Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 251-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. How many Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems does the Trust own?
Our response:
GHC manage 2 endoscopy units, one in Stroud General Hospital, and one in Cirencester Community Hospital.
Both units have 2 Wassenberg washer / driers, 2 Avidity ROs, an Olympus Stack each and 13 scopes each
You asked:
2. Who is the Manufacturer/Supplier of the Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems that the Trust own?
Our response:
Olympus, Wassenberg, Avidity.
You asked:
3. Are any of the Trust owned Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems subject to lease/finance arrangements?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
4. What is the age of each Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems that the Trust owns?
Our response:
All replaced in the last 18 months.
You asked:
5. How many of the Trust Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems are under Manufacturer/Supplier Warranty?
Our response:
All of them.
You asked:
6. Are the Trust owned Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems under external service provider service contract?
Our response:
Yes.
You asked:
7. If under external service provider service contract, who is the external service contract provider?
Our response:
With all of our manufacturers, Olympus, Wassenberg, Avidity.
You asked:
8. Does the Trust maintain Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems using internal engineers from within the EBME/Clinical Engineering/Medical Physics Department?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
9. Where external service provider(s) are used, please provide the type of service contract that is in place, i.e. PPM/ Fully- Comprehensive / Ad-hoc support and for what Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems?
Our response:
Fully Comprehensive.
You asked:
10. Where an external service provider(s) is used, what was the value of the contract on award?
Our response:
Currently all equipment is under warranty , so unable to state value.
You asked:
11. Where an external service provider(s) is used, please state the service contract period, i.e. start/end dates?
Our response:
Usually, 5 years from new. N.B. most of the endoscopy equipment in both units is less than 18 months old.
You asked:
12. Where an external service provider(s) is used, does your contract include the provision of loan Endoscopes to temporarily replace defective Endoscopes?
Our response:
Yes.
You asked:
13. Please provide the name, email address and phone number of the role responsible for managing endoscopy equipment within the Trust.
Our response:
Medical Engineering are responsible for managing servicing etc of our Olympus scopes etc. c/o Joanne Arnold Joanne.Arnold2@nhs.net
GHC’s Decontamination Lead liaises with Wassenberg and Avidity for the washer driers and ROs c/o/ Corine Dyer Corinne.dyer@ghc.nhs.uk
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
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