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: 30th August 2022
Sent via e-mail to:- ryan.soraghan@parliament.uk
————————-Ryan Soraghan,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 181-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below:
1. The number of staff vacancies your CCG/Trust has in mental health services, by year, from 2010.
a. Please advise the number of these vacancies that remain unfilled as of present.
1. Below are Establishment Control summaries from 2Gether MH Trust for the following years 2017, 18 & 19, Establishment control was introduced into ESR in 2017 for 2g and was used until late 2019 when the Trust Data merge took place. Data prior to this would is now either unavailable due to system changes and would be impossible to check so would be deemed unreliable or inaccurate. We are currently reintroducing establishment control in ESR delayed due to COVID. for the merged trust and will be available for the whole trust later this year. Vacancy Rates Historical Mental Health only As at 30 Sept 2017 Staff Group FTE Budget FTE In post FTE Vacancy
Add Prof Scientific and Technic 182.63 174.51 8.12
Additional Clinical Services 387.86 403.14 -15.28
Administrative and Clerical 478.83 444.19 34.64
Allied Health Professionals 115.46 107.88 7.58
Estates and Ancillary 80.72 71.88 8.84
Medical and Dental 106.54 84.53 22.02
Nursing and Midwifery Registered 618.82 584.21 34.61
Students 0.00 7.00 -7.00
Total 1970.86 1877.33 93.53
As at 30 September 2018 Staff Group FTE Budget FTE In post FTE Vacancy
Add Prof Scientific and Technic 188.09 176.30 11.79
Additional Clinical Services 424.39 430.98 -6.59
Administrative and Clerical 472.12 445.79 26.33
Allied Health Professionals 119.49 107.40 12.09
Estates and Ancillary 80.54 72.59 7.95
Medical and Dental 110.50 94.40 16.10
Nursing and Midwifery Registered 621.79 577.99 43.80
Students 0.00 4.00 -4.00
Grand Total 2016.92 1909.45 107.47
As at 31 March 2019 Staff Group FTE Budget FTE In post FTE Vacancy
Add Prof Scientific and Technic 199.17 202.45 -3.28
Additional Clinical Services 426.66 415.70 10.96
Administrative and Clerical 468.52 436.84 31.68
Allied Health Professionals 125.99 107.60 18.39
Estates and Ancillary 80.54 70.71 9.83
Medical and Dental 110.65 93.42 17.23
Nursing and Midwifery Registered 638.37 589.47 48.90
Students 0.00 4.00 -4.00
Grand Total 2049.90 1920.19 129.71
a. There is a current MH vacancy count of 111.58 WTE excluding clerical staff. as at end of March 2022. Unfortunately, as explained above we are unable to provide fuller information until later in the year.
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
The previous FOI sent to you contained an error and noted your mental health trust as a CCG, please do accept my apologies for this.
The corrected FOI request is detailed below:
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Mental Health Trust. Please may you provide me with:
1. The number of staff vacancies your CCG has in mental health services, by year, from 2010.
a. Please advise the number of these vacancies that remain unfilled as of present.
Please provide the data in a table format.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.