Freedom of Information request Critical Incidents Declaration Records (Nov 2023 – Nov 2025)

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 019-2026

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

You asked:

For information about the number of critical incidents declared by all hospitals within your NHS trust during two specific one-year periods:

– Period 1: 13th November 2023 – 12th November 2024
– Period 2: 13th November 2024 – 12th November 2025

Please provide this information in a table format as follows:

Clarification:
– By “critical incident,” I am referring to incidents declared under your Trust’s major incident/critical incident procedures, typically involving significant disruption to normal services.
– Please include all hospital sites/locations within your Trust
– If no critical incidents were declared during either period for any hospital, please indicate “0”.

Our response:

Zero – Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) has not declared any critical incidents between 13 November 2023 and 12th November 2025.

Note:  On 08 January 2025 a critical incident was declared by the Gloucestershire Integration Care Board (ICB) on behalf of the system.  GHC did not declare a separate declaration to this but we did fall under this declaration banner.  The largest impacts were on Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Western Ambulance Service Trust but the whole system needed to respond together to maintain flow across all pathways.

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.