Responses

Copy of Trust Policy, Organisation

Hi. Thank you for responding to the FOI below. I have a few follow up questions.

1. How many patients have had TMS funded by GHC in the last 24 months.

2. Could you give an estimate on total expenditure on TMS in last 24 months.

3. What providers (NHS or private) have delivered TMS funded by GHC.

Ultrasound Policy

Hello, earlier in the year I requested the trust abortion policy. I am looking through this and it states to read with the ultrasound policy- could I please request this?

Access to Testing Clinical Information Systems

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following information:

1. Access to Testing Clinical Information Systems

o What is the approval process by which an external organisation may apply or request to connect with the trust’s test clinical systems of record. (e.g. EMR, EHR, PACS)
o Which internal teams, roles, or committees are responsible for approving such a connection?
o What steps are involved in obtaining the necessary permissions or agreements to establish such a connection?
o What is the entry point for this process? e.g. email address or webform.

2. Access to Production Clinical Information Systems

o What is the approval process by which an external organisation may apply or request to connect with the trust’s production clinical systems of record. (e.g. EMR, EHR, PACS)
o Which internal teams, roles, or committees are responsible for approving such a connection?
o What steps are involved in obtaining the necessary permissions or agreements to establish such a connection?
o What is the entry point for this process? e.g. email address or webform.

At this point we’re not asking for information regarding the technical specifics of the trust’s internal systems. We are only requesting information on the trust’s approval and decision making processes.

Methotrexate Level Monitoring – Patients receiving Methotrexate

I am writing to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would be grateful if you could provide information regarding your hospitals clinical practice on the timing of methotrexate (MTX) level monitoring in patients receiving high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) therapy. Specifically, I am seeking the following:

Adult Patients
1. For adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?
2. For adult patients with osteosarcoma receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?
3. For adult patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?

Paediatric Patients
1. For paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?
2. For paediatric patients with osteosarcoma receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?
3. For paediatric patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma receiving HDMTX, at what time point does your centre take the first MTX level?

Please note that I am not requesting any patient-specific data. This request relates solely to your clinical practice guidelines or standard protocols.

Job Planning Software

I am writing to request information under the freedom of information act on your organisations use of Job Planning. Please can you fill out the questions for each staffing group listed in the table below-

Consultants SAS Doctors Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
1. Does your organisation use job planning software?
2. If yes, please can you specify the name of the job planning supplier?
3. If no, could you please specify how you carry out job planning?- for example paper based, Excel, Microsoft word, Other- please state
4. What is the contract start date for your job planning supplier?
5. What is the contract end date for your job planning supplier?
6. What was the annual cost of your job planning supplier for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 – March 2025)?
7. Is job planning in your organisation demand led?
8. If yes, what frequency is it reviewed? (Monthly, Quarterly, Annually)
9. For each staffing group what percentage of staff is job planning rolled out to?
10. What other third-party systems does your Job planning system integrate with?

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Citizen Engagement Platform

Communications

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

The information that we require, under the Freedom of Information Act, is as follows:

1) Do you use a Citizen Engagement platform?
2) If so, what tools do you use?
3) How much do you spend annually on a Citizen Engagement tool?
4) Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?

A citizen engagement platform is a digital tool or system designed to facilitate communication, interaction, and participation between citizens and government or public institutions. Its goal is to make civic involvement easier, more transparent, and more effective.

These platforms can be used by governments, cities, or organisations to:
Collect feedback on policies, services, or community issues Conduct surveys and polls Enable reporting of local issues, like potholes or graffiti Share updates, news, and documents with the public Encourage participatory budgeting or co-creation of solutions

Examples include tools like Granicus (EngagementHQ), CitizenSpace, SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics or Commonplace They can play a major role in increasing transparency, accountability, and trust in public decision-making.

Treatment of patients with Primary Immunodeficiency

Pharmacy

FOI request for the following data for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust:

1. The number of unique patients with a recorded diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)
a. Of these PID patients, what is the number of PID patients treated with Immunoglobulin in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025) If possible, segment patients by brand used e.g 5 patients on Cuvitru
b. How of these Ig treated PID patients are naïve (new starts) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)?

2. The number of unique patients with a recorded diagnosis of Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)
a. Of these SID patients, what is the number of SID patients treated with Immunoglobulin in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025? If possible, segment patients by brand used?
b. How of these Ig treated SID patients are naïve (new starts) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)?

3. The number of unique patients with a recorded diagnosis of Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)
a. Of these SID patients, what is the number of CIDP patients treated with Immunoglobulin in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025? If possible, segment patients by brand used?
b. How of these Ig treated CIDP patients are naïve (new starts) in Q2’25(April, May, and June 2025)?

4. The number of immunoglobulin vials/volume in grams distributed to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in each month for April, May, and June 2025, broken down by product (see below).

I would also like to request the number of patients Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust by brand if available:

•Vigam
•Flebogamma DIF
•Gammaplex
•Gamunex-C
•Octagam
•Gamten
•Kiovig
•Intratect
•Privigen
•Iqymune
•Gammanorm
•Subcuvia
•Subgam
•Hizentra
•Hyqvia
•Cuvitru
•Panzyga
•Xembify
•Cutaquig
• Vyvgart (Efgartigimod)

Preferably I would like the data in .xlsx or .csv format. Alternatively a table will suffice
Thanks for your support.

Consultant-Led Planned Hospital Treatment – Waiting Lists

Please can you tell me:

1. The number of patients who have died while on your waiting list to recieve consultant-led elective (planned) hospital treatment — and who have therefore been removed from the list due to to their death or status as being deceased — between January 1 2025 and July 31 2025?
(If your trust calls this particular waiting list something else, please use common sense and provide the waiting list data most relevant to my questions.)

1a. If possible, please tell me how many of these people who died had been waiting for longer than 18 weeks since being referred for consultant-led elective hospital treatment?

1b. If possible, please provide a seperate breakdown of the ethnicity and religion of all those who died while on this your waiting list to recieve consultant-led elective (planned) hospital treatment over this time period.

2. The number of patients who have died while on your waiting list to recieve consultant-led elective (planned) hospital treatment — and who have therefore been removed from the list due to to their death or status as being deceased — broken down into the years 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020, please.

2a. If possible, please provide a seperate breakdown of the ethnicity and religion of those who died while on you waiting list for consultant-led elective (planned) hospital treatment in each of these years.

If you are encountering any practical difficulties with complying with this request, please contact me as soon as possible (in line with your duty under section 16 to advise and assist requesters), so that we can discuss the matter and if necessary I can modify the request.

If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item when you can rather than delay everything until it is all available.

Please format this data clearly and provide it in a machine readable format (such as xslx).

Narcolepsy Service

NHS

Freedom of Information Request – Narcolepsy Services Please provide the following information regarding narcolepsy services provided or commissioned by your organisation: 1. Do you provide or commission narcolepsy services? • If yes, please provide: • The name and location of the service • The current Referral to Treatment Time (RTT) • The number of patients seen by the service during the most recent full financial year (to April 2025) • The number of patients the service is contracted to see • The key performance indicators (KPIs) or outcome measures are used to monitor the service. Additionally, how the services performed against the set KPIs (outcome measures) for the latest available period of time. • Whether the service is commissioned through a block contract (Yes/No). • If not, please specify: • The organisation or provider to which patients with suspected or confirmed narcolepsy are referred to.

Family Integrated Care (FICare)

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the implementation and evaluation of Family Integrated Care (FICare) within your neonatal services.
Please could you provide the following:
1. Confirmation of whether Family Integrated Care (FICare) is currently implemented in your neonatal unit(s), and if so, the date of initial implementation.
2. Copies of any internal policies, protocols, or guidance documents relating to FICare.
3. Details of any staff training programmes or materials used to support FICare delivery.
4. Details of any staff training programmes or materials used to support FICare delivery relating to older siblings.
5. Any audit reports, evaluations, or outcome data relating to the effectiveness or impact of FICare on neonatal care or family experience.
6. If FICare is not currently implemented, please indicate whether there are plans or discussions underway to introduce it.

In addition (and if relevant), please could the Trust provide information on its policies or regulations regarding parental and sibling access to babies receiving neonatal care:
1. Are both parents and siblings permitted to spend time with babies in neonatal care units?
2. Are there any time restrictions or limitations on how long parents or siblings may spend with babies in neonatal care?
3. Does the Trust have any policies to ensure that babies from multiple births (e.g. twins, triplets) receive equal parental contact time compared to singleton babies?

Vehicle Fleet List

Estates

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request a vehicle fleet list operated by the Trust, whether owned or leased. I would appreciate it if you could provide the following details for each vehicle: – Chassis Make and Model – Registration Mark of each motor vehicle (VRM) – Date of acquisition – Date of disposal (if applicable) for vehicles decommissioned between 2020 and 2025 I would be grateful if this information could be provided in an accessible format such as Excel, Word, PDF, or text. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please share the details you can and explain the reasons for withholding any content. Should you need any clarification regarding this request, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

Pharmacy

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting aggregate information regarding services provided or commissioned by your Trust in relation to peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP), with a specific focus on: – Post-surgical neuropathic pain (PSNP) – Cancer-related neuropathic pain (CRNP) – Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) Please break down the information by individual service, clinic, and by hospital site. 1. Patient Numbers & Treatment Modalities (Last 12 Months) For each hospital site or service, please provide: The number of patients seen for each of the following conditions: – PSNP – CRNP (please split into surgically induced and chemotherapy-induced) – PDPN – Please also break this down by hospital department. Treatment Modalities For each hospital site or service, please indicate Yes or No as to whether the following treatment modalities are available for PNP. Where stated yes please provide patient numbers for the latest 12-month period. Gabapentin prescriptions Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) Acupuncture (including PENS – Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) Theatre-based nerve stimulation procedures (e.g., spinal cord stimulators or other implanted/surgical neuromodulation devices) If exact numbers are unavailable, proxy data is acceptable (e.g., the percentage of neuropathic pain patients receiving each treatment modality). 2. Service Provision Does your Trust or provider offer specific or dedicated services for PSNP, CRNP, and/or PDPN? – If yes, please list each relevant service or site (e.g., pain clinic, neurology clinic, diabetic foot clinic, community pain service) along with their addresses. For each listed site or service, please indicate: – The types of healthcare professionals routinely involved (e.g., pain specialists, neurologists, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists) – The number of staff per role (headcount or FTE if available) 3. Referral Pathways & Service Specifications Are there established care pathways, referral criteria, or service specifications for PSNP, CRNP, and/or PDPN? – If yes, please supply relevant documents or summaries. – If not, please clarify whether these conditions fall under broader chronic pain, MSK, diabetes, or oncology pathways. 4. Clinical Guidelines, Protocols, Strategic Plans Has the Trust developed or contributed to any strategic plans, business cases, or service specifications for PSNP, CRNP, or PDPN? – If so, please provide relevant documents, including any timelines and associated funding information. Are there any specific clinical guidelines, care pathways, or treatment protocols in use? For example: – NICE CG173 – NEUPSIG – Local pathways for diabetes- or oncology-related neuropathy – If yes, please provide copies or summaries of key components. 5. Funding & Budgets What was the total expenditure on neuropathic pain services in the most recent full financial year? – If no specific figure is available, please provide overall pain management funding and any known distribution (e.g., primary/community vs secondary care). – Please indicate the type of funding, e.g. tariff or block contract 6. Planned or Recent Service Changes Are there any recent, ongoing, or planned changes to: – Commissioning arrangements – Referral pathways – Service structure – Clinical treatment options for PSNP, CRNP, or PDPN? If yes, please provide details, including the relevant sites, timelines, and the rationale for these changes. 7. Data Format and Guidance Please provide all data in a machine-readable format (e.g., Excel or CSV). – If any part of the request is unclear or may exceed appropriate cost/time limits, please contact me to discuss refinement, in accordance with Section 16 of the FOI Act.

Planned Spend on Agency and Bank Staff in 2025-2026

Nursing & Agency Nursing

Please treat this as a freedom of information request.

Please provide:

1. Planned spend on agency staff in 2025-26
2. Planned spend on bank staff in 2025-26

Reviews of Lung Cancer Patients Facing Lengthy Waits

Under the Freedom of Information Act I am requesting the following information from the trust:

1. The number of harm reviews carried out on lung cancer patients who faced lengthy waits for treatment between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024 (please do not include incomplete reviews)
2. The number of cases where harm was found in lung cancer patients and the level of harm in each: e.g, low harm, medium harm, severe harm
3. In lung cancer cases where there was severe harm, please provide a short but specific description of what the harm was: e.g. stage migration, patient moved straight to palliative care etc;
4. After how many days does the trust initiate harm reviews of lung cancer patients that have faced lengthy waits for treatments? (please state a number and do not include links to policies)

Master Vendor and Neutral Vendor Services

Procurement

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your Trust’s use of Master Vendor and/or Neutral Vendor staffing arrangements:
Master Vendor Service
1. Does your Trust have a Master Vendor service in place?
2. If yes, which agency provides this service?
3. What technology platform is used to manage this service?
4. What is the end date of the current agreement/contract?
5. What cost (if any) is incurred by the Trust for this service?
6. Which staffing groups are covered under the Master Vendor service?
7. What is the average fill rate achieved under this service over the past 12 months?

Neutral Vendor Service
1. Does your Trust have a Neutral Vendor service in place?
2. If yes, which agency provides this service?
3. What technology platform is used to manage this service?
4. What is the end date of the current agreement/contract?
5. What cost (if any) is incurred by the Trust for this service?
6. Which staffing groups are covered under the Neutral Vendor service?
7. What is the average fill rate achieved under this service over the past 12 months?

Diabetes as a Risk Factor for the Cause of Death

Serious Incidents

I would like to know your stats for ‘diabetes is a risk factor for the cause of death’ .

Maternal Healthcare

I am a freelance journalist looking into maternal healthcare in UK health trusts and boards a year on from a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma.

I would be grateful for responses by email to the following 13 questions, which I am sending to every UK non-specialist health trust and board.

I appreciate it is a long list of questions, and it’s quite possible not all of them will be relevant to your organisation. I also appreciate that data going back 10 years will not always be available, as your organisation may have been formed more recently than that. In this case, I would be grateful for the data stretching back as far as is possible.

1. How many vacancies do you currently have for a) midwives; b) obstetricians? (And how many members of staff do you currently have in both those roles?)
2. What is the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died, if the data is available?
3. How many live births were recorded at your trust/board in each of the past 10 years?
4. What is the number of maternal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died?
5. How many medical negligence suits have arisen from incidents in your maternity department in each of the past 10 years? How many resulted in a payment being made, and how much was paid out in each of the past 10 years?
6. How many third- and fourth-degree tears have you recorded for each of the past 10 years?
7. What are your current rates of forceps use, if you keep data on this?
8. What are your current rates of ventouse assisted deliveries, if you keep data on this?
9. How many emergency caesarean sections have you carried out in each of the past 10 years?
10. How many Maternal Request Caesareans were made to staff in each of the past 10 years and how many were approved?
11. How much did your trust/board pay for use of interpreters in its maternity department in each of the past 10 years?
12. How many people have received treatment as part of any MMHS (Maternal Mental Health Service) in the past year?
13. How many people are on the waiting list to receive treatment from the MMHS right now? And how long is the average waiting time for treatment?

Continence and Stoma Care agreement(s) for nurse sponsorship

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following
information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust relating to Continence and Stoma
Care agreement(s) for nurse sponsorship.
1. Do you have Continence and/or Stoma sponsorship agreement (or agreements) in place
across your Trusts’ different hospital sites? If your hospital sites have different
agreements please answer the below questions separately.
2. We appreciate some agreements span Acute, Community, Mental Health and Primary
Care Service providers. Which NHS organisations and/or hospital sites is this applicable
too?
3. When was it launched and when will it be up for renewal?
4. Who is the provider?
5. Across the full contract length, what is the value?
6. Can you share the procurement notice?
7. How many nurses were provided? If yes, what band and FTE?
8. Are their honorary contracts provided? If yes, what band and FTE?
9. What other incidentals were included in the tender? Including but not limited to; training,
IT, vehicles, grants, travel etc
10. What KPIs are included in the agreement and how is success measured?

Security Technology

Procurement

We would be most grateful if you could provide us, under the Freedom of Information Act, with some information regarding current Digital/Smart Buildings Platform, Fire Alarms , Fire Suppression, Access Controls, Intruder Alarms, CCTV, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning), BMS (Building Management System) and Care Comms/Nurse Call.(Care Communications).
The details we require are:
– Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation’s:
a. Digital/Smart Buildings Platform
b. Fire Alarms
c. Fire Suppression
d. Access Control
e. Intruder Alarms
f. CCTV
g. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning ) h. BMS ( Building Management Systems ) i. Care Comms / Nurse Call

– Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier, please split each contract up individually.
– Contract Type: What is included in the current contracts with these suppliers? Comprehensive, Semi Comprehensive including call outs, Basic Service Only.
– Contract duration, end date and review date of the current contracts with these suppliers.
– On average, what is the annual spend on each of these systems for the Trust?
– Contact Detail: Of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract with details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.
– If the contract is a managed by an outside Facility Management Company, please can you provide all the relevant details with including the contact details of the responsible person from the FM (Facilities Management) Company.

Access to Information

Could you please assist me with some information regarding your SAR & FOI processes and similar requests for information.

1) Could you please supply a copy of your SOP, process and/or policies for processing SARs and FOIs.

2) When receiving forms from DWP, adoption forms, individuals wanting a supporting cover letter outlining their diagnosis or identified struggles, for an application for additional charitable support or for employment etc, (a) who completes these?
2b) What is your process and policy for these types of requests? please provide any SOP or process you follow.

3) What department/who processes the requests for S117 information?

4) What department/who processes requests for section papers and providing recent progress notes from representing solicitors?

5) How many people are employed to process information requests? Please break this down by SARs and FOIs. What is the WTE?

6) How many SARs were processed by your trust in 2024(Jan-Dec)? what was the compliance for these requests, please break down by month.

7) How many FOIs were processed by your trust in 2025 (Jan – Dec)? what was the compliance for these requests, please break down by month.

Clinical System Contracts

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the FOI Act 2000.
Please provide information regarding the following system contracts:
1. Analytics (BI that includes outcomes)
2. BI & Data Warehousing
3. Clinical Communication and Collaboration
4. Clinical noting
5. Document Management
6. EPR
7. Forensics/ Secure
8. HR
9. Integration Platform
10. Patient Administration System
11. Patient care scheduling
12. Virtual Wards
13. Voice recognition

Please enter ‘No System Installed’ or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department:
a) System type –
b) Supplier name –
c) System name –
d) Date installed –
e) Contract expiration –
f) Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No
g) Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No
h) Procurement framework –
i) Other systems it integrates with? –
j) Total value of contract (£) –
k) Notes (e.g. we are currently out to tender) –

Contracts for ID Cards, Lanyards and Access-Control Supplies

Please treat this as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would like the following details about your current arrangements for:

– staff ID cards (both printed and blank)
– ID card printers and consumables
– staff, contractor & visitor lanyards
– any other access control supplies.

Please provide:
– The name of the current supplier or suppliers.
– The contract reference number.
– The total value of the contract, including any permitted extensions.
– The contract end date and any extension period that may be used.
– A description of the service or goods provided by each supplier.

If no formal contract is currently in place for any of these items, please provide for the most recent complete financial year:

a) The supplier name or names, Companies House registration number where available, and website address where available.
b) The total spend in pounds sterling.
c) A brief description of the items purchased.
d) The purchasing route used, for example purchase card, purchase order or framework call off.

This request excludes physical access control hardware, installation & repair/maintenance costs.

If the data is held electronically, please supply it in a searchable format such as CSV or XLS. Please do not supply images or unsearchable files.

If part of the information cannot be provided within the statutory cost limit, please supply the information that can be provided and advise me how I might refine the request.

If your organisation does not directly purchase or contract for these items, please state which organisation or department is responsible and, if possible, provide contact details.

Neurodevelopmental Services

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, please can you answer the following questions

• Who is the Clinical Lead for Neurodevelopmental Services? What is their email address?
• Who is the Service Manager for Neurodevelopment Services? What is their email address?

Stress-Related Diagnoses for NHS Patients (2022–2025)

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following information for patients for calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025:

1. Number of people diagnosed with a stress-related condition (e.g., anxiety/stress/burnout/high blood pressure).
2. Number of separate appointments where stress was the primary diagnosis or treatment focus.
3. Number of referral appointments for ‘stress’ related conditions/diagnosis

Data Protection Services

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information about your procurement of any
(i) external Data Protection Officer (DPO),
(ii) Data protection GDPR compliance services for the period FY2022-23 to FY2024-25:

1.⁠ ⁠Current DPO arrangements
1.1 Is the organisation’s DPO and other staff that work on data protection
compliance:
(a) An internal employee
(b) A DPO provided by an external service provider
(c) Hybrid (internal staff with external service provider support)
1.2 Where services are provided by external providers, please share the following information:
(a) The Company name(s)
(b) Annual spend by your organisation (FY2022/2023 through to
FY2024/2025)
(c) The highest day rate paid
(d) Contract dates (start/end/renewal terms)
(e) A brief description of the project or services provided (for instance, project title or internal reference)
(f) Services covered (e.g., audits, breach management, SAR management, delivery of DPIAs) •⁠ ⁠Please indicate what deliverables were produced •⁠ ⁠Procurement method (e.g., open competition, framework agreement, direct
award) and name of the procurement framework, if applicable.

2.⁠ ⁠Consultancy Spend
2.1 What is the organisation’s, total annual expenditure on data protection/GDPR consultancy services?

2.2 For SoW/projects which have a spend of more than £5k), please share the following information:

•⁠ ⁠Supplier company name
•⁠ ⁠The scope of the Project (e.g., "ICO investigation support", DPIA support, Internal Audit recommendation support) •⁠ ⁠Spend •⁠ ⁠Procurement method

3.⁠ ⁠Data Protection Compliance staffing
3.1 The Number of in-house data protection staff in the organisation?
(FTE)
3.2 Are there any vacant roles? (Yes/No)
3.3 Where there any ICO investigations, audits, or enforcement actions for the period from FY2022/2023 to FY 2024/2025?

4.⁠ ⁠Future Plans
4.1 Is your organisation planning to put out to tender for any DPO/GDPR services in the current financial year?
4.2 If yes please provide the following:
Expected timeline
Budget range
Key service requirements
Procurement method

Information – Senior Strategic Lead for AHP

Staffing

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information.

I am seeking information from your most senior strategic lead for allied health professions to answer the following 10 questions.

1 What is the job title of the strategic lead/ most senior Allied Health Professional (AHP) in your Trust?
• Chief AHP
• Director of AHPs
• Other (please specify)

2 Is there someone employed in this post currently?
Yes
No
If not, why not?

3 How many hours a week are dedicated specifically to this role?
• Full time (1.0wte)
• Part time (please specify wte hours)
• Job share (please specify)
Do they have other portfolios / operational leadership responsibilities in addition to the strategic leadership of the AHPs in the Trust? For example: quality and safety, patient experience, complaints, workforce, professional development, social work etc
If so, what?

4 What Agenda for Change band is the most senior strategic (Chief) AHP role?
• 7
• 8A
• 8B
• 8C
• 8D
• 9
• Very senior manager pay scale
• Other (please specify)

5 If someone is currently in post, are they a HCPC registered Allied Health Professional?
Yes
No

If yes, which allied health profession (please specify):
Art therapist
Dietitian
Drama therapist
Music therapist
Occupational therapist
Operating department practitioner
Orthoptist
Osteopath
Paramedic
Physiotherapist
Podiatrist
Prosthetists and orthotist
Radiographer Diagnostic
Therapeutic
Speech and language therapist

6 If they are not a registered AHP, what is their professional background? (Please specify)

7 Who does the most senior strategic (Chief) AHP report to? (please specify)

8 Is the most senior strategic (Chief) AHP an executive member of the Trust Board, are they able to vote as a full board member?
Yes
No

9 Is the most senior strategic (Chief) AHP a member of any sub committees of the Trust Board, for example quality and safety, workforce, performance? (Please specify)

10 Does the most senior strategic (Chief) AHP deputise for an exec member of the board?

Agencies Spend

Nursing & Agency Nursing

For the 6-month period ending 30th June 2025, can you please provide:

1. Total Framework Agency Spend for the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

2. Total Off Framework Agency Spend for the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

3. Total hours filled by Framework Agencies for the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

4. Total hours filled by Off Framework Agencies for the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

5. A list of all Framework Agencies utilised by the Trust for the below specialties and total number of shifts for each framework agency:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

6. A list of all Off Framework Agencies utilised by the Trust for the below specialties and total number of shifts for each Off Framework agency:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

7. The highest Framework Agency Charge Rate within your Trust for each of the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

8. The highest Off Framework Agency Charge Rate within your Trust for each of the below specialties:
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

9. A list of any agency (Framework and Off Framework) that have ongoing block booking arrangements for the below specialties within your Trust within the identified time frame (01.01.2025 – 30.06.2025):
– Occupational Health Nurses
– Nurse Assessors
– Health Visitors
– Dental Nurses
– Chemotherapy Nurses
– Paediatric Nurses
– Social Workers

Enteral Tube Feeding

Estates, Medical Equipment

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information.

The request relates to home enteral tube feeding, which is a way of providing nutrition to people who can’t eat and drink normally. Dietitians within your organisation will likely be best placed to help with this information request.

1. Does your organisation provide care to individuals aged 0-25 who may use home enteral feeding tubes? Yes/No
2. How many patients has your organisation provided dietetic care for home enteral tube feeding between 01-01-2023-31-12-2024?
a. Divided into the following age categories: 0-18, 18-25, 25+ (age when they joined the caseload or age on 01-01-23 if they were on the caseload throughout this period).
b. If possible, please provide caseload numbers by age (e.g. <1, 1-2, 2-3... years etc.) 3. Of these, how many individuals use a blended diet*? a. Divided in the following age categories: 0-18, 18-25, 25+ b. If possible, please provide caseload numbers by age (e.g. <1, 1-2, 2-3... years etc.) 4. Does your organisation have the following: a. Local blended diet policy – Acute setting (Yes/No) b. Local blended diet policy – Community setting (Yes/No) c. Blended diet guideline (Yes/No) d. Blended diet standard operating guideline or procedure (Yes/No) e. Blended diet training package (Yes/No) f. If yes to 4a-4e, please provide a copy. 5. Are any staff employed by your organisation in roles funded by income provided by an enteral feeding provider (e.g. Nutricia, Abbott)? a. If yes, please state number of posts (whole time equivalent) and Agenda for Change banding. b. *A blended diet is the use of everyday foods blended to a puree and given via an enteral feeding tube. This may be used exclusively or in combination with commercial formula.

413-2024

What Do They Know

I would like to submit a request for a disclosure of information relating to your NHS trust’s Information Technology IT. Spend, and your current HIMSS EMRAM and INFRAM scores.

Can you please provide your trust’s IT spend for the following financial years:
FY 2021-2022:
FY 2022-2023:

Which HIMSS EMRAM score have your Trust currently achieved 0-7.:
Which HIMSS INFRAM score have your Trust currently achieved 0-7.:
If your Trust are working towards achieving a new HIMSS EMRAM or INFRAM level, what level is this, and when will it be achieved:

Definitions:
Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model EMRAM. – is an eight-stage model, scored from stages zero least mature. to seven most mature.. At each stage, organisations need to demonstrate a progressive and eventual removal of paper, higher pervasiveness of use and compliance statistics, and an increasing reliance on automation and clinical decision support.
Infrastructure Adoption Model INFRAM. – The eight-stage INFRAM measures the maturity of a healthcare facility’s IT infrastructure across five areas: mobility, security, collaboration, transport and data centre.

411-2024

Organisation

1. Does your trust deal with any of the following: A yes/no is sufficient.
a. Adult ADHD diagnosis
b. Child and/or Adolescent ADHD diagnosis
c. Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis
d. Child and/or Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis
If Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust does deal with any of these diagnosis pathways, for all that apply, please provide:
i. average wait-time from referral to first appointment
ii. average wait-time from referral to decision on diagnosis/discharge from diagnostic service
iii. Number of individuals on the wait list as of 31 December 2023 or nearest available date.
iv. average wait-time from first appointment to decision on diagnosis/discharge from diagnostic service

377-2024

Media

Please could your trust provide the following information about your employment of locally-employed doctors. By locally employed doctors we mean doctors who are not consultants, not in formal training or on a SAS contract speciality doctor, specialists and associate specialists.. Local contracts mean contracts of employment that are not nationally negotiated. 1. Please provide the number of FTE doctors employed on local contracts at your trust as of 15 January 2024. 2. Please provide the percentage of locally employed doctors who are international medical graduates. 3. Please provide the percentage of locally employed doctors who are from an ethnic minority group.
4. Please provide a sample contract used by your trust for locally employed doctors. 5. Please provide the job titles under which these LE doctors are employed. 6. What proportion of LE doctors have been employed with your organisation for more than two years?

376-2024

Media

Please could I request information on the following questions:-
How much did your Trust spend in total on education and training in the following financial years? April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Please advise how much of this total spend was with external providers?
April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Please can you break down the overall spend into the following categories?
Apprenticeship training April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Mandatory, statutory and compliance training April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Management and Leadership training
April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Healthcare support worker training
April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Nursing April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
Allied Healthcare Professionals April to March 2021-2022 overall spend.
April to March 2022- 2023 overall spend.
What are the top five categories that you procure externally?

Radiotherapy Equipment and Systems

I am currently conducting some personal research on Radiotherapy equipment installed at NHS Providers in England.

In order to aid my research, I am requesting that you provide (in editable digital formats) the data requested per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Linear accelerators

For each linear accelerator could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.

CT scanners in Radiotherapy

For CT scanner could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.

MR scanners in Radiotherapy

For each MR scanner could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.

Treatment planning systems

For each Treatment planning systems could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.

Oncology Information Systems

For each oncology information systems could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.

Medical Microbiology, Virology and Infectious Disease

Pharmacy

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)

Telephony System and Contact Centre Details

I would like to request information on your organisation under the Freedom of Information Act.
SIP Trunking
Have you implemented SIP?
If yes, when does the contract expire?
Who is your SIP provider?
The email address of the primary contact for this contract?

Telephony
What is your current telephony system?
How many users of the telephony system?
When is the contract up for renewal?
The email address of the primary contact for this contract?

Team Telephony
Have you voice enable your Teams Licences?
If yes, when does the contract expire?
If not, is that something you are considering?

Contact Centre
What is the manufacturer of your contact centre.
How many concurrent agents do you have.
Who supplied and maintains the contact centre When does the contract expire

Clinical Waste Service Provision

Estates

I am looking for information with regards to your current clinical waste service provision and would like to ask the below questions under the Freedom of Information Act.

If you could kindly complete and respond.

1. The date of the next tender for the collection and disposal of clinical and offensive waste?

2. Where will details of this tender be published ? Will it be direct or run by a 3rd party?

3. Please can you give the name of the incumbent service provider for Clinical and Offensive Waste collection and disposal.

4. Current contract Term in Years with any notes relating to Extensions.

5. Contract Expiry Date

6. Annual Tonnage or Volume for Clinical Wastes

7.Estimated Contract Value

Scanning Processes for Digitised Patient Records

I’m contacting you as part of an independent review into the use of Electronic Document Management Systems (eDMS) across NHS Trusts in England. Specifically, I’m seeking information on how digitised patient records are processed, scanned, and managed within your Trust as I have seen from a previous request that I have need of further clarification on.

The questions below focus on scanning operations and any technology or providers involved.

**eDMS Implementation and Scanning Practices**

1. How is content added to your eDMS? (Please delete as appropriate)

– Scanned Internally by Trust Staff
– Scanned Internally by a Company
– Scanned Externally by a Company
– Digital Documents Uploaded by Trust Staff
– Digital Documents Fed Through From Other Systems

2. If records are scanned internally by Trust staff, is this undertaken via a centralised scanning bureau or departmentally?

3. If some, or all records are scanned externally, what is the scanning service provider(s) company name(s)?

4. What is the scanning service provider’s contract expiry date?

5. If some, or all records are scanned via an internal, centralised scanning bureau, please specify the scanning hardware manufacturer and device models that are in use (e.g. 54Falcon Scanners by Opex Corporation 6).

6. If some, or all records are scanned internally at a departmental level, please confirm if desktop scanners or Multi-Function Devices (MFDs) are used. (Please delete as appropriate)
o Desktop Scanner
o Multi-Function Device (MFD)

7. Please specify the scanning hardware manufacturer and device models that are in use at a departmental level.

June 2025 Agency Spend

Nursing & Agency Nursing

Please can you provide me with the Agency Spend, split between the 3 individual staff groups below :

1. Agency Registered Nurses (all specialities e.g. adult nursing, children’s nursing, community, mental health, midwives, etc) – June 2025
2. Agency Health Care Support Workers – June 2025
3. Agency Doctors – June 2025

The UK Fleet & Transport Directory 2025

Estates

Previously you have kindly helped us with your free listing within The UK Fleet & Transport Directory and would be most grateful if you could help us do the same for the new edition.

We are currently in the process of preparing our 2025 Edition, which is scheduled to be will published in September 2025
In this edition we would like to also include Size of Fleet (including Electric/Eco Friendly vehicles) and personnel at Managerial/Director Level in the following positions:

• Cycling
• Electric Vehicles/ Zero Emissions
• Fleet & Environmental Services
• Fleet Compliance Manager
• Fleet Co-ordinator
• Fleet Manager
• Fleet Operations Manager
• Workshop Manager
• Green Fleet – Combat Specific Vehicles
• Low Carbon Sustainability (Fleet Strategy)
• Waste Vehicles
• Car Park / Parking Managers
• Public Transport Manager
• Road Safety Manager
• Roads & Pavements
• Street Care & Cleaning Managers
• Transport related
• Highways
• Vehicle Maintenance

Please feel free to add any other positions/people whose inclusion might be useful to their counterparts in other Public Sector establishments across the UK for the exchange of information, in pursuit of best practice and value in this difficult time of budget restraint.

Registered Nursing Recruitment

ESR/Workforce

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

Please supply information on registered nursing recruitment at your trust over the last two financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25, and the months since the start of the 2025-26 financial year, answering the following questions:

1. Are there currently, or have there been any recruitment freezes in place affecting solely, or including, the registered nurse workforce [i.e band 5 and up] in the last two financial years, and/or up to present day?
I. If yes, have any of these recruitment freezes specifically targeted at entry level band 5 nurses [i.e: registered nurses on the starting pay point of band 5]?
II. If yes, please provide the timeframes and reason for the freezes.

2. How many band 5 registered nurse vacancies do you currently have at your trust?

3. How many entry-level band 5 domestically trained/recruited nurses have you recruited at your trust during the last two years? [Please also detail separately any internationally recruited nurses you have taken on in same time period]

Contact Centre

I wish to submit to the organisation a freedom of information request relating to the organisation’s ICT contracts, specifically around:
1. contact centre contract(s)
2. inbound network services contract (s)
The first part of my request relates to contact centre service contracts which could relate to one of the following:

1. Advanced call distribution to control the flow of calls and maximise customer experience
2. Email, website live chat and integrations with popular social media apps like Facebook and Instagram
3. Performance monitoring tools to track performance, customer satisfaction and other key sales metrics

This could be part of a whole package or separate service applications.

Please send me the following information for each provider:

1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract.

2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier

3. Contract Duration: For each supplier, please state the contract duration of the contract expires. If available please also include any contract extensions.

4. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires.

5. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed.

6. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract.

7. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address. At the very least please provide me with their actual job title.

8. Number of Agents; please provide me with the total number of contact centre agents;

9. Number of Sites; please can you provide me with the number of sites the contact centre covers.

10. Manufacturer of the contact centre: Who is the manufacturer of the contact centre system that you operate?

11. Do you use Microsoft Exchange 2003 as your email server? If not, then which products do you use?

12. Number of email users: Approximate number of email users across the organisations.

The second part of my request relates to the use inbound network services contracts which could relate to one of the following:
1. 0800, 0845, 0870, 0844, 0300 number
2. Routing of calls
3. Caller Identifier
4. Caller Profile- linking caller details with caller records
5. Interactive voice response (IVR)
For a contract relating to the above please can you provide me with?

1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract.
2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier
3. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires.
4. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed.
5. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract.
6. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address.

Also, I would appreciate it if the contract information was included within a spreadsheet.

Mental Health Assessments

1. What is the current average and 90th percentile waiting time for ADHD post diagnostic therapies (including psychotherapies), broken down by (a) NHS providers and (b) outsourced private providers?

2. What is the current average and 90th percentile waiting time for ASD post diagnostic therapies (including psychotherapies), broken down by (a) NHS providers and (b) outsourced private providers?

3. How many ADHD referral requests were (a) declined and (b) deemed ‘not clinically urgent’ by NHS services in the last 12 months?

4. How many ASD referral requests were (a) declined and (b) deemed ‘not clinically urgent’ by NHS services in the last 12 months?

5. What percentage of patients diagnosed with ADHD by the NHS receive (a) medication titration and (b) follow-up care within 3 months?

6. Are any post-diagnosis services outsourced to private providers? Which?

7. What is the current waitlist time for dementia assessment?

8. What is the split by demographics (under 60 vs over 60)?

9. Which providers are you working with to support on memory assessments (eg. dementia)?
Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY24/25
Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24

10. What other mental conditions does the NHS use private providers to deliver assessments for?

11. Which providers are you working with for these assessments?
Please provide a breakdown of all NCA spend by category across mental health services for FY24/25
Please provide a breakdown of all NCA spend by category across mental health services for FY23/24

Bounty Packs

CAMHS/CYPS, Misc

I am writing to make a request under the freedom of information act 2000. I write to request information about the Trust’s relationship with the company that produces Bounty packs, which are handed out to expectant / new parents accessing NHS maternity services, and specifically to ask:

– Whether the Trust currently allows, or previously allowed, Bounty representatives on its wards, and if so, when this began / ended;
– Whether the Trust currently distributes or allows the distribution of Bounty packs to expectant parents and / or new mothers, and if so, which Bounty packs are distributed, how (e.g. by midwives / by Bounty representatives), and the approximate number of packs supplied by Bounty to the Trust each year;
– Whether the Trust has any financial relationship involving the payment or receipt of funding or support from Bounty UK or its affiliates / partners (Bounty Group Ltd, Joy Memories Inc) in relation to the distribution of Bounty packs or other services from Bounty, and if so, what such payment/support relates to, when such payments/support began, the total £ value received to date and the £ value of any current contract;
– Copies of any contracts, agreements or memorandums of understanding with Bounty (or its parent company or affiliates, including Bounty Group Ltd, Bounty UK Ltd, or Joy Memories Inc.) in relation to the distribution of Bounty packs or other services from Bounty;
– Whether the trust has received any assurances from Bounty in relation to data protection, and if so, the nature of these assurances;
– Whether the Trust has ever received any complaints about Bounty UK and if so, the numbers and nature of complaints over the period received.

Recruitment Drive Exercise

HR, Misc

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from the trust from the last five financial years:
1. The number of staff who were sent to a foreign country to facilitate recruitment drives (to address shortages as set out as part of the NHS Long Term Plan).
2. The total cost to the trust of each recruitment drive exercise including flights and accommodation
3. The city and country that were visited as part of the exercise
4. The type of staff it was hoped would be recruited
Please can the information be broken down by year, for the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
Please limit the search to just those where the bills for the recruitment were paid in any of the last five financial years.

Prosthetics and/or Orthotics Service

I have attached a Freedom of Information request regarding your PROSTHETIC and/or ORTHOTIC services.

NHS Trust Payroll Over/Underpayments

Finance

Please consider the following as a request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

Please provide the following:

1. For each of the following financial years (24/25, 23/24, 22/23, 21/22, 20/21):

a) The number of financial overpayments made to staff
b) number of financial underpayments made to staff.
c) The respectively amounts of overpayments in GDP
d) the respective amounts of underpayments in GDP

2. And then the number of times bailiffs or any other debt enforcement agency was brought in to pursue trust staff in order to recover overpayments.

Please provide this for each of the following financial years (24/25, 23/24, 22/23, 21/22, 20/21):

*If financial year is not possible, please provide instead by calendar year / any other format in which you hold your data

Commissioning and Data of ADHD and Autism Services

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following information in relation to your ICB’s commissioning of ADHD and Autism services:
Commissioning Contacts
1. The name(s) of the person or people responsible for commissioning ADHD assessment and diagnosis services.
2. The name(s) of the person or people responsible for commissioning Autism assessment and diagnosis services.
3. The telephone number(s) for the above contacts (ADHD and Autism commissioning).
4. The email address(es) for the above contacts (ADHD and Autism commissioning).
If personal details cannot be provided due to GDPR, please supply a team or departmental contact instead.
Waiting Lists
5. The current size of the ADHD assessment waiting list for adults.
6. The current size of the ADHD titration waiting list for CAMHS.
7. The current size of the Autism assessment waiting list (please specify if this is for adults, children, or both).
Referral Volumes
8. The average number of ADHD referrals for adults received per month over the past 12 months.
9. The average number of ADHD referrals for CAMHS received per month over the past 12 months.
10. The average number of Autism referrals received per month over the past 12 months.
Private Sector Support
11. Do you currently utilise any private provider support to manage ADHD referrals?
If yes, please provide:
• Name of the provider
• Contract start and end date
• Annual contract value (£GBP)
12. Do you currently utilise any private sector support to manage Autism referrals?
If yes, please provide:
• Name of the provider
• Contract start and end date
• Annual contract value (£GBP)

Parkinson’s Disease