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Freedom of Information request 238-2122

Response published: 10 February 2023

FOI Request

Sent: 28 September 2021 15:33 To: FOI Research Subject: Adult mental health beds & eating disorders FOI This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk -------------------------FOI team, I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information: 1. Please can you send me overnight bed availability and occupancy data for mental illness beds in your trust in each of the following speciality codes please provide separate figures for each.: • 710 – Adult Mental Illness • 711 – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry • 712 – Forensic Psychiatry • 713 – Psychotherapy • 715 – Old Age Psychiatry • Eating disorder beds apologies I don’t have a code for this but please provide figures specifically for in-patient eating disorder specific beds if possible. I would like the data for each week Monday to Sunday. from week beginning Monday 13st July 2020 to week beginning Monday 27th September 2021. Please provide a weekly figure for the following data for each speciality identified above: a. average beds available b. average beds occupied c. percentage of beds occupied 2. Can you please tell me how many patients your trust is currently treating for eating disorders? 3. Of the figures identified in answer to Q2 can you please tell me how many current patients being treated for eating disorders, how many require in-patient care? If you need any further information from me in order to deal with my request, please call me on 07772206481 If you are encountering practical difficulties with complying with this request, please contact me as soon as possible in line with your section 16 duty to advise and assist requesters. so that we can discuss the matter and if necessary I can modify the request. Please send me the data requested in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or as a csv file. Please can you acknowledge receipt of this request. Many thanks for your assistance.

FOI Response

Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW

E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 26/10/2021
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Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 238-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please can you send me overnight bed availability and occupancy data for mental illness beds in your trust in each of the following speciality codes please provide separate figures for each.:
• 710 – Adult Mental Illness
• 711 – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• 712 – Forensic Psychiatry
• 713 – Psychotherapy
• 715 – Old Age Psychiatry
• Eating disorder beds I would like the data for each week Monday to Sunday. from week beginning Monday 13st July 2020 to week beginning Monday 27th September 2021. Please provide a weekly figure for the following data for each speciality identified above: • average beds available • average beds occupied • percentage of beds occupied Please see attached separate excel spreadsheet.
2. Can you please tell me how many patients your trust is currently treating for eating disorders? 362
3. Of the figures identified in answer to Q2 can you please tell me how many current patients being treated for eating disorders, how many require in-patient care? 5
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 Lega 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,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust