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Freedom of Information request Medical Microbiology, Virology and Infectious Disease

Response published: 28 August 2025

FOI Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: I would like to request the following information regarding MM, VIR & ID workload within the Trust. The request is as follows: 1. Does your trust have dedicated virology laboratories, or are diagnostic tests for viral infections conducted in microbiology laboratories? 2. Do you provide clinical advice to more than 1 trust? If so, does that include onsite availability and how many trusts, hospitals, health boards, and organisations? 3. Is your trust responsible and/or do they cover any other laboratory, if so, how many laboratories? 4. What type of lab setup does your organisation currently use? 5. Approximately how many tests have you received yearly for swabs, blood, urine & stools in the last 5 years for MM, MVIR & ID? 6. As a medical microbiologist / medical virologist accredited in infectious diseases, do you provide inpatient care? 7. How many of your working hours are spent between the listed work areas, per week? 8. How many microbiologists also do virology workload 9. Does the service cover the listed out-of-hours (inpatient or other)

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 193-2025

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

You asked:

  1. Does your trust have dedicated virology laboratories, or are diagnostic tests for viral infections conducted in microbiology laboratories?
  2. Do you provide clinical advice to more than 1 trust? If so, does that include onsite availability and how many trusts, hospitals, health boards, and organisations?
  3. Is your trust responsible and/or do they cover any other laboratory, if so, how many laboratories?
  4. What type of lab setup does your organisation currently use?
  5. Approximately how many tests have you received yearly for swabs, blood, urine & stools in the last 5 years for MM, MVIR & ID?
  6. As a medical microbiologist / medical virologist accredited in infectious diseases, do you provide inpatient care?
  7. How many of your working hours are spent between the listed work areas, per week?
  8. How many microbiologists also do virology workload?
  9. Does the service cover the listed out-of-hours (inpatient or other)?

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, or make a complaint you should write to: –

Louise Moss, Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Edward Jenner Court, 1010 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4AW,

Tel: 0300 421 8321

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.