Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 023-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1) Is the Trust already using the FDP? If the Trust isn’t already using the FDP can you please provide me with a specific rollout date?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are not actively using FDP products at this current time. There are not any planned rollout dates.
It is acknowledged that the FDP offer for Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Physical Health Providers are not currently as well established or readily available as they may be within Acute Providers. As such, GHC are currently engaging with NHS England to understand the opportunities for the organisation and the wider Integrated Care System. These communications intend to, wherever possible, ensure alignment with NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework (2026/27-2028/29).
It is acknowledged that there is however GHC Provider data within the FDP through the rollout of Faster Data Flows (FDF) – for example Community Health Services Waits Dashboard using Community Sitrep data.
You asked:
2) It has been widely reported that there have been hidden and unbudgeted for costs to implementing the FDP at local and national levels. What is the projected and locally budgeted for cost of the rollout and implementation of the FDP that hasn’t already been provided for by NHSE national funding from the initial FDP contract? This might include, but is not limited to, extra training costs, staff costs, consultancy workers, hardware, software, licenses, or other IT related costs.
Our response:
The potential indirect costs of the FDP haven’t yet been assessed by the Trust. Resource requirements will likely be evaluated in 2026/27 as part of the assessment of FDP benefits and any future planning intentions.
You asked:
3) What FDP instances/apps/products are currently in use and what are planning to be rollout out?
Our response:
Please see question 1 response.
You asked:
4) What new jobs or roles have been created within the Trust to enable the implementation, development and running of the FDP? What other internally allocated resources in relation to the rollout and implementation of the FDP are there?
Our response:
Currently, no new roles or jobs have been created within the Trust to enable implementation, development or running of the FDP.
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.