Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 384-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Does your trust have an acute learning disability liaison service? Yes/No [please delete as possible]
If so, what year was it set up and first became active? [For example: 2011]
What are the service team’s working hours? Does the service offer out of hours support? [For
example: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, no out of hours covered]
2. Do you have any Nursing and Midwifery Council registered nurses in learning disabilities working in
the acute learning disability liaison service? Yes/No [please delete as possible]
If yes, what is the headcount number and their agenda for change banding? [for example: 2 X
registered nurses in learning disabilities, both band 5]
What is the full time equivalent FTE. hours or whole time equivalent WTE. hours that this post
or posts amount to? [for example: 1.0 FTE post which equates to 37.5 hours]
3. Do you have any other staff members work in the acute learning disability liaison service?
Yes/No [please delete as possible]
I. If yes, what is the headcount and their agenda for change banding? [for example: 1 x band 4
staff member]
II. Please specify the specific roles employed i.e.: describe whether they are registered adult
nurses, registered children’s nurses or registered mental health nurses not registered learning
disability nurses. or any other kind of role? For example: 2 X staff members, of which 1 is a
healthcare assistant and 1 is a registered adult nurse. [for example: 1 X healthcare assistant]
III. What are the full-time equivalent hours FTE. or whole time equivalent WTE. hours this post
or posts amount to? [for example: 1.0 FTE post which equates to 37.5 hours]
The Learning Disability Liaison Nurses in Gloucestershire are employed by GHNHSFT so we do not
employ anyone in that role but we do have very close working relationships with this team especially as
the current nurses in those posts previously worked for our Trust..
Our Intensive Health Outreach Team IHOT., made up of qualified nursing staff and clinical support
workers, in particular work very closely with the acute liaison nurses. If patients are transferred to one of
the community hospitals, support is provided by the community learning disability teams and / or IHOT
where needed.
Please contact GHNHSFT at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net, the team should be able to provide answers to your
questions.
FOI Request
I would like information on your trust’s acute learning disability liaison service, which is a team that is specifically trained in caring for people with a learning disability following admission to an acute hospital.
Please answer the following 3 questions under the Freedom of Information Act and see example answers as a guide.
1. Does your trust have an acute learning disability liaison service? Yes/No [please delete as possible] I. If so, what year was it set up and first became active? [For example: 2011]
II. What are the service team’s working hours? Does the service offer out of hours support? [For example: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, no out of hours covered]
2. Do you have any Nursing and Midwifery Council registered nurses in learning disabilities working in the acute learning disability liaison service? Yes/No [please delete as possible] I. If yes, what is the headcount number and their agenda for change banding? [for example: 2 X registered nurses in learning disabilities, both band 5]
II. What are the full time equivalent FTE. hours or whole time equivalent WTE. hours that this post or posts amount to? [for example: 1.0 FTE post which equates to 37.5 hours]
3. Do you have any other staff members work in the acute learning disability liaison service? Yes/No [please delete as possible] I. If yes, what is the headcount and their agenda for change banding? [for example: 1 x band 4 staff member]
II. Please specify the specific roles employed i.e.: describe whether they are registered adult nurses, registered children’s nurses or registered mental health nurses not registered learning disability nurses. or any other kind of role? For example: 2 X staff members, of which 1 is a healthcare assistant and 1 is a registered adult nurse. [for example: 1 X healthcare assistant]
III. What are the full time equivalent hours FTE. or whole time equivalent WTE. hours this post or posts amount to? [for example: 1.0 FTE post which equates to 37.5 hours]