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DATE: 24/09/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 191-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please provide a copy of the Trust policy relating to electroconvulsive therapy ECT.. I am asking for the ECT policy to ultimately answer a question regarding the administration of ECT. I would like to receive whatever policy you have in regards to ECT. Please see attached as a separate PDF document. 2. Please can you confirm that the equipment used in the administration of ECT in clinics governed by the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Thymatron System IV machine? Yes, we have two Thymatron IV machines.
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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Yours sincerely,
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I am asking for the ECT policy to ultimately answer a question regarding the administration of ECT. I would like to receive whatever policy you have in regards to ECT. I will also add the question here that I hope you may be able to answer.
Please can you confirm that the equipment used in the administration of ECT in clinics governed by the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Thymatron System IV machine. If this is not the machine, please provide the name of the machine being used.