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Freedom of Information request Duty of Candour Breaches

Response published: 2 October 2025
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FOI Request

Request for Information: Duty of Candour Breaches 1. Please provide the number of breaches of the statutory Duty of Candour recorded by your Trust during the financial year 2024/2025, and for each of the three previous financial years. 2. For each breach, please provide: • The nature of the incident (e.g., delay in disclosure, failure to apologise, etc.) • Whether the breach was self-reported or identified through investigation • Any enforcement action taken (e.g., internal disciplinary, CQC warning, fines) 3. Please confirm whether the data is provided under the Open Government Licence or the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. 4. If the information is provided under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, as per Regulation 6, I would like to request re-use of the information for a news story. I make my request in line with regulations and given my intended use, which will be commercial. As per Regulation 7, a public sector body must permit re-use of the information where a request has been made in accordance with Regulation 6. Please confirm that you give permission for commercial re-use.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 222-2025

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

You asked:

1. Please provide the number of breaches of the statutory Duty of Candour recorded by your Trust during the financial year 2024/2025, and for each of the three previous financial years.

Our response:

Zero

You asked:

2. For each breach, please provide:

• The nature of the incident (e.g., delay in disclosure, failure to apologise, etc.)
• Whether the breach was self-reported or identified through investigation
• Any enforcement action taken (e.g., internal disciplinary, CQC warning, fines)

Our response:

Not applicable

You asked:

3. Please confirm whether the data is provided under the Open Government Licence or the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

Our response

Not applicable

You asked:

4. If the information is provided under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, as per Regulation 6, I would like to request re-use of the information for a news story.

Our response:

Not applicable

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.