Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 259-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Please can you list the sites/locations that your Trust conducts elective surgery?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust perform elective surgery in Tewkesbury Community Hospital and Stroud General Hospital.
You asked:
2. We are keen to understand whether your Trust are using any elective hubs – defined as exclusively performing planned surgery with ring fenced facilities and staff. Does your Trust use such a facility? If so, please list out the locations?
Our response:
We only perform elective/ planned surgery. We do not perform non-elective / emergency surgery.
You asked:
3. Are any of the elective hubs that you use managed by a different Trust?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust manage our community hospitals and theatres, but activity within is managed by our neighbouring Acute Trust, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
You asked:
4. Please could you list any Community Diagnostic Centres that your Trust makes use of that are located away from your acute hospital sites?
Our response:
As a non-acute Trust we run a variety of community services. Please refer to the acute Trust for Community Diagnostic Centres.
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.