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
Date: 13th July 2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 170-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below:
For 2021 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
B. For 2020 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
C. For 2019 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
Gloucestershire Services 2019 2020 2021 Total Charlton Lane- Mulberry Ward 2 1 1 4 MH IP Rehab- Honeybourne Unit 0 0 1 1 MH IP Rehab- Laurel House 12 1 2 15 Wotton Lawn- Abbey Ward 34 15 36 85 Wotton Lawn- Dean Ward 6 8 8 22 Wotton Lawn- Greyfriars PICU 0 3 6 9 Wotton Lawn- Kingsholm Ward 9 6 23 38 Wotton Lawn- Priory Ward 30 32 37 99 Wotton Lawn- Ward Unspecified 8 3 0 11 Total 101 69 114 284 Herefordshire Services 2019 2020* 2021 Total MH IP Rehab- Hereford: Oak House 3 0 3 Stonebow Unit- Cantilupe Ward 4 0 4 Stonebow Unit- Jenny Lind Ward 3 0 3 Stonebow Unit- Mortimer Ward 45 8 53 Stonebow Unit- Ward Unspecified 16 6 22 Total 71 14 85 *Herefordshire Inpatient Mental Health Services transferred to Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust on 01/04/2020
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
Please can I request under the FOIA 2000.:
A. For 2021 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
B. For 2020 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
C. For 2019 please supply the total number of times a patient absconded from inpatient mental health facilities within the Trust;
i. A breakdown of absconsions per facility
i.e. A. 50 Absconsions
i. 10 - Ward x
20 - Ward y
Please can this information be sent to me electronically. If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary. I would like to remind you of your duty under section 16 of the Freedom of Information act to offer such advice and assistance on a request if necessary.
If this request is too wide please can I request that requests A,B,C are answered before a refusal is given.
Please reply to this email as form of a receipt.