Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
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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 239-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
In December 2020 the Adult Mental Health Team at NHSE offered Mental Health Trusts the chance to
apply for funding for a Band 7 KUF Lived Experience Professional LXP. role. They have let us know via
a FOI request that your trust did not take up the opportunity to apply for this funding.
People who work in LXP roles face a high level of discrimination and blocks to their careers. Most NHS
Trusts do not have posts beyond Peer Support roles Bands 2-5..
Please provide answers to the following questions:
1. Reasons why this funding was not applied
for?
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation
Trust did start a bid for the LXP Band 7 KUF
Coordinator post funding from NHS England.
We were not successful and have subsequently
been advised that our bid was not received.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to identify
why this occurred.
2. Was the decision subject to an Equality
Impact Assessment?
3. Has your Trust made plans to reapply for
the funding, which will be offered again this
autumn/winter?
4. Do you currently employ LXPs in Band 7
roles?
5. If you currently do not employ LXPs in
Band 7+ roles since declining the
opportunity to apply for funding, please
explain why your Trust does not do so and
what steps you are taking to change this
situation.
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:-
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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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E-mail: ——-
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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.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 28 September 2021 18:46
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Employment & Funding of LXP Staff in NHS
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-------------------------Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
In December 2020 the Adult Mental Health Team at NHSE offered Mental Health Trusts the chance to apply for funding for a Band 7 KUF Lived Experience Professional LXP. role. They have let us know via a FOI request that your trust did not take up the opportunity to apply for this funding.
People who work in LXP roles face a high level of discrimination and blocks to their careers. Most NHS Trusts do not have posts beyond Peer Support roles Bands 2-5..
Please provide answers to the following questions:
*Reasons why this funding was not applied for *Was the decision subject to an Equality Impact Assessment?
*Has your Trust made plans to reapply for the funding, which will be offered again this autumn/winter?
*Do you currently employ LXPs in Band 7 roles?
*If you currently do not employ LXPs in Band 7+ roles since declining the opportunity to apply for funding, please explain why your Trust does does not do so and what steps you are taking to change this situation.
Yours faithfully,
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