I would like to request the following information, under a freedom of information request, relating to hospital Chaplains and Chaplaincy provision in your Trust. Could you please provide the following information: 1. Are you: a. an acute Trust b. a specialist centre / Trust c. a community Trust d. a mental health Trust e. other, please specify: 2. In total how many beds do you have in your hospitals.? 3. How many staff by whole-time equivalent and headcount do you have in your hospital? 4. The number of whole-time equivalent and headcount of substantive Chaplaincy Team members by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Whole Time Equivalent WTE. Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 5. The number of bank / temporary / zero hours contract Chaplaincy staff by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 6. The number of honorary Chaplaincy Team members by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 7. Does the Trust have Trainee Chaplain / Entry Level Chaplain Band 5. roles? 8. If so, how many of the Chaplaincy Team are at this level whole-time equivalent, headcount and religion/belief.? 9. If so, are the positions permanent or fixed term? 10. What is the rationale for Trainee / Entry Level chaplains within your Trust? 11. Over the last 3 years has the Chaplaincy Team: a. increased in size b. remained the same in size c. decreased in size If there is a change, please give the whole-time equivalent that has been reduced or increased. 12. What steps or initiatives has the Chaplaincy Team taken to increase the diversity of service provision within your Trust? 13. What spaces do you have for prayer, meditation or worship within your Trust? Space Yes / No Number of these spaces within the Trust if yes. What activities regularly take place in this space Chapel Multifaith space Single faith prayer space Designated Muslim prayer space Quiet room / reflection space Meeting room space Counselling room space Other please specify.: Thank you for your assistance in providing this information, I look forward to receiving the data within the next 20 working days
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325-2023
I wish to request the following information under the FOI Act that Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust holds. 1. How many refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt in your trust? 2. How many female refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt in your trust?
3. How many female refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt due to accessing maternity care on the NHS in your trust? 4. What is the total amount of NHS debt refused asylum seekers hold in GBP in your trust? 5. What is the total amount of NHS debt female refused asylum seekers hold in GBP in your trust? 6. What is the total amount of NHS debt female refused asylum seekers hold due to accessing maternity care on the NHS in GBP in your trust? If possible, can you also provide historic information and break each data set down per year from 2010/11 to present. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust must hold some of this information and must pass this information onto the Home Office because there was a judicial review this summer about a case in which a women was detained for an NHS debt at the airport on her arrival into the UK https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2023/1272.html..
If this request is unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing today that you have received this request.
014-2023
Complaint
011-2023
Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m requesting the following information on compassionate use medicines:
1. How many patients at your trust have been supplied medicines approved through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme EAMS. each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
2. How many requests has your trust made to pharmaceutical companies for access to medicines offered through a company-led ‘compassionate use’ or ‘free of charge’ scheme each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
a. How many patients have received treatment with unlicensed medicines obtained this way each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
3. How many requests have clinicians at your trust submitted to pharmaceutical companies for access to an unlicensed medicine to treat patients each year between April 2014 and April 2023, outside of a company-led scheme?
a. How many patients have received treatment with unlicensed medicines obtained this way each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
Please provide the information by email. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response within 20 working days.
519-2023
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. to request data relating to the following three trainee roles: Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, Education Mental Health Practitioner and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. Specifically I am seeking data on the numbers for each protected Category at each stage of the recruitment process: applications submitted, shortlisted, interviewed and made an offer, as illustrated in the table below. I understand that this information is available to your organization as an anonymised report within the NHS Jobs system. Ideally I’d like three distinct sets of data for each of the three trainee roles.
518-2023
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information about nitrous oxide monitoring:
• Have you carried out nitrous oxide/Entonox personal sampling in your trust?
o If so, which departments have you carried out personal sampling in? • Did you find high results in any staff members?
o If yes:
How many staff members were affected?
What was the highest result you found?
Were these staff members informed?
What action was taken? e.g. have you installed mobile destruction units?.
• Have you suspended the use of Entonox at your trust?
Please provide the information by email.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response within 20 working days. If you could please send an acknowledgement on receiving my request that would be much appreciated.
509-2023
I would like to request a list of all Operating Theatre Lights currently in use within Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust please. Specific detail required for each Operating Theatre Lights:
1. Name of hospital 2. Location within hospital e.g., theatre 1.
3. Manufacturer and model of Operating Theatre Lights in use
4. How many of each Operating Theatre Lights in use 5. Age of each individual Operating Theatre Lights date installed or date purchased. If possible, we would prefer the data in Excel or Word format not PDF. please
508-2023
I am requesting the following information regarding under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 FOIA..
Payment of NHS Trust Suppliers
For the period between June 2022 and January 2023, please provide the statistics as follows:
The average number of days taken to make payments to suppliers, measured from the date of receipt of invoice or other notice to the date the cash is received by the supplier
The percentage of payments made within the reporting period which were paid in 30 days or fewer, between 31 and 60 days, and in 61 days or longer
The percentage of payments due within the reporting period which were not paid within the agreed payment period
505-2023
Can you please let me know the following;
What was the trusts off framework spend in 2022?
Which agency had the biggest spend and how much was the spend?
324/2023
This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to NHS Trust unlicensed medicine expenditure.
1. What is the total value of spend by your NHS Trust on unlicensed medication i.e. Special Order, Drug Tariff Special Order, Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order. that have a BNF liquid formulation e.g. liquid, solution, suspension.? Please provide this information on a volume and value basis for the following years please fill in the tables below..
Note: Value of spend to mean either net ingredient cost or actual cost. Please state which you have used below. Actual cost would be the total cost to NHS commissioners whereas NIC is the cost at list price excluding VAT.
Total value:
Type Total spend / cost on liquid unlicensed products procured
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-22 to Mar-23
Special Order
Drug Tariff Special Order
Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order
Other Special
Total volume:
Type Total volume of liquid unlicensed products procured
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-20 to
Mar-21
Special Order
Drug Tariff Special Order
Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order
Other Special
2. Do you outsource the manufacturing of liquid unlicensed products?
3. If no to question 3 use of outsourcing providers., what proportion of the products that you manufacture in-house are aseptically compounded rather than terminally sterilised?
4. If yes to question 3 use of outsourcing providers., what is the total value of spend by provider? Please provide this information for the following years please fill in the tables below..
Note: If more than 10 providers are used, please only detail spend with the top 10.
Outsourcing provider
fill in empty rows with provider name, add rows if required. Total value of liquid specials procured from each provider
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-20 to
Mar-21
466-2023
I would like to make a request for the following information:
1. Does your trust utilise off-framework agencies for Nursing or Care, if so which agencies?
2. How many hours have been covered by off-framework agencies for Nursing and Care AUG 22-PRESENT?
3. Who at director level is responsible for patient safety and staffing levels?
465-2023
I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1. The total spend for businesses that have supported your staff bank services in each of the last 12 months, starting from Jan 2022 – Jan 2023. 2. A breakdown of how these funds have been spent, including any categories or types of expenditures, in each of the last 12 months, starting from Jan 2022 – Jan 2023.
463-2023
I am writing today to initiate an FOI request.
1. I would like to know the exact figures for the number of employees within Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation NHS Trust who are currently listed by the trust as having a formal diagnosis of any mental health condition.
2. I should also like to know the number of staff members who have been suspended from their duties in the last 5 years/60 months, as well as the proportion of these staff who have/had a diagnosis of a mental health condition at the time of their suspension.
3. Additionally, I would like to know the numbers of complaints made against the trust in regards to the bullying, harassment and/or discrimination of its staff in the last 5 years/60 months.
4. I would also like to know the number of complaints made against the trust in regard to data protection and information governance in the last 5 years/60 months.
458-2023
Please can you provide me with the software system providers in the departments below that are used in your organization?
– BI reporting?
– Visualisation tools?
– Data management/architecture platforms? e.g. SQL, AWS etc.
– languages used? e.g. python, SQL etc.
– HR System?
– Finance System?
– Where is your data stored? Onsite or off-site?. cloud based etc.
For example:
BI Reporting – Power BI
Data Management – SQL
323-2023
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I write to request the below information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. Number of Full Time Equivalent FTE. staff in the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust FOI management/admin team.
2. Number of Freedom of Information Act requests received by the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust FOI management/admin team over the most recent 12 month period 12 month period or financial or calendar year..
321-2023
We are working to provide accessible information in collaboration with the primary care network linked to the Trust.
Please can you provide me with a list of the top 10 requested languages/dialects in the last 12 months.
351-2024
Freedom of Information Request
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:
1. Number of admissions to the Maxwell Centre, for individuals who were detained under
Section 136 of the Mental Health Act between January and December 2023 Categorised on the
following.:
1.1.0. Age 10 – 18, 19 – 21, 22 – 24, 25 – 30, then in increments of 5 years thereafter ..
1.1.1. Gender.
1.1.2. Ethnicity.
1.2.0. Known diagnosed psychiatric disorder by Gender..
1.2.1. Previous engagement with the Crisis and Resolution Home Treatment Team by Gender..
1.3.0. Percentage of detainees searched by Police on admission by Gender..
1.3.1. The most common recorded reason for search by Gender..
1.4.0. Previous attendance on a Section 136 by Gender..
1.4.1. Most common reason for Section 136 detention by Gender..
1.5.0. Method of conveyance to the Section 136 Suite by Gender..
1.5.1. If Police have conveyed, the most common reason for Police conveyance by Gender..
1.6.0. The average time spent under Section 136 by Gender..
1.6.1. The rate at which Mental Health Act Assessments MHHA. begin within a 3-hour period of
arrival by Gender..
1.6.2. The most common recorded reason for delayed MHHA by Gender..
1.7.1. The average time spent waiting for MHAA to commence by Gender..
1.5.1. The average duration of MHAA by Gender..
1.5.2. How often Section 136B of the Mental Health Act is invoked by Gender..
1.5.3. The most common outcome of MHAA by Gender..
2. The percentage frequency at which the Approved Mental Health Professionals AMHP.
Service sent the outcome of the MHAA to the detainees’ registered General Practitioners
surgery between January and December 2023?
2.1.0. The average time to be sent.
3. The percentage frequency at which the Section 12 approved doctor sent the outcome of the
MHAA to the detainees’ registered General Practitioners surgery between January and
December 2023?
3.1.0. The average time to be sent.
4. Monthly calls to the Crisis and Resolution Home Treatment Team between January and
December 2023 Categorised on the following.:
4.1.0. Age 10 – 18, 19 – 21, 22 – 24, 25 – 30, then in increments of 5 years thereafter ..
4.1.1. Gender.
5. The average waiting time from referral to assessment for the Mental Health Intermediate
Care Team between January and December 2023 Categorised on the following.:
5.1.0. Age 10 – 18, 19 – 21, 22 – 24, 25 – 30, then in increments of 5 years thereafter..
5.1.1. Gender.
6. The average waiting time from referral to assessment for Gloucestershire Talking Therapies
formally Let’s Talk. between January and December 2023 Categorised on the following.:
6.1.0. Age 10 – 18, 19 – 21, 22 – 24, 25 – 30, then in increments of 5 years thereafter ..
6.1.1. Gender.
7. The average waiting time from referral to assessment with a qualified Psychiatrist
Categorised on the following.:
7.1.0. Age 10 – 18, 19 – 21, 22 – 24, 25 – 30, then in increments of 5 years thereafter..
7.1.1. Gender.
8. Information regarding the policies and procedures implemented by the Trust for the Maxwell
Centre in relation to individuals detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act.
Additionally, please ensure that a copy of the relevant document is included to fulfil the Trust’s
responsibility under Section 132 of the Mental Health Act.
9. The number of complaints received by the Trust regarding Mental Health for the period of
January to December 2023.
9.1.0. The most common theme/type of Mental Health complaint.
9.1.1. The most common way the complaint was dealt with i.e Serious Incident
Framework/Local Resolution etc..
9.1.2. Average timeframe to acknowledge such a complaint.
9.1.3. Average timeframe to fully respond to such a complaint.
10. How many documented cases of self-inflicted injuries occurred in the Maxwell Centre
between January and December 2023? Categorised on the following.
10.1.0. Age
10.1.1. Gender
10.1.2. Method employed in each case per Office of National Static Method categorises i.e
Drowing, Fall and Fracture, Poisoning/Overdose, Hanging/Strangulation/Suffocation, Jumping or
Lying in-front of a moving object, Sharp Object and Other..
11. How many documented cases of self-inflicted deaths occurred in the Maxwell Centre
between January and December 2023? Categorised on the following.
11.1.0. Age
11.1.1. Gender
11.1.2. Method employed in each case per Office of National Static Method categorises i.e
Drowing, Fall and Fracture, Poisoning/Overdose, Hanging/Strangulation/Suffocation, Jumping or
Lying in-front of a moving object, Sharp Object and Other..
12. A copy of the Trusts policy for Section 12 approved doctors pertaining to MHAA Fee’s.
13. A copy of the management structure for the following services, Maxwell Centre,
Gloucestershire Talking Therapies, Crisis and Resolution and Home Treatment Team and
Mental Health Intermediate Care Team.
14. Number of deceased under this Trust care with a recorded cause of death as suicide or
negligence by clinical procedure since October 1
st 2019.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the
cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under
the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further
advice and assistance.
Pursuant to Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act, it is incumbent upon Gloucestershire
Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust to provide a response to this request within a period of
20 working days. Consequently, I anticipate receiving a response no later than Friday,
February 02
nd 2024
350-2024
From 1st November 2023 until 31st December 2023 how many shifts has your Trust or Health Board utilised Thornbury Nursing services for?
Within this same time frame 1st November 2023 until 31st December 2023. please list all wards or departments that utilised this agency and display the number of shifts in each.
Within this same time frame 1st November 2023 until 31st December 2023. please list all other off contract agencies utilised by the Trust or Health Board for nursing and break down a list of each ward or department and total number of shifts for each off contract agency. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 day charge rate of over £50 per hour that have been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period 01/11/2023- 31/12/2023.
Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 night charge above £60 per hour that have been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period 01/11/2023- 31/12/2023.
Please list any suppliers with a critical day rate charge Band 5 or 6. ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £60 per hour that have been utilised in this time period Please list any suppliers with a critical night rate charge Band 5 or 6. ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £70 per hour that have been utilised in this time period
349-2024
I hope this email finds you well, and I extend my wishes for a Happy New Year.
I am writing to you under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request specific information related to your organisation’s ICT testing practices. This information is requested for academic research purposes. My questions are as follows:
1. Do you have a dedicated Informatics and Communications Technology ICT. test team?
2. Do you outsource project testing?
3. Do you outsource Business as Usual BAU. testing?
4. Do you test core functions not just key applications. before releasing your regular Operating System patches and updates to the ICT estate?
5. Do you test your new End User Devices and peripherals before deploying to the ICT estate?
6. Would you consider using an independent Testing as a Service TaaS. option? If not, please explain why.
435-2023
I am getting in touch to request data under the Freedom of Information Act.
For each question, could I please ask for responses to be split into the five most recent financial years.
I appreciate the current financial year is still ongoing.
a. 2022/23
b. 2021/22
c. 2020/21
d. 2019/20
e. 2018/19
1. How many days have trust staff taken off sick leave not holiday.?
2. How many days have trust staff taken off for stress or anxiety?
3. Please provide a staff breakdown for the figure for question two – ie, how many days were taken off by doctors, nurses, porters, cleaners, admin staff etc.
4. How many days have trust employees taken off due to a. covid and b. Covid contact-related self-isolation?
5. How many trust staff have taken more than a month off in one given year due to stress or anxiety.
6. What was the longest period a single member of staff has taken due to stress or anxiety? Please provide their job type or role if possible and an answer for each year.
432-2023
I hope this email finds you well.
I would be very grateful if you could provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, information with respect to the following there is an excel attached which helps simplify the instructions.:
Please provide total amount of money spent £. by your trust on each of the following sub-categories as stated on the NHS supply chain website. stated below for the following Financial Years FY. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.:
i. Enteral Feeding, Bile Bags and Associated Products
1. Lot 1 – Enteral Feeding Syringes and Accessories
2. Lot 2 – Enteral Feeding Devices
3. Lot 3 – Enteral Feeds, Drinks and Giving Sets
4. Lot 4 – Bile Bags, Ryles Tubes and Levin Tubes
ii. Infant Feeding and Associated Accessories
1. Lot 1 – Infant Food
2. Lot 2 – Infant Feeding Accessories
Please provide total volumes Units Purchased. of each of the categories as stated on the NHS supply chain website. below for the following Financial Years FY. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022., at your trust:
iii. Enteral Feeding, Bile Bags and Associated Products
1. Lot 1 – Enteral Feeding Syringes and Accessories
2. Lot 2 – Enteral Feeding Devices
3. Lot 3 – Enteral Feeds, Drinks and Giving Sets
4. Lot 4 – Bile Bags, Ryles Tubes and Levin Tubes
iv. Infant Feeding and Associated Accessories
1. Lot 1 – Infant Food
2. Lot 2 – Infant Feeding Accessories
Please provide a list of suppliers your trust has purchased from under the following categories as stated on the NHS supply chain website. for the following Financial Years FY. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.:
v. Enteral Feeding, Bile Bags and Associated Products
1. Lot 1 – Enteral Feeding Syringes and Accessories
2. Lot 2 – Enteral Feeding Devices
3. Lot 3 – Enteral Feeds, Drinks and Giving Sets
4. Lot 4 – Bile Bags, Ryles Tubes and Levin Tubes
vi. Infant Feeding and Associated Accessories
1. Lot 1 – Infant Food
2. Lot 2 – Infant Feeding Accessories
vii. How much money per supplier within each Category
430-2023
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information. This information relates to the Gloucestershire Health and Care Children and Young People’s Services and their eating disorder services. Please could you provide the information to the following questions:
1. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split monthly, if possible.
2. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by age 3. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by sex
4. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by whether they received inpatient or outpatient care
5. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 that received inpatient treatment
6. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 that had to wait longer than 12 weeks for any type of care.
429-2023
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following data specifically about Mental Health Act inpatients within your trust:
1. Please provide the number of allegations reported within your trust, clinical commissioning group or other care setting as defined, of
• Rape
• Sexual assault
• Sexual harassment
• Sexual misconduct
2. Please advise the location of these offences and or alleged offences broken down by location Mental Health Unit, Hospital, Other Hospital Setting to be clearly defined.
3. Please provide this data for the years – 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date. 4. Please provide a month by month and location. 5. Please identify if these allegations are:
• On Staff carried out by a staff Member
• On Staff carried out by a patient or visitor
• By Staff on a Patient
• By Staff on a visitor
• On Staff carried out by a visitor
6. For each of these allegations please advise if a suspect was identified and or arrested. 7. If a suspect was identified and the suspect was identified as a member or staff or a contractor to the trust, CCG or group.
• What was the outcome?
• Was the suspect subsequently arrested, charged, convicted or NFA?
• Was the suspect subsequently investigated, suspended or dismissed from the Trust.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits Section 12., it would be appreciated if you could provide advice and assistance Section 16 obligations of the Act. as to how I can refine my request. Should you hold information on some parts of the request but not others, please could you provide that information, rather than a blanket refusal.
427-2023
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Dear Information Team
This is an information request relating to postage costs at the Trust.
Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22:
• How much does the Trust spend annually on postage costs?
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.
I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.
Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.
322-2023
I trust this email finds you well. My name is Melissa Thiele, and I am the Project Lead supporting Scaling People Services for the Lincolnshire Integrated Care System ICS.. As part of my responsibilities, I am working closely with Lincolnshire Community Health Services LCHS., United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust ULHT., and Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust LPFT. to explore cost-saving opportunities, corporate efficiencies, and identify areas for collaboration at the system level.
One of the specific programmes I am currently focusing on involves the scaling of workforce teams in the following departments:
1. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Team
2. Recruitment and Resourcing
3. Statutory and Mandatory Training Team
To facilitate informed discussions regarding team structure and size, I am reaching out to peer organisations within the Model Health System, and I have identified your Trust as a potential peer based on specific criteria. In particular, we are interested in organisations of a similar size and scope.
Therefore, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am formally requesting the following information related to the aforementioned teams within your organisation:
1. Organisational structure detailing the hierarchy and reporting lines of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Team, Recruitment and Resourcing, and Statutory and Mandatory Training Team.
2. Banding information for each role within the mentioned teams, specifying the band levels and associated job roles.
3. Whole-Time Equivalent WTE. figures for each team, providing an overview of the staffing levels within the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Team, Recruitment and Resourcing, and Statutory and Mandatory Training Team.
318-2023
Please can you provide me with the Information below?
1. Who is the head of procurement responsible for approving agency usage for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy locums?
2. Who are the managers responsible for agency usage on and off framework. for the following departments at all hospitals associated with the Trust:
a. Physiotherapy
b. Occupational Therapy
3. Please can you provide the contact number and email addresses for the managers listed in relation to question 1 and 2.
4.. How much was your Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups since January 2023 – present?
a. Physiotherapy
b. Occupational Therapy
5. Please provide the names of the agencies currently used by the Trust to supply Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists – please include the % of shifts filled by each agency since January 2023.
6. Do you use a direct engagement model to facilitate locum placements for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, if so, which one?
7: What is the highest rate paid for Band 6 Physiotherapists and Band 6 Occupational Therapists since January 2023?
400-2022
Please can you answer the following 3 questions:
1. From September 2022 to November 2022, please list the wards/departments you have requested shifts for off framework agencies in your Adult Nursing, Mental Health, Community Hospitals?
2. Please provide a list of off-framework agencies used by the trust in the past 6 months.
3. Please provide a breakdown of the number of shifts covered by each off-framework agency and their average hourly charge rate for the following disciplines:
Registered General Nurses Adult & Paediatric., Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.
392-2022
IAPT and Bipolar: Freedom of Information Request for Services
Version 1, 09/08/2022
Please enter the name of your NHS trust or IAPT service name and location: _____________________
1. Do you have local policies/guidelines about accepting referrals for those with Bipolar Disorder in your IAPT services? Yes/No.
a. If NO, please give details why this is e.g. national guidelines or local policies:_____________
b. Is Bipolar Disorder an exclusion criteria for your services? Yes/No
c. Does your service work with Bipolar Disorder specifically, or other issues in the context of Bipolar Disorder e.g. anxiety, PTSD.?
• Bipolar disorder specifically.
• Other issues in the context of Bipolar Disorder e.g. anxiety, PTSD..
• Both
2. Do you routinely screen for Bipolar Disorder in initial assessments? Yes/No.
Please give details here if you wish:__________________
a. If YES, what is the process you use for screening?
• Self-report measure e.g. mood disorders questionnaire, hypomania checklist.
• Structured interview questions
• Other Please state.:___________________
b. If YES, what is the process when you suspect somebody has Bipolar disorder?
• Continue usual IAPT treatment
• Continue IAPT treatment with adaptations for Bipolar
• Refer back to GP
• Refer to secondary mental health team
• Other Please state.:___________________
3. Have your staff received training about Bipolar Disorder tick all that apply.?
• Training on screening for Bipolar Disorder
• Training on psychological therapies for Bipolar Disorder
• No training
• Other Please state.:___________________
4. In the past two years, how many referrals have you received in total?__________
a. How many of these people had a Bipolar disorder diagnosis at the point of referral? ______________ Not known
5. In the past two years, how many referrals were not accepted at the point of referral without an assessment. in total?_____________ Not known
a. How many of these were due to Bipolar Disorder? _____________ Not known
6. In the past two years, how many referrals were offered an assessment/screening and then discharged without being offered therapy?_____________ Not known
a. How many of these were due to Bipolar Disorder? _____________ Not known
7. In the past two years, how many people have entered treatment with you in total 2 or more active sessions.? ___________ a. How many of these had Bipolar Disorder?____________ Not known
8. What is your definition of treatment completion?_______ Not known
9. In the past two years, how many people who entered treatment have completed the scheduled treatment with you? ___________ a. How many of these had Bipolar Disorder?____________ Not known
10. In the past two years, how many people have completed treatment with you in total using your service definition on of completion? ___________ a. How many of these had Bipolar Disorder?____________ Not known
320-2023
Please could I make the following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. The name of the Sexual Health Platform used within the Trust?
for example INFORM Sexual Health provided by INFORM, Lilie proved by Idox and MAXIMS PreView solution provided by Maxims
2. The Name of the Provider of the Sexual Health Platform?
3. The date start date and end date of the current contract?
4. The name and email of the person within the Trust that is responsible for The Sexual Health Platform utilized within the Trust
319-2023
I would like to request the following information to be released, if held, with regards to the Patient Initiated Digital Mutual Aid System PIDMAS..
– The number of patients who had been on a waiting list for treatment with the trust for 40 weeks or more, as of 31 October 2023.
– The number of patients contacted by the trust to tell them of their eligibility to choose a different provider or health trust through PIDMAS, as of 1 December 2023.
– The number of patients who have been referred to another provider or health trust, through PIDMAS, as of 1 December 2023.
314-2023
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like the following information:
Please provide a list of all gender options you list on patient forms.
312-2023
This is a request for information being made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It relates to a National Patient Safety Alert ’NatPSA’. issued by the Department of Health & Social Care on 27/09/2023: ‘Shortage of methylphenidate prolonged-release capsules and tablets, lisdexamfetamine capsules, and guanfacine prolonged-release tablets.’ reference no: NatPSA/2023/011/DHSC.. According to the Central Alerting System website, this alert was issued to Mental Health Trusts see: https://www.cas.mhra.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAlert.aspx?AlertIDequals103238.. The alert states that required actions should be completed by 11/10/2023.
The alert states that ‘prescribers should: not initiate new patients on products affected by this shortage until the supply issues resolve’.
The alert states that ‘healthcare professionals in primary care and secondary care if appropriate. should: identify all patients currently prescribed these products; and make early contact with patients to establish how much supply they have remaining.’
The alert states that ‘where patients have insufficient supplies to last until the re-supply date, contact: patient’s specialist team for advice on management options if the product cannot be sourced.’
The alert states that ‘specialist teams should: support primary care teams seeking advice for patients currently prescribed the affected products; provide individualised management plans, where required; and recommend alternatives in line with NICE guidance, where appropriate.’
Please provide the following information:
1. Did your Trust receive the above NatPSA? If so, on what date was it received?
2. Assuming that the answer to the first part of question 1 is yes, was the NatPSA forwarded to relevant specialist teams within your Trust? Which specialist teams was the NatPSA forwarded to?
3. The NatPSA states that ‘prescribers should not initiate new patients on products affected by this shortage until the supply issues resolve.’ Have any new patients under your care who would ordinarily have been prescribed the affected products not been given prescriptions because of this required action? If so, how many?
4. Where appropriate did specialist teams within your Trust ‘identify all patients currently prescribed these products’, as required by the NatPSA? If so, how many patients were identified and by what date was this action carried out?
5. Where appropriate did specialist teams within your Trust ‘make early contact with patients to establish how much supply they have remaining’, as required by the NatPSA? If so, how many patients did you attempt to contact? How many patients were successfully contacted?
6. Assuming that the answer to the first part of question 5 is ‘yes’, and that some patients were successfully contacted, how many patients were identified as having insufficient supplies to last until the re-supply date?
7. The NatPSA states that healthcare professionals should ‘contact patient’s specialist team[s] for advice on management options’. Have any specialist teams within your Trust been contacted by other healthcare professionals seeking such advice? If so, what advice were specialist teams able to provide?
8. Have specialist teams within your Trust ‘[supported] primary care teams seeking advice for patients currently prescribed the affected products’, as required by the NatPSA? If so, how?
9. Have specialist teams within your Trust provided individualised management plans, either to primary care teams or directly to patients? If so, how many?
10. Have specialist teams within your Trust recommended alternative products in line with NICE guidance, where appropriate? If so, how many such recommendations have been made?
11. What policy, if any, exists within your Trust for ensuring compliance with National Patient Safety Alerts? If such a policy exists, please provide a copy of it.
317-2023
I am submitting this request, on behalf of myself, under the Freedom of Information Act and the Code of Practice on Openness in the NHS.
I would like to receive this information by email.
1. Does your Trust offer Diabetes Structured Education service?
a. If yes, please confirm the name and type of each service
b. What healthcare professionals are delivering this service and how many FTE.?
c. If not, which organisation commissions these services for your population?
d. Please list the relevant services provided to your population.
e. How many places were commissioned for each service for FY 2023/34?
f. How many referrals have been received so far for each service in FY 2023/24?
g. How many patients are currently waiting for their first appointment for each of these services.?
h. Which funding pots. is used to deliver the services.?
i. What was the value of the budget for each service in FY 23/24?
j. Do you anticipate expanding, maintaining or decreasing the current service provision in the next financial year?
k. Are there currently staffing vacancies in these services, if so please provide the title, grade and FTE for each vacancy.
l. Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for commissioning this service?
m. Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for the delivery of this service?
n. If this service is outsourced, who is your provider, and what is the duration and end date of their contract?
316-2023
I am submitting this request, on behalf of myself, under the Freedom of Information Act and the Code of Practice on Openness in the NHS.
I would like to receive this information by email.
1. Does your Trust offer diabetes services/support for Type 2 diabetes patients with obesity?
a. If yes, please confirm the name and type of each service
b. What healthcare professionals are delivering this service and how many FTE.?
c. If not, which organisation commissions these services for your population?
d. Please list the relevant services provided to your population.
e. How many places were commissioned for each service for FY 2023/34?
f. How many referrals have been received so far for each service in FY 2023/24?
g. How many patients are currently waiting for their first appointment for each of these services?
h. Which funding pots. is used to deliver these services?
i. What was the value of the budget for each service in FY 23/24?
j. Do you anticipate expanding, maintaining or decreasing the current service provision in the next financial year?
k. Are there currently staffing vacancies in these services, if so please provide the title, grade and FTE for each vacancy.
l. Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for commissioning this service?
m. Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for the delivery of this service?
n. If this service is outsourced, who is your provider, and what is the duration and end date of their contract?
315-2023
I am submitting this request, on behalf of myself, under the Freedom of Information Act and the Code of Practice on Openness in the NHS.
I would like to receive this information by email.
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311-2023
Dear Information Team,
This is an information request relating to posters paid for by the trust in the last 3 financial years, and the current year to date 2019,20 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23..
Please include the following information:
total amount and cost of all posters paid for by the trust which are used in the hospitals, clinics, offices and other buildings of the trust.
the total number of posters in foreign languages paid for by the trust
the total cost of foreign language posters
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
310-2023
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: 1. Since 1st January 2022 how many staff have been given permission to work remotely outside of the UK?
2. Please provide a list of each unique approval detailing; country, job title of the individual concerned and length of time spent working outside of the UK.
3. Are there any additional associated costs created by staff working outside of the UK. Please provide a breakdown of these costs and the total spent since 1st January 2022.
309-2023
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your facilities management approach:
A tiered hierarchy of people within your organisation that are responsible for Estates, Property, CAFM, Finance and Facilities for your organisation. Please provide their name, job title and email address where possible. i.e. Estates Directors, Facilities Managers, Operations Directors etc.
308-2023
I am writing to request information under the freedom of information act regarding your organisations rostering utilisation. Please can you complete the below questions. 1. Please provide the rostering solution used for the below staffing groups. Where more than one supplier is used for each staff group, please provide the name of each supplier.
Medical & Dental
Nursing & Health Care Assistants Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied Health Professionals Administration and Estates
2. Please list below the staffing groups where e-rostering is currently live and being used?
3. Please tick the below Medical Specialities that are currently rostered on the system- General Medicine
General Surgery Anaesthetics Obstetrics and Gynaecology
4. What percentage of workforce are rostered on the system? Please list the percentages by the staffing groups listed below- Medical & Dental
Nursing & Health Care Assistants
Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied Health Professionals Administration and Estates
5. What is the contract start date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract start date.
6. What is the contract end date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract end date.
7. What was the annual cost of your rostering supplier/ suppliers for the financial year 22/23 April 2022 – March 2023.? 8. Are there any exit costs incurred for changing rostering supplier/ suppliers? If yes, please state the exit cost for each supplier
9. Did the organisation use a framework to procure your rostering supplier/ suppliers? Please state the name of the supplier and framework it was procured from. 10. From the table below please indicate which interfaces are being used and at what frequency?
Interface In/Out Daily Weekly Monthly Ad Hoc
ESR Generic Attendance Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Absence Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Outbound Interface In
E-Job Planning In/Out
Junior Doctors In/Out
Staffbank / Agency In/Out
Identity Provider Servers In/Out
11. Please provide the name of the organisations GOSWH Guardian of safe working hours.
12. Please provide the name of the organisations Lead Registrar
13. Please provide the name of the organisations Medical Education Director
14. Please provide the name of the chair of the Junior Doctors forum
307-2023
Dear Freedom Of Information,
Please could you provide the following information;The number of beds at each hospital location within your organisation.
306-2023
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
For the last financial year, what was the total amount spent on translation costs?
Can you provide a breakdown of these costs by language translated.
Do you hire any dedicated translators? If so provide details of how many, total salary cost and for what language.
305-2023
I am writing to you on behalf of Philips UKI Install Base team.
We would like to place a Freedom of Information request, wishing to obtain a full equipment Install Base report for all Imaging systems & Ultrasound devices across all hospitals in your NHS Trust. We are specifically looking for the following information;
Equipment type
Installation date
Installation location which hospital.
Equipment modality Digital X-ray/MR/Image Guided Therapy/Ultrasound/CT.
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Associated equipment service contract
Please download the template here, populate and send back once completed.
304-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding complaints received by GLOUCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST between 1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023 inclusive.. Specifically, I would like to know:
1. How many women inpatients complained that a trans woman inpatient was sharing the same sleeping accommodation as the complainant?
2. How many women inpatients complained that a trans woman inpatient was using the same women-only day rooms. that had been made available to the complainant?
3. How many women inpatients complained about both of the aspects of their care referred to in questions 1. and 2.?
For the avoidance of doubt, it may be helpful for me to note that:
– My questions are in reference to written complaints which may have been originally made orally and subsequently recorded in writing. received by the Trust.
– The terms ‘sleeping accommodation’ and ‘women-only day rooms’ are being used in the same sense that they are used in NHS England’s guidance 2019 guidance ‘Delivering same-sex accommodation’, retrieved
from: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?urlequalshttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2021%2F05%2FNEW-Delivering_same_sex_accommodation_sep2019.pdf&dataequals05%7C01%7CFreedomofInformation%40ghc.nhs.uk%7Ccd7df271ab9a40d4510e08dbeaa8f5bb%7Cf8120e622f9442d0beb68143b2f833fb%7C0%7C1%7C638361783628525576%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdataequalsDo%2BAFSu6Ay5fckCqAMDlkfe7m1exI5dNradKaVJz1HA%3D&reservedequals0
Please provide the information in the form an email quoting the reference RTQ.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I might refine my request.
303-2023
I am emailing to request information, under Freedom of Information, to support significant transformational work being undertaken in our Core Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service CAMHS. in Hull and East Riding East Yorkshire..
I work as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and we are working in partnership with NHS England via CLEAR to look at areas of challenge within our service and make recommendations for innovation. I am the Clinical Sponsor for CLEAR with in our service and it is in this capacity I am emailing you. I have attached a briefing document which summarises the CLEAR project.
An aspect of the project will involve reviewing workforce data and planning. We would like to compare staffing ratios with percentage of the population of our locality with other Core CAMHS services across the country to get a measure of how well we are doing, or whether we need to invest and remodel our workforce.
I am therefore requesting data as to staffing WTE. per percentage of the population for Core CAMH Services across the country. I was wondering if you could assist with his please?
302-2023
Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact me if you have any questions.
1. Please advise what software/systems you use for managing medical devices to be compliant with MHRA Guidance Jan 2021? See link Safeguarding public health publishing.service.gov.uk.
2. If applicable, how long is the contract and when does it expire month and year.?
3. What is the annual budget for the system listed in response to question 1?
4. Please advise on the name and contact for the person responsible for ensuring compliance with the MHRA guidance quoted above.
301-2023
Please could you answers the following questions?
1. What is the population size you cover?
2. What proportion of your contracted budget is spent on Mental Health if unknown, please provide an estimate.
3. Please complete the table below for the last 5 financial years starting with the financial year April 2018 and detail the digital funding you have received from NHS sources i.e. NHS England or associated commissioners integrated care boards/clinical commissioning groups..
Month Year Amount of digital funding received £. Funding source i.e NHSE/ICB. Name of funding programme, if applicable Capital/Revenue?
300-2023
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information:
1. The number of a. first consultant appointments after an urgent referral, b. first definitive cancer treatments, and c. subsequent cancer treatments, that were cancelled or rescheduled by your trust in financial year 2022/23:
i. once
b. twice
c. three times or more
2. The most amount of times the date was changed on a single one of the above cancer appointments by your trust in FY 2022/23.
299-2023
I am writing to request some information under Freedom of Information regulations. I would like to know, over the last 12 months, in your trust:
– On how many occasions have leave beds beds occupied by a patient who is on a period of leave but is still within in patient care. been occupied by another patient.
– On how many occasions have there been no unoccupied inpatient beds available within the trust.
– If out of area placements have been made for patients under the care of the trust over the last 12 months, please list a. the trusts to which patients were sent and b. for each trust, the number of times patients. from your trust were sent there.
298-2023
Many thanks for clarifying your position on this.
Your response to my initial FOI request states:
Please note that our response does not cover all patients that have been on End of Life pathway, but
does cover those that have been on the pathway and passed away at Mulberry Ward.
With this in mind, I am now requesting the numbers of ALL patients that have been on End of Life pathways on Mulberry Ward for each and every month from June 2012 until the present day – including any patients which may have been transferred to other wards/hospitals.
297-2023
1. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from ON framework agencies?
2. Which ON framework agencies is the trust currently utilising for Nursing vacancies and what is the spend on these agencies October 2023 to date?
3. Who at director level is responsible for patient safety and staffing levels and could you provide me with their contact details?
4. Who at temporary staffing is responsible for onboarding new agencies and could you provide me with their contact details?
5. What is the temporary staffing generic email address?