Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 122-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Is the maintenance of medical devices (EBME) managed by an in-house engineering team or fully outsourced? If partially outsourced, please specify the approximate percentage of services that are outsourced.
Our response:
It is fully outsourced
You asked:
2. Who is responsible for managing the maintenance of medical equipment?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS), a subsidiary company of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
You asked:
3. If in-house, please provide key contacts for the EBME Department (e.g., Manager, Deputy Manager, Team Leader).
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
4. If outsourced, please provide the name(s) and contact details of the Trust’s contract manager(s).
Our response:
Kevin Adams, Associate Director of Estates, Facilities and Medical Equipment.
0300 421 4638
Having carried out a public interest test, we apply the exemption, S(2) 36 – prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs.
You asked:
5. How many pieces of medical equipment are listed for the hospital?
Our response:
11,136
You asked:
6. How many operating theatres does the hospital have?
Our response:
3
You asked:
7. How many patient beds are there in the hospital?
Our response:
339
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.