Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-04032026-456424
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Incident Totals (2025)
• Total number of slips, trips and falls incidents
• Total number of physical violence and aggression incidents
• Total number of sharps / needlestick injuries Monthly Averages (2025)
(Please calculate the average per month across the year.)
• Average number of slips, trips and falls incidents per month
• Average number of physical violence and aggression incidents per month
• Average number of sharps / needlestick injuries per month Additional Information
Our response:
| Total number of incidents reported in 2025 | Average number of incidents reported per month | |
| Slips, trips and falls incidents | 1587 | 132 |
| Physical violence and aggression | 1245 | 104 |
| Sharps / needlestick injuries | 35 | 3 |
You asked
• Total number of staff employed by the Trust
Our response:
5,246
6,300 – if you include Bank staff.
You asked:
• The size of the population the Trust provides services to
Our response:
669.38k (2024)
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.