Freedom of Information request 221-2024

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 221-2024

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

All available treatment pathways for patients with eating disorders in the Trust’s various specialist services (e.g. inpatient / day patient / community)?

Our response:

Early intervention pathway (such as FREED)
Medical management or stabilisation pathway (such as MEED)
Any other type of treatment pathway not otherwise included – CBT-E (E for enhanced), CBT-T (T is for 10), FBT (Family Based Treatment), Clinical Management and Intensive Clinical Management

You asked:

The number of eating disorder patients in total on each available pathway and in each available setting so far this year and in each of the past 5 years.
– If you can’t break the pathways down by setting, please provide the total number on each pathway across the Trust, regardless of setting.
– If you can’t break the settings down by pathway, please provide the total number in each setting within the Trust, regardless of pathway.
– If possible, please give inpatient numbers separately for SEDU / acute wards / mental health wards / general wards etc.

Our response:

This information cannot be split by pathway

You asked:

The number of patients in total with an eating disorder that have died of any cause so far this year and in each of the past 5 years.

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are not able to share the figures due to the small numbers involved which may result in individuals being identified.

You asked:

Of the patients in question three, above, please provide the location in which the death occurred, for example, in an acute hospital, in the Specialist Eating Disorder Unit, in a palliative care setting, elsewhere in the Trust, or outside any Trust setting.

Our response:

N/A

You asked:

Please provide a copy of your Trust’s SEED (Severe and Enduring Eating disorder) pathway or similar pathway for patients with long-standing eating disorders.

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust do not have a Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder pathway.

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.