Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI GHC-28042025-379253
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Please provide data for the period April 2024 to March 2025, broken down by calendar month where applicable as well as planned capital works for the current year 2025/2026.
1. People in Beds
a. Acute Mental Health Placements (Out-of-Trust / Private Sector)
• The number of female patients placed in private sector or out-of-trust acute mental health beds each month.
• The number of male patients placed in private sector or out-of-trust acute mental health beds each month.
b. PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit) Placements (Out-of-Trust / Private Sector)
• The number of female patients placed in private sector or out-of-trust PICU beds each month.
• The number of male patients placed in private sector or out-of-trust PICU beds each month.
c. Rehabilitation Mental Health Placements
• The number of patients placed in rehabilitation mental health placements, broken down by gender (male/female) and by month.
2. Bed Day Costs For the period April 2024 to March 2025, please provide the average daily bed fee paid for private sector placements, broken down by patient gender (if available) and setting:
• Acute mental health placements
• PICU placements
• Rehabilitation placements
3. Placement Locations
Please provide the names and addresses (or town/city) of all private sector or out-of-trust facilities where patients (both male and female) were placed in the following settings:
• Acute mental health
• PICU
• Rehabilitation
Our response:
Please see our responses to questions 1, 2 and 3 on the link below:
You asked:
4. Clinically Ready for Discharge (CRFD)
Please provide the number of patients occupying NHS Trust acute mental health beds each month who were deemed clinically ready for discharge but remained in hospital (commonly referred to as Delayed Transfers of Care – DTOC).
Our response:
We do not record or report on information in a way that would enable us to provide a response to this question.
You asked:
5. Planned Capital Improvement Works
Please confirm whether there are any planned or ongoing capital improvement works during the period April 2025 – March 2026 that may impact patient flow (e.g. reduction in bed availability, ward closures, reconfigurations).
If so, please provide a summary of the works, broken down by service area:
• Acute (Adult and Older Adult)
• CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
• Forensic Services
• Specialist Services (e.g. Perinatal, Eating Disorders, Neuropsychiatry)
Our response:
We only have one bed out of commission at Honeybourne Recovery Unit (rolling programme) at Adult Mental Health Inpatient service, from 1st April 2025 until approximately the 1st week of June 2025. This is to update bedroom en-suite facilities.
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.