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Freedom of Information request Insourcing & Outsourcing Spend

Response published: 21 October 2026

FOI Request

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding insourcing and outsourcing expenditure. Please can you complete the below questions. 1. Please provide the total expenditure on Insourcing* and Outsourcing** services in the below table for financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, split by quarter: Quarter (Financial Year) Insourcing Spend (£) Outsourcing Spend (£) Quarter 1 (Apr-Jun) 25/26 Quarter 2 (Jul-Sep) 25/26 Quarter 3 (Oct-Dec) 25/26 Quarter 4 (Jan-Mar) 25/26 Full 2025/26 Total Quarter 1 (Apr-Jun) 24/25 Quarter 2 (Jul-Sep) 24/25 Quarter 3 (Oct-Dec) 24/25 Quarter 4 (Jan-Mar) 24/25 Full 2024/25 Total 2. What are you budgeting to spend for financial year 2026/27 on insourcing services? 3. Has the Trust implemented any measures during 2026/27 to reduce expenditure in insourcing services? * Insourcing refers to hiring an external provider to deliver clinical or surgical services inside an NHS hospital, using the trust's own facilities, equipment, and rooms **Outsourcing refers to an NHS trust or regional board paying an external private company to provide patient care or support services at an outside location Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions Kind regards,

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 302-2026

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

1. Please provide the total expenditure on Insourcing* and Outsourcing** services in the below table for financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, split by quarter:

Quarter (Financial Year)  Insourcing Spend (£)  Outsourcing Spend (£) 
Quarter 1 (Apr-Jun) 25/26 0 453,179
Quarter 2 (Jul-Sep) 25/26 0 483,198
Quarter 3 (Oct-Dec) 25/26 0 556,590
Quarter 4 (Jan-Mar) 25/26 0 530,039
Full 2025/26 Total 0 2,023,007
Quarter 1 (Apr-Jun) 24/25 0 644,968
Quarter 2 (Jul-Sep) 24/25 0 1,132,081
Quarter 3 (Oct-Dec) 24/25 0 1,125,877
Quarter 4 (Jan-Mar) 24/25 0 818,466
Full 2024/25 Total 0 3,921,394

You asked:

2. What are you budgeting to spend for financial year 2026/27 on insourcing services?

Our response:

Zero.

You asked:

3. Has the Trust implemented any measures during 2026/27 to reduce expenditure in insourcing services?

Our response:

Not applicable.

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

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