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Freedom of Information request Community Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy figures

Response published: 16 October 2026
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FOI Request

Hello, I am a registered nurse researching a project around tracheostomy and laryngectomy education. I am hoping to understand how many people are living in the community with these needs. Please could you treat this as a Freedom of Information request and provide the most recent figures held by your trust for: • People living in the community with a tracheostomy in place. • People living in the community following a laryngectomy, with a permanent stoma. By community, I mean people living at home or in residential or nursing care, rather than hospital inpatients. I am looking for the number of people currently living with these conditions, rather than the number of procedures performed during a year. If available, please separate the figures into adults and children. Please count individuals rather than appointments or episodes of care. It would also be helpful to know: • The date the figures relate to. • The geographical area they cover. • Whether they include everyone in that area or only people known to your trust’s services. I am requesting anonymous totals only, with no patient-identifiable information. If your trust does not hold this information, any guidance on which organisation or service may hold it would be appreciated. Thank you for your help.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 318-2026

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

Please provide the most recent figures held by your trust for:

  • People living in the community with a tracheostomy in place.
  • People living in the community following a laryngectomy, with a permanent stoma.

If available, please separate the figures into adults and children. Please count individuals rather than appointments or episodes of care.

It would also be helpful to know:

  • The date the figures relate to.
  • The geographical area they cover.
  • Whether they include everyone in that area or only people known to your trust’s services.

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust does not record or hold the information requested.

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.