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Freedom of Information request 233-2024

Response published: 27 November 2024

FOI Request

1. The number of individuals who have received support or counselling related to fireworks (e.g., anxiety, trauma, or phobias triggered by fireworks).
2. The data categorised by:
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Year (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024).
4. Month
5. If possible, broken down by condition:
i. Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, PTSD, Phobia, Ligyrophobia (also spelled Ligurophobia or Phonophobia).

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 233-2024

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

You asked:

  1. The number of individuals who have received support or counselling related to fireworks (e.g., anxiety, trauma, or phobias triggered by fireworks). 

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust do not capture this information in clinical systems and therefore we are unable to extract this data to form a response to this request. 

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.