Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 165-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Please may you provide me with the information for the following:
1. Testing and Management Protocols for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
1.1. Does your trust have a clinical protocol for testing and managing patients for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)?
If yes:
a) Is your CRE testing protocol primarily molecular-based?
b) If not, please specify which type of testing protocol is followed.
1.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for CRE from?
2. Testing Protocols for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) Infection
2.1. Does your trust have a formal protocol for testing patients for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection?
If yes:
a) Is your C. difficile testing protocol molecular-based?
b) If not, please specify the testing method used.
2.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for C. difficile from?
3. Testing and Procurement for Tuberculosis (TB) Resistance
3.1. What methods does your trust use to test for tuberculosis (TB) resistance?
3.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for TB resistance from?
Our response:
The Trust does not provide the service mentioned on your request. Please redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net
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.