Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 074-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. For each of the last five years (or as many years as data is available), please provide:
- The total number of patients recorded on the urgent referral cancer treatment pathway.
- The number of these patients whose waiting time was stopped due to an enabling treatment, as defined in the National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Dataset Guidance.
2. If available without exceeding cost limits, please also provide a breakdown by:
- Type of enabling treatment used (e.g., stent, dental treatment, or any others as set out in National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Dataset Guidance)
Our response:
The Trust does not provide the service mentioned in your request.
Please redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net
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.