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DATE: 24/12/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 282-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. How many NHS staff currently working at your trust remain unvaccinated with a Covid19 vaccine? Including bank/agency workers. 223
2. What percentage of your overall staff does this equate to? 4%
3. Since the start of the pandemic 01/03/20., with your data from staff absence due to Covid19, contact tracing and Healthcare acquired infection HCAI., what percentage of HCAI is directly attributable to Covid19 infection in an NHS frontline worker? Unfortunately, this is not able to be determined
4. Since the vaccination programme has started Approx Dec 2020., what is the breakdown of this being from a covid 19 vaccinated NHS worker or unvaccinated NHS worker? Unfortunately, this is not able to be determined
5. If not directly attributable, what is the rate of inpatients on non Covid19 wards getting a HCAI and becoming infected with Covid19 within a set time frame ~10days. of an NHS worker on that ward testing positive for Covid 19? And what is the breakdown of this being a Covid19 vaccinated NHS worker or non-vaccinated NHS worker? Unfortunately, this is not able to be determined
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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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FOI Request
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I would like to make a Freedom of Information FOI. request for the following data please.
How many NHS staff currently working at your trust remain unvaccinated with a Covid19 vaccine? Including bank/agency workers.
What percentage of your overall staff does this equate to?
Since the start of the pandemic 01/03/20., with your data from staff absence due to Covid19, contact tracing and Healthcare acquired infection HCAI., what percentage of HCAI is directly attributable to Covid19 infection in an NHS frontline worker? Since the vaccination programme has started Approx Dec 2020., what is the breakdown of this being from a covid 19 vaccinated NHS worker or unvaccinated NHS worker?
If not directly attributable, what is the rate of inpatients on non Covid19 wards getting a HCAI and becoming infected with Covid19 within a set time frame ~10days. of an NHS worker on that ward testing positive for Covid 19? And what is the breakdown of this being a Covid19 vaccinated NHS worker or non-vaccinated NHS worker?
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