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Freedom of Information request Dementia Inpatients

Response published: 6 January 2026

FOI Request

To whom it may concern, Please provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. How many inpatients with Dementia at your Trust in 2024 and 2025 were accompanied by a healthcare worker or another member of staff when they were sent for scans or tests, where a family member, guardian or other non-member of staff were not present. For context, this doesn’t include porters, it refers to staff members who were there throughout the tests and scans, where a family member, guardian or other non-member of staff was not present. Can you please provide 2024 and 2025 as separate figures. How many inpatients with Dementia at your Trust in 2024 and 2025 were not accompanied by anyone? For context, this means no family member or guardian were present, nor a healthcare worker or other NHS staff member. Again, porters don’t apply here. Can you please provide 2024 and 2025 as separate figures. If it is not possible to provide some of the data requested, I would be grateful if you could provide whichever elements of this FOI request are eligible for release. Therefore, if it is possible to ascertain within the prescribed time limit, without having to provide a fee for further investigations, please respond in electronic form with all the information above to my email address

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 536-2025

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

You asked:

How many inpatients with Dementia at your Trust in 2024 and 2025 were accompanied by a healthcare worker or another member of staff when they were sent for scans or tests, where a family member, guardian or other non-member of staff were not present. (2024 and 2025 separate figures).

How many inpatients with Dementia at your Trust in 2024 and 2025 were not accompanied by anyone? For context, this means no family member or guardian were present, nor a healthcare worker or other NHS staff member. (2024 and 2025 separate figures.)

Our response:

The Trust does not record the information requested specifically and the information we may hold is not held in a way that can be reported on.

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.