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Freedom of Information request Paediatric Elective Care (RTT)

Response published: 24 November 2025
CAMHS/CYPS | Clinical Activity Data | Health

FOI Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information. Please provide two sets of waiting list data on paediatric elective care (RTT) (patients aged 0–17) for your Trust, disaggregated by: 1. Ethnicity (using NHS standard ethnicity categories), and 2. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) deciles or quintiles (based on patient postcode or other available proxy). For each combination of ethnicity and IMD group, please provide the number of patients waiting in each of the following time bands: 1. Up to 18 weeks 2. 18 to 26 weeks 3. 26 to 40 weeks 4. 40 to 52 weeks 5. 52 weeks and over Please provide this data monthly, from September 2021 to September 2025 (or the most recent available month), with each month reported separately. If providing both ethnicity and IMD breakdowns would exceed the cost, please prioritise the ethnicity breakdown. Please provide the data in spreadsheet format (e.g., Excel or CSV).

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 302-2025

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

You asked:

Two sets of waiting list data on paediatric elective care (RTT) (patients aged 0–17) for your Trust, disaggregated by:

1. Ethnicity (using NHS standard ethnicity categories)
2. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) deciles or quintiles (based on patient postcode or other available proxy).

For each combination of ethnicity and IMD group, please provide the number of patients waiting in each of the following time bands:

1. Up to 18 weeks
2. 18 to 26 weeks
3. 26 to 40 weeks
4. 40 to 52 weeks
5. 52 weeks and over

Data monthly, from September 2021 to September 2025 (or the most recent available month), with each month reported separately.

If providing both ethnicity and IMD waiting lists would exceed the cost, please prioritise providing just the ethnicity breakdown.

Our response:

The Trust does not provide the service mentioned in your request. Please re-direct 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.