Gloucestershire Health and Care- NHS Trust logo
with you, for you
Responses > FOI 122-2024

Freedom of Information request FOI 122-2024

Response published: 25 September 2024

FOI Request

1. Does your NHS Trust provide its employees (doctors, nurses, other clinical staff) with Occupational Health (OH) Services? (Yes/No) 2. If yes, what has been your annual spend on Occupational Health (OH) services for your employees over the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)? 3. Please split the annual spending between physical occupational health services and mental occupational health services for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24). 4. Does the trust provide these services in-house, or does it outsource it through a contract? a. Please provide the split of the percentage of in-house vs outsourced services based on the values provided in Question 2 (i.e., how much is spent on OH services in-house vs contracting to outsourced providers) for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)?

FOI Response

1. Does your NHS Trust provide its employees (doctors, nurses, other clinical staff) with Occupational Health (OH) Services? (Yes/No)

Yes

2. If yes, what has been your annual spend on Occupational Health (OH) services for your employees over the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)?

Net spends for each financial year is:

21/22: £677,204

22/23: £601,507

23/24: £852,504

3. Please split the annual spending between physical occupational health services and mental occupational health services for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)

The split for mental health services would be as follows:

23/24: 33% of budget for mental occupational health services

22/23: 37% of budget for mental occupational health services

21/22: 26% of budget for mental occupational health services

4. Does the trust provide these services in-house, or does it outsource it through a contract?

All in-house, we have an additional benefit to colleagues through our Employee Benefits platform VIVUP which does include additional access to counselling services.

a) Please provide the split of the percentage of in-house vs outsourced services based on the values provided in Question 2 (i.e., how much is spent on OH services in-house vs contracting to outsourced providers) for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)?

N/A