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Freedom of Information request Medical / Surgical Equipment

Response published: 16 April 2026
Finance | Medical Equipment | Procurement

FOI Request

Hello, This is a Freedom of Information request regarding the procurement of items. For the past three years for which full data is available, could you please provide procurement data including cost and number of units for the following items purchased by the Trust: 1. Scissors, including surgical and disposable and single-use versions. 2. Forceps, including artery or tissue forceps. 3. Surgical clamps. 4. Basic hollowware, including gallipots, kidney dishes, instrument trays and bowls. 5. Single-use tourniquets. 6. Harmonic shears. For each item category, please provide for each year: a) Total number of units procured b) Total spend (£) c) Where recorded in procurement systems, whether the items were designated as single-use/disposable. Additionally, for the same three financial years, please provide: Total number of the following mobility aids procured: Crutches Walking frames Walking sticks And for each of the above mobility aids: a) Total annual spend (£) b) If recorded centrally, the number of units refurbished or reissued through reuse schemes If providing the above data in full would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Act, please provide the data for the most recent year only. If any clarification is required, please let me know. Yours faithfully,

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-24022026-529371

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

You asked:

For the past three years for which full data is available, could you please provide procurement data including cost and number of units for the following items purchased by the Trust:

1. Scissors, including surgical and disposable and single-use versions.

2. Forceps, including artery or tissue forceps.

3. Surgical clamps.

4. Basic hollowware, including gallipots, kidney dishes, instrument trays and bowls.

5. Single-use tourniquets.

6. Harmonic shears.

For each item category, please provide for each year:

a) Total number of units procured
b) Total spend (£)
c) Where recorded in procurement systems, whether the items were designated as single-use/disposable.

Our response:

Please click on link to access the above information requested; NHSSC consumables FOI

You asked:

Additionally, for the same three financial years, please provide:

Total number of the following mobility aids procured: Crutches Walking frames Walking sticks

And for each of the above mobility aids:

a) Total annual spend (£)
b) If recorded centrally, the number of units refurbished or reissued through reuse schemes

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trusts does not hold the information requested, please redirect this part of your FOI request to; www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/gloucestershire-equipment-loan-service/

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

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