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Freedom of Information request Continence and Stoma Care agreement(s) for nurse sponsorship

Response published: 17 September 2025
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FOI Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust relating to Continence and Stoma Care agreement(s) for nurse sponsorship. 1. Do you have Continence and/or Stoma sponsorship agreement (or agreements) in place across your Trusts’ different hospital sites? If your hospital sites have different agreements please answer the below questions separately. 2. We appreciate some agreements span Acute, Community, Mental Health and Primary Care Service providers. Which NHS organisations and/or hospital sites is this applicable too? 3. When was it launched and when will it be up for renewal? 4. Who is the provider? 5. Across the full contract length, what is the value? 6. Can you share the procurement notice? 7. How many nurses were provided? If yes, what band and FTE? 8. Are their honorary contracts provided? If yes, what band and FTE? 9. What other incidentals were included in the tender? Including but not limited to; training, IT, vehicles, grants, travel etc 10. What KPIs are included in the agreement and how is success measured?

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 184-2025

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

You asked:

1. Do you have Continence and/or Stoma sponsorship agreement (or agreements) in place across your Trusts’ different hospital sites? If your hospital sites have different agreements please answer the below questions separately.
2. We appreciate some agreements span Acute, Community, Mental Health and Primary Care Service providers. Which NHS organisations and/or hospital sites is this applicable too?
3. When was it launched and when will it be up for renewal?
4. Who is the provider?
5. Across the full contract length, what is the value?
6. Can you share the procurement notice?
7. How many nurses were provided? If yes, what band and FTE?
8. Are their honorary contracts provided? If yes, what band and FTE?
9. What other incidentals were included in the tender? Including but not limited to; training,
IT, vehicles, grants, travel etc
10. What KPIs are included in the agreement and how is success measured?

Our response:

The Trust does not provide the service mentioned in your request. Please re-direct 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.