental services. provided in the 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 year? Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

FOI Response

Trust HQ
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
20th June 2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 117-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
For each band please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels. Band Currently today. how many dentists are employed by your organisation under Salaried primary dental care terms and conditions: Currently how many dentist positions are vacant: Between 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 how many headcount.:
headcount WTE* headcount posts became vacant vacant posts were advertised vacant posts were filled. Please do not include partially filled positions
Band A 12 7.19 Band B 3 2.4 Band C Clinical Band C Managerial Band C Clinical Managerial: 3 2.44 Other dentist: 1 1.0 For each grade please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels.
Grade Currently today., how many dentists are employed on each of the given grades by your organisation on Hospital Medical and Dental Contracts and who perform: headcount WTE*
Dental Core Trainee DCT/SHO.: 1 1
Specialty Trainee StR. 0 0
Staff and Associate Specialist grades 0 0
Consultant 0 0
How many courses of treatment has your community dental services. provided in the 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 year?
Weekday Band 1 1308
Band 2 770
Band 3 48
Issue of prescription 169
Not Grouped 739
Urgent 253
Out of Hours Urgent 9
Grand Total 3296
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
——-
E-mail: —
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