Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 362-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) has your trust instructed someone to give a second opinion on a patient that is receiving treatment for an eating disorder?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
2. In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) has your trust refused to give a second opinion on a patient that is receiving treatment for an eating disorder?
Our response:
No
You asked:
3. In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) where second opinions have happened, who did the trust instruct to give the second opinion?
Our response:
SOAD, internal to the Trust, by default through admission to Tier 4 and SEDU
You asked:
4. Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) was the second opinion arranged by the clinical team or the patient/family?
Our response:
Clinical Team
You asked:
5. Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) who paid for it?
Our response:
Soad – Trust. All others via PC or internal
You asked:
6. Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) was it internal or external?
Our response:
Internal and external
You asked:
7. Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) what was the outcome?
Our response:
Case specific – unable to answer
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.