Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 124-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Does your organisation currently use Patient Group Directions (PGDs) to authorise the supply or administration of medicines by registered healthcare professionals?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
2. Indicate in the table below approximately how many active, approved PGDs your organisation currently holds?
Our response:
| Number Range | Indicate with a cross |
| <20 | |
| 20-50 | |
| 50-100 | |
| 100-300 | X |
| >300 |
You asked:
3. If known, how many registered healthcare professionals are currently authorised to work under one or more PGDs within your organisation? Please indicate if this information is not held centrally.
Our response:
Not known, this information is not held centrally.
You asked:
4. What system or process does your organisation currently use to manage PGD governance?
- Paper-based documentation and manual registers
- Generic document management software (e.g. SharePoint, shared network drives)
- A dedicated PGD management software system — if so, please name the system
- Other — please describe
Our response:
Paper-based documentation and manual registers with all PGDs available on the Trust intranet.
You asked:
5. Please provide the name, job title, and email address of the individual responsible for PGD governance within your organisation. If this is not held centrally, please indicate who would be the most appropriate contact.
Our response:
Laura Bucknell, Chief Pharmacist, Laura.bucknell@ghc.nhs.uk
You asked:
6. In the last 12 months, have any PGDs within your organisation expired without a completed review and reauthorisation in place? If so, approximately how many?
Our response:
Yes – approximately 4 – all risk assessed at the point of expiry.
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.