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DATE: 05/01/2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 286-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. The total number of patients in hospital on 30 November whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home. Please see attached separate excel spreadsheet. Please note, we used the following national delay reason codes:
Di. Awaiting residential home placement or availability
Dii. Awaiting nursing home placement or availability
E. Awaiting care package in own home
2. For each of the last 12 months starting with November 2020 and ending with November 2021., can you please provide the number of hospital patients whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home. 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 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
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.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 08 December 2021 01:30
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FOI 286-2122 - Clarification required
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Hi -, The second option please - I want to count the patient every month that they remained a delay in hospital.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 12:05 PM Freedom of Information wrote:
------------------- Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 286-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
- Can you confirm for the second bullet point please. Do you want to count new patient delay starts from November 2020 to November 2021 e.g. Patient is delayed In November 2020 and is counted once in November and no other month or do you want to count the patient every month that they remained a delay in hospital?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
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Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 --- Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
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From: Alexandra Phillips [mailto:alexaphillips274@gmail.com] Sent: 01 December 2021 16:33
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request re delayed discharges
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-------------------------Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I would like to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Can you please provide:
1. the total number of patients in hospital on 30 November whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home.
2. For each of the last 12 months starting with November 2020 and ending with November 2021., can you please provide the number of hospital patients whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home.
Can you please provide the information in an excel spreadsheet if possible, with the information for question 1 in the first column, and the figures for question 2 in the next 12 columns.