Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 135-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. How many hospital admissions in the past five years had the recorded reason for attendance of ‘food poisoning’? Please provide figures for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Note: If it is not possible to provide a response for ‘food poisoning’ specifically, please include all admission codes under which a food poisoning-related admission could be logged.
2. How many reported admissions in total involved the following?:
2a. Salmonella
2b. E.Coli
2c. Campylobacter
For 2a, 2b and 2c, please also provide a breakdown by financial year (same years as in Q1)
If possible, please provide a breakdown of the foodstuffs stated as the cause of the illness.
Our response:
Please see our response to questions 1 and 2 on the link below:
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.