Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 332-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
What training has been delivered to staff within the Trust relating to religion and religious beliefs, within
the period 1st August 2022 to 1st August 2023?
I would like a list of all the sessions delivered to staff. If a course has been delivered multiple times,
please list each instance separately. For each one, I would like to know:
– What was the session title or topic if known.?
– Was the session delivered even if only partially. by someone external to the Trust
If so, who?
How much was paid to them for this?
If payment is made, please specify if VAT was applicable, and if VAT is included in your figures..
For “religion and religious beliefs”, please include any training which is likely to include a significant
amount of content about the needs of religious people.
Gloucestershire Health and Care has not provided any centrally organised or funded. training which is
specifically about religion and religious beliefs. We are not aware of any, but unable to determine
categorically whether any specific team have organised and/or paid for such sessions themselves.
Currently the Trust provides Cultural Competence training, accessible to all staff by way of an e-learning
package centrally produced by NHS England. The Trust also has a Cultural Competence portal which
was developed in house which staff can access, but neither the portal nor the e-learning are just about
religion and religious beliefs, neither of these include delivered training sessions and neither required
any financial expenditure.
FOI Request
I would like to make the following FOI request for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust:
What training has been delivered to staff within the Trust relating to religion and religious beliefs, within the period 1st August 2022 to 1st August 2023?
I would like a list of all the sessions delivered to staff. If a course has been delivered multiple times, please list each instance separately. For each one, I would like to know:
What was the session title or topic if known.?
Was the session delivered even if only partially. by someone external to the Trust?
o If so, who?
o How much was paid to them for this?
o If payment is made, please specify if VAT was applicable, and if VAT is included in your figures..