Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 347-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. The number of patients treated year-on-year by the Early Intervention in Psychosis team of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Our response:
| Financial year | Number of referrals treated |
| 2020 to 2021 | 83 |
| 2021 to 2022 | 60 |
| 2022 to 2023 | 81 |
| 2023 to 2024 | 54 |
You asked:
2. The number of staff that work in the Early Intervention in Psychosis team of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Our response:
| Early Intervention Service | |
| Headcount | |
| Early Intervention Staffing as at 01 April 2020 | 26 |
| Early Intervention Staffing as at 01 April 2021 | 29 |
| Early Intervention Staffing as at 01 April 2022 | 28 |
| Early Intervention Staffing as at 01 April 2023 | 31 |
| Early Intervention Staffing as at 01 April 2024 | 28 |
You asked:
3. The percentage increase/decrease in the budget for the Early Intervention in Psychosis team of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Our response:
The Trust does not hold the information for 2020/21 and 2021/22 due to upgrade on the financial systems.
The increase in 2022/23 is 7% and in 2023/24 is 2.7%
You asked:
4. What was the mean waiting time for EIP patients between first referral and starting treatment in: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Our response:
The Trust is unable to provide this information due to the amount of time it would take to validate the patients true wait for treatment
You asked:
5. What was the longest waiting time for an EIP patient on your caseload between first referral and starting treatment in: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Our response:
The Trust is unable to provide this information due to the amount of time it would take to validate the records to find the true longest wait
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.