Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 195-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1.a) If the FDP is currently live at your trust, please can you describe the process/methodology by which the trust has internally monitored the roll out of individual apps in terms of effectiveness, potential risks, patient impact/engagement, appropriate data management and cost effectiveness. Please could you specify the types of assessment tools used, and provide copies of them including, but not limited to copies of the following documents:
– Data protection impact assessments.
– Equality impact assessments.
– Information governance committee assessments/reports.
– Risk assessments.
– Business case.
– Board minutes discussing the Federated Data Platform.
– Implementation plan.
– Academic research or evaluations
Our response:
The Federated Data Platform (FDP) is not currently live at the Trust.
You asked:
b) Please could you also list any working groups or committees which had oversight of, or responsibility for, the roll out and evaluation of FDP apps and what their remits were.
Our response:
None, as the Federated Data Platform (FDP) is not currently live at the Trust.
You asked:
2.If your trust is live (has an active local instance of the FDP), but has not deployed any Apps, please can you:
I) Explain why no apps have been deployed.
ii) Are you currently looking at trialling or adopting any FDP apps.
Iii) If yes to the above, please name each app you are considering and when you are looking at adopting them.
Our response:
The Trust does not have an active local instance of the Federated Data Platform (FDP).
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