Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 320-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. What is the required frequency for statutory BLS training?
Our response:
Level 2 BLS is a mandatory requirement in GHC – eLearning annual update, practical assessment biannually.
You asked:
2. What incentives or measures has the trust adopted to encourage annual BLS training for medical professionals with patient facing duties ( no pay progression if mandatory training not completed, departmental sessions, ESR alerts, managerial supervision of mandatory training etc)?
Our response:
In Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust BLS Resuscitation training is a mandatory requirement for all patient facing staff (including all medical professionals).
You asked:
3. Does the organisation require resus teams to have Advanced Life Support training?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Community/Mental Health/Learning Disability Trust and not an Acute Hospital. (Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust does not have medical staff on site 24/7).
Community hospitals and Inpatient areas are nurse led and do not have access to a dedicated on-site resuscitation team.
The local on-site emergency response teams are registered nurses/AHPS & HCAs and for all these staff Level 3 Resus is mandatory/annual update.
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.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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.