Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 106-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. How much did your organisation spend on management consultants in the most recent financial year 2024-25 and if available 2025-26?
Our response:
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| £40,408.29 | £31,110.50 |
You asked:
2. How much did your organisation spend on management consultants in each of the four categories below in the most recent financial year 2024-25 and if available 2025-26?
a) Strategy and transformation* – encompassing long-term direction-setting, service reconfiguration, operational and programme/project management.
Our response
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| £43,302.15 | £0.00 |
You asked:
b) Digital and technology* – IT strategy, system implementations (such as EPRs), data analytics, and cyber security.
Our response
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| £0.00 | £0.00 |
You asked:
c) Finance and efficiency – covering cost improvement, financial recovery, procurement, supply chain, and productivity analysis.
Our response
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| £0.00 | £0.00 |
You asked:
d) People and organisation – workforce planning, leadership and culture, HR redesign, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Our response:
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| -£2,893.86 | £31,110.50 |
The negative amount will be where we paid or accrued more in 23/24 then was required
You asked:
3. How much did your organisations spend on interim digital staffing in the most recent financial year 2024-25 and if available 2025-26?
Our response:
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| £215,495.43 | £446,176.53 |
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.