Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 204-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. The number of people who have attended A&E and given Semaglutide as a reason for their visit, where there drug was indicated for weight management – in every year between 2022 and 2024. Please give a figure for each year.
Semaglutide also goes under brand names such as Ozempic, Saxenda, Rybelsus and Wegovy – can you please include these names in your records also.
2. Please break the figures down to give details of the complications patients presented with as a result of their use of Semaglutide.
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust do not have Accident and Emergency Departments, request therefore sent to our Minor Illness and Injury Units Matron as agreed with requestor.
Gloucestershire Health and Care MIIU units do not prescribe the drug as mentioned in original request.
You can contact the Freedom of Information department at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to obtain your requested information for the Emergency Departments in Gloucestershire. You can find their information at the following link: Freedom of Information
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.