Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 188-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. The number of foreign national attendances at A&E services provided by your Trust.
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are a not an acute trust and do not have “elective” waiting lists. In most cases, we do not capture the treatment until the patient has attended an appointment and are taken off the waiting list
You asked:
2. The number of treatment courses currently being provided by your trust to foreign nationals.
Our response:
This is not captured robustly to enable us to give an accurate response. Also, one of our clinical systems suppliers, does not include the data in the extract that we receive, this has been logged with the system supplier.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. 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:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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.