Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 307-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Clinical Audit 24-142, “Audit of Access to Psychological Interventions for People with Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder among the West Gloucestershire Recovery Service Caseload”, recorded a planned re-audit date of October 2026.
You asked:
1. Confirmation of whether the planned October 2026 re-audit has commenced or been completed.
Our response:
The planned October 2026 audit has not commenced or been completed.
You asked:
2. If completed, a copy of the re-audit report, including findings, recommendations and any associated action plan.
Our response:
Not applicable as audit has not commenced.
You asked:
3. If commenced but not yet completed, any existing recorded timetable or planned completion date.
Our response:
Audit has not commenced.
You asked:
4. If the re-audit has been postponed or cancelled, any existing recorded decision, reason or revised timetable.
Our response:
The plan is to redo the audit within the next 12 months.
Clarification Questions:
You asked:
4a. Whether the October 2026 re-audit remains scheduled to commence during October 2026, or whether it has now been postponed.
Our response:
The re-audit has not commenced and is not expected to commence during October 2026. This was a locally initiated team quality-improvement exercise, rather than part of a formal organisational clinical audit programme. The team hopes to repeat the audit within the next 12 months, subject to operational capacity and staff availability.
You asked:
4b. If it has been postponed, please provide any existing recorded decision or record showing:
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- when the decision to postpone was made;
- the reason for postponement; and
- any revised timetable or planned completion date
Our response:
The Trust does not hold a formal recorded decision to postpone the re-audit, including a decision date or formally recorded reason. The timing depends on the team’s operational capacity and the availability of the individual staff member undertaking the work. The current intention is to repeat the audit within the next 12 months; no more specific timetable or planned completion date is held.
You asked:
4c. If the revised position is recorded in a clinical audit programme, audit tracker, meeting minute, action plan or other governance record, please provide the relevant entry or extract.
Our response:
The Trust has not identified a relevant entry or extract in a formal clinical audit programme, audit tracker, meeting minute, action plan or other governance record. The information held is that the team hopes to repeat the audit within the next 12 months, subject to operational capacity and staff availability.
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.moss20@nhs.net
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.