Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 138-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Contact details for relevant departments within the Trust, particularly those relating to Digital, IT, Clinical Informatics, or Innovation (e.g. shared or generic email inboxes and main telephone numbers).
Our response:
CIO / IT – Sandra Betney, Director of Finance and Deputy CEO / SIRO – 0300 421 8100
CCIO – Simon Christopherson, Clinical Director – 0300 421 3734
Clinical Informatics – Dr Ross Runciman, Consultant Psychiatrist – 0300 421 4833
You asked:
2. Any role-based or shared contact details (e.g. group email addresses) used for senior leadership functions within these areas (for example, CIO office, CCIO function, Digital Directorate, or equivalent), where such contact points exist.
Our response:
The Trust does not have any role-based or shared contact details for senior leadership functions.
You asked:
3. A list of senior roles within the Trust responsible for Digital and Clinical Informatics functions, including job titles only (for example: CIO, CCIO, CNIO, Director of Digital, Head of IT), without personal names.
Our response:
CIO / IT – Sandra Betney, Director of Finance and Deputy CEO / SIRO – 0300 421 8100
CCIO – Simon Christopherson, Clinical Director – 0300 421 3734
Clinical Informatics – Dr Ross Runciman, Consultant Psychiatrist – 0300 421 4833
Please see list of names within structure charts available to view within published FOI 240-2025 on the Trusts web page.
You asked:
Where available, any published organisational charts or structural information relating to these teams.
Our response:
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Exemption Applied – Section 21(2) – Information Accessible by other means
Structure charts can be view within published FOI 240-2025 on the Trusts web page.
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