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Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
i. The name of each ward. e.g Ward 2
ii. The location of each ward. e.g Stroud General Hospital iii. The speciality of each ward. e.g Cardiology iv. The number of beds on each ward.
Yours faithfully,
Dear NHS Trust
1. How many incidents of a retained foreign object post-procedure were logged by your Trust in the past three years? (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
1a) Please break down this information by year (as outlined above).
1b) If possible, please break down this information by retained object (including but not limited to the examples listed above).
NB Please interpret ‘retained foreign object post-procedure’ as objects accidentally left inside patients following surgical procedures – e.g. guide wires, mouth props, surgical instruments, needles, vaginal swabs, throat packs, clips etc.
Many thanks
I wish to find out whether surgical procedures to resect bowel, breast or prostate cancer are performed at Stroud General Hospital please.
Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding your mental health trust. Please could you provide the following details:
1. The current total number of staff employed by the mental health trust.
2. The number of inpatient episodes and Outpatient Appointments (OPA’s) recorded by the trust for each of the past three years, broken down annually.
3. The number of referrals made to your organisation for each of the past three years, broken down annually.
4. The organisational structure of your data quality staff, including the number of staff in each role and their respective pay bands.
If possible, I would appreciate the information in an electronic format.
Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.
Yours sincerely,
Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 where applicable) for the following information:
1. Your current Uniform and Dress Code Policy (including any appendices)
2. Your current infection prevention and Control Policy / guidance specifically covering:
Bare below the elbow requirements ,
permitted jewellery in clinical areas – eg wedding rings
Any accommodations for articles of religious faith (hijab, niqab, kippah, kara, kirpan, crucifix, turban etc.)
3. Any specific dress code guidance for
general clinical areas
high infection risk areas like ICU,ITU, Isolation
any dress policy pertaining to surgical/theatre environments and any scrubbing protocols
4. Any Equality impact assessment conducted in relation to the above policies
5. The date each policy was last reviewed and scheduled next review date
If any information is already publicly available, please direct me to the URL.
If this request is too broad or unclear, I would be happy to discuss how it might be refined
I understand you are required to respond within 20 working days. And I look forward to hearing your response
Thankyou for your assistance
Dear FOI Team, I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. A copy of your current Pay Protection Policy (or equivalent document outlining the Trust’s approach to protecting earnings following redeployment, downbanding, or reduction in contracted hours). If the policy is part of a wider document (e.g. organisational change, redeployment, HR, or workforce policies), please provide the relevant section or the full document. I would prefer the information in electronic format. Many thanks, Kind regards
I would like to request from SEDS and The Sussex Family Eating Disorder Service, for each of the calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date, if full-year data is not yet available):
1. The total number of referrals and admissions to the Eating Disorders Services at Brownhill.
Where possible, please:
• Provide the data broken down by year.
• Provide a separate figure for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa.
If diagnostic breakdowns are recorded using ICD-10 or ICD-11 codes, please include the codes:
F50.01: Anorexia nervosa, restricting type.
F50.02: Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type.
F50.00: Anorexia nervosa, unspecified.
If a breakdown by diagnosis is not readily available within the cost limit, please provide the aggregate totals only.
If the Trust does not hold some or all of this information, please confirm this and direct me to the appropriate body where possible.
I would prefer to receive the information in electronic format (Excel or CSV).
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to make a FOI request. Please supply the requested information below:-
1. Please provide, where this information is held in a reportable or centrally recorded format, the number of CAMHS patients under 18 who were prescribed psychotropic medication prior to a formal psychiatric diagnosis being recorded, in each of the last five financial years.
2. Please provide the Trust’s written policy or clinical governance guidance governing circumstances in which CAMHS clinicians may exclude a parent holding parental responsibility from communication about their child’s assessment, treatment or care;
3. Please provide, where this information is held in a reportable or centrally recorded format, the number of CAMHS patients under 18 who were prescribed psychotropic medication following their first CAMHS appointment, in each of the last five financial years.
4. Please provide any Trust policy, guidance, or training material relating to how CAMHS clinicians should proceed where parents holding parental responsibility disagree about treatment decisions;
5. Please provide the average and median number of CAMHS clinical appointments attended by patients before psychotropic medication is first prescribed, for each of the last five financial years;
6. Please provide any Trust policy, guidance, or training materials used within CAMHS which address how clinicians should respond where a parent disagrees with or refuses consent to proposed mental health treatment for a child.
7. Please confirm whether the Trust records within its clinical or administrative systems whether all individuals holding parental responsibility were or are informed or consulted prior to treatment decisions being made for CAMHS patients. If such information is recorded, please confirm the fields or mechanisms used to record this information.
If any part of this request is considered to exceed the cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide advice and assistance under Section 16 to refine the request so that the information may be supplied.
Yours faithfully,
Dear Trust FOI team,
Using the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request data on the total number of instances of forced tranquilisation for the restraint of mental health patients in emergency departments in your trust each month, from the most recent month you have data for this, to as far back as records go.
All the best,
I want to submit an FOI request for:
Please can you confirm:
1 – For years :
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
How many patient safety incidents met the requirements for the statutory duty of candour?
ANSWER: a number – eg. 10… for each of the 6 years requested.
2 – Across your surgical teams, do you have any surgeons that are currently internally suspended from carrying out their duties at your Trust?
ANSWER: yes OR no
If you do have surgeons that are currently suspended, did you inform the GMC or is it an internal matter?
ANSWER: GMC involved OR handled internally
If you do have surgeons that are currently suspended, did the RCS provide a report/advice/support in any capacity.
ANSWER: yes OR no
If answers could be provided asap that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Dear NHS Trust
I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please provide data in response to the following questions:
1. How many incidents of a retained foreign object post-procedure were logged by your Trust in the past three years? (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
NB Please interpret ‘retained foreign object post-procedure’ as objects accidentally left inside patients following surgical procedures – e.g. guide wires, mouth props, surgical instruments, needles, vaginal swabs, throat packs, clips etc.
1a) Please break down this information by year (as outlined above).
1b) If possible, please break down this information by retained object (including but not limited to the examples listed above).
2. How many claims have been made against the Trust in relation to retained foreign objects post-procedure in the past three years? (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
2a) Please break down this information by year (as outlined above).
3. What is the total sum paid out in claims made against the Trust in relation to retained foreign objects post-procedure in the past three years? (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
3a) Please break down this information by year (as outlined above).
3b) If possible, please provide the highest fee paid out in claims made against the Trust in relation to retained foreign objects post-procedure for each of the years outlined above.
Dear FOI officer
Hope you’re well!
I’m looking for information about staff car parking charges at your trust. Would you be able to answer the following questions please?
1. Does your trust charge staff to park in its car parks?
2. What does a month’s parking cost for a band 5 registered nurse (top step point) on a full-time contract at your trust if they have permit? If it is different at different sites, please specify.
3. What does a day’s parking cost for a band 5 registered nurse (top step point) at your trust if they do not have a permit?
4. Are permits available for all staff who want them?
Please respond within the 20 working days accorded by statute, by my reckoning April 27th.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
To whom it may concern, Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information which relates to nursing staff experiences of racial discrimination and racial abuse. Please include all nursing staff (all Agenda for Change Bands 2-9). 1. The number of racial discrimination or racial abuse incidents reported by nursing staff in your NHS Trust broken down by each full calendar year 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, from: a) patients, b) patient’s relatives c) the public, d) in total (from patients, relatives and the public) 2. The number of racial discrimination or racial abuse incidents reported by nursing staff from patients, relatives or members of the public in your NHS Trust broken down by each full calendar year 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by ethnic group of member of nursing staff. Please categorise by the main ethnic groups used by the NHS Staff Survey – White, Mixed/Multiple ethnic background, Asian/Asian British, Black/African/Caribbean/Black British, and Other ethnic group. Please provide your response in Microsoft Excel format where possible. We understand the statutory time for responses is 20 working days, so we anticipate a reply from you by Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at the latest. Please do not hesitate to contact me at Michael.Okeahialam-Finlayson@rcn.org.uk or on 0207 647 3459 should any aspect of my request require clarification.
Hello,
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.
Please confirm the Trust holds the following data and where it is held; please provide the data as requested. I would like to receive this information by email.
1. Does the trust offer gastroenterology services (covering any form of gastroenterology services and including those delivered by another provider)?
If yes:
2. For each service and/or contract identified in the answer to #1, please provide the following schedules as included in the contract the Trust holds:
Schedule 2A or equivalent: Service Specification that describes the service (whether standalone or integrated in a broader Service Specification)
Schedule 3A, 3B or 3C or equivalents: Describing national currencies and any local prices that apply to the services
Please provide any embedded files in a format that can be opened.
Dear FOI team,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information regarding recurrent miscarriage services at your trust.
1. Does your trust operate a recurrent miscarriage clinic or specialist recurrent pregnancy loss service?
2. If yes:
a) The current average or median waiting time for a first appointment.
b) The longest waiting time currently recorded.
c) The number of patients currently waiting for a first appointment.
3. For the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 please provide:
a) The number of referrals received to the clinic.
b) The number of patients seen.
4. What criteria are used for referral to the clinic (for example number of miscarriages required)?
5. If your trust does not operate a recurrent miscarriage clinic, where are patients typically referred?
Kind regards
I am writing to request data on your trust’s pharmacy workforce for each of the financial years from 2020/2021 to 2024/2025 under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please provide the data in the below tables, if possible:
1. Total number of pharmacy staff for each year, including headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE)
Financial year Total headcount Total FTE
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
2. Pharmacy workforce by agenda for change band, including headcount (HC) and full-time equivalent (FTE)
Financial Year Band 2 HC Band 2 FTE Band 3 HC Band 3 FTE Band 4 HC Band 4 FTE Band 5 HC Band 5 FTE Band 6 HC Band 6 FTE Band 7 HC Band 7 FTE Band 8a HC Band 8a FTE Band 8b HC Band 8b FTE Band 8c HC Band 8c FTE Band 8d HC Band 8d FTE Band 9 HC Band 9 FTE Trainee/pre-reg HC Trainee/pre-reg FTE
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
I have attached an Excel spreadsheet for your responses. If possible to return your data to me in the spreadsheet that would be great, but no problem if this is not possible.
Dear FOI Team,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). Please provide the following information:
________________________________________
1. Request for attachments
1. Any local service models or pathway adaptations that influence capacity, demand, or access to imaging and biomarkers.
2. If available, please provide any SOPs, pathway diagrams, or service specifications (with personal data removed).
________________________________________
2. Activity and Demand for the last three natural years (2025, 2024, 2023)
1. Referral rate per 100,000 population of your memory clinic’s catchment area per year.
2. Referral routes (GP, internal mental health teams, acute trusts, self referral, other).
________________________________________
3. Waiting Times
Please provide mean and median waiting times (in 2023, 2024, 2025):
1. From referral to initial assessment.
2. From initial assessment to diagnosis of dementia (or conclusion of the assessment episode including formal diagnosis of MCI).
________________________________________
4. Diagnostic Process
1. Do non medical professionals conduct routine diagnostic initial assessments and do these require medical input in anyway?
2. Neuroimaging:
o Is a head scan carried out prior to initial assessments? (CT, MRI, PET modalities).
3. Biomarkers:
o Are any biomarkers (blood, CSF) available as a part of the diagnostic process?
________________________________________
5. Pharmacological Treatment and Post Diagnostic Support
1. Are non medical prescribers involved in routinely prescribing medication, and if they do, do they have to routinely confer with a medical professional?
________________________________________
6. Workforce and Assessment Model
1. Which of the roles listed below are exclusively dedicated to memory clinic work (PLEASE MARK WITH X):
Medical consultants
Non consultant doctors
B8 Nursing staff
B7 Nursing staff
B6 Nursing staff
B5 Nursing Staf
Occupational therapists
Clinical Psychology
Assistant Psychologist
Support workers / assistants
Administrative staff
Indicate for each non medical clinician whether they are non medical prescribers.
2. Number of yearly initial assessments (in 2025), separately for:
Medical Staff
Non-medical clinical staff
3. Could you provide information regarding the number of face-to-face and non-face-to-face contacts in 2025?
4. Is your team involved after the assessment and initiation of treatment in providing post diagnostic support, or is this provided by another provider? (VCSE etc.)
________________________________________
Format of Response
Please provide all data electronically, in Word, PDF or Excel format.
I am requesting information regarding recruitment and banding within the Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC), of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, specifically Hope House (Gloucester) and First Light (Swindon). Regarding Swindon I am referring to nursing recruitment by the Trust and not their crisis workers. Section A: Senior Management Appointment The job description and person specification for the role of AC, SARC Service Manager, currently held at Band 8. The dates between 2016 and 2021 on which this specific Band 8 role was advertised for recruitment, and the platforms used for the advertisement (e.g., NHS Jobs, internal intranet). The total number of applicants and the number of candidates shortlisted for this specific Band 8 vacancy. If the role was filled without a competitive external advertisement, please provide the specific Trust Policy or Standing Financial Instruction that permits a direct appointment from a Band 5 role to a Band 8 role. The date on which the incumbent was promoted from a Band 5 Crisis Worker role to their current Band 8 position. Section B: Nursing Appointments (Management Remit) 6. Regarding the three nursing positions currently filled by CK, PSW and SC, please provide: a) The dates these roles were advertised and the recruitment platforms used. b) The job descriptions and banding assessments for these roles. c) Confirm if these appointments were made as ‘acting’ positions, ‘internal redeployments’, or permanent substantive appointments. d) If these appointments were filled without a competitive advertisement, please provide the specific governance or HR policy that authorised this. Section C: Policy and Governance 7. Please provide a copy of the Trust’s current Recruitment and Selection Policy and any policy relating to “Direct Appointments” or “Internal Promotions without Advertisement.”
Dear Sir or Madam
Please may I make a Freedom of Information request for the following information:
What percentage of babies have been born with thyroid conditions within the past twenty years spanning from December 2006 to March 2026?
Has there been an increase or a decrease in the percentage of babies that have been born with thyroid conditions within the last two decades?
Can you provide me with a statistic surrounding the current diagnosis rates of congenital thyroid conditions for new born babies as of March 2026 in comparison to December 2006?
Thank for very much for your time.
Yours Sincerely
I would be grateful if you could please supply answers to the following questions: 1. How many mortuaries are operated by your Trust? (if none, please respond ‘none’) 2. For each mortuary your Trust operates, please provide: a. The name of the mortuary b. The total number of admissions per year, for the years 2020-2025 c. The total number of autopsies per year, for the years 2020-2025 d. The types of autopsy completed (e.g. consented hospital coroners, community coroners, paediatric, forensic, category 3 high-risk) e. The job titles and FTE status for each member of staff employed in the mortuary (please include staff who are based solely in the mortuary, not cross-covering other departments)
Dear FOI Team, Please provide the following information for your Trust/hospital site(s) for the most recent complete 12-month period available (please state the exact start and end dates used). If your data are only available at Trust level (not site level), please provide Trust-level figures and state this explicitly. 1) Surgical specialties in scope Please report data separately for each of the following specialties (use the exact labels below): 1. Cardiothoracic Surgery 2. General Surgery (including: breast, colorectal, endocrine, upper GI, lower GI, and transplant—kidney, liver, pancreas) 3. Neurosurgery 4. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 5. ENT / Otolaryngology 6. Paediatric Surgery 7. Plastic Surgery 8. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery 9. Urology 10. Vascular Surgery If a specialty is not provided at your Trust/hospital site(s), please record 0 for that specialty and note “not provided”. 2) Workforce (headcount) For each specialty listed above, please provide: • Number of Consultant surgeons (substantive/headcount) • Number of SAS surgeons (headcount) (i.e., Specialty Doctor and Specialist grades) Please provide headcount (not WTE). If you can only provide WTE, please state that clearly. 3) Population served Please provide the total population served by your Trust/hospital (the figure you use for planning/catchment), and specify the source/definition used (e.g., “ICS population”, “catchment population”, etc.). To clarify, this is information on surgical admissions activity stratified by specialty. 4) Surgical admissions activity Please provide the total number of admissions (elective + emergency combined) to all surgical specialties in scope (i.e., the combined total across the 10 specialties listed above) for the same 12-month period. If your admissions data are recorded using a different specialty grouping, please map as closely as possible and explain any assumptions. Many Thanks.
Dear FOI officer,
I hope you are well.
I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act about agency costs for registered nurse shifts paid out by your organisation over the past two years.
1) What was the single highest amount your trust paid to an agency for any registered nurse shift for band 5 or above in the current financial year [i.e. April 2025-26]
i. Could you please provide the same information for the preceding year [i.e. April 2024-25]
ii. Please outline or name the specialist area this cost was for, if relevant, for example paediatrics, frailty ward, emergency care, ICU etc.
iii. Please outline which nursing band (i.e. band 5, band 6 etc.) this cost was for
iv. Please include the length of the shift this was paid for
Please lay out the information in a table if possible, per the example below:
Year Highest amount paid for agency nursing shift band 5 or above Specialist area/nursing speciality paid for Nursing band Length of shift
2023-24 £850 Emergency care Band 5 10 hours
2024-25 £1,200 Paediatric nurse Band 6 12 hours
Please return this information within the 20-working day deadline provided under statute – by my reckoning, this is Thursday 26 March 2026. Please let me know if you have any questions or need further clarification.
Best wishes,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1. Has your NHS Trust purchased InSpace subacromial balloon spacer (Stryker) devices used for shoulder surgery for rotator cuff tears between 1st January 2013 to 1st January 2026? If so, how many devices?
2. How much money has your NHS Trust spent on Inspace subacromial balloon spacer (Stryker) devices purchased between 1st January 2013 to 1st January 2026?
3. How many Inspace subacromial balloon spacer (Stryker) devices have been used in surgeries / procedures conducted by your NHS Trust between 1st January 2013 to 1st January 2026?
4. How is the use of Inspace subacromial balloon spacer (Stryker) devices coded by your Trust?
I would like you to provide the information in an Excel spreadsheet or in a Microsoft Word table, via email at itm@warwick.ac.uk. Please contact me if you need me to clarify my request.
Hello,
On behalf of Sky News Communities team and in the public interest under the freedom of information act, please could you provide the following information:
1. Since February 2025 how many people has your trust discharged due to missed appointments?
2. Please can you also provide your trusts latest action plan for how your trust treats and engages with mental health patients? Please can you state the date this action plan was launched.
3. Please can you set out the latest plan on how your trust works with other agencies including the police? Please can you state the date this action plan was launched.
Thank you,
Additional Questions – 13 May 2026
Please could you confirm the data provided was for adult mental health patients only?
Please could you also advise when in 2025 the updated action plans were presented to the trust’s board?
Thank you
Dear FOI officer,
We are looking for information on your registered nurse (band 5 and above) bank shifts. If possible, please exclude midwifery staff from any data you send.
1. Please tell us – how many bank shifts were worked at your trust by registered nurses during the periods below. Please set out these shifts by Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band, if possible (numbers included as example):
Level of nurse bank shifts Oct – Dec 2025 Oct – Dec 2024 Oct – Dec 2023
Band 5 2050 1100 1200
Band 6 1000 570 300
Band 7+ 0 20 7
Total 3050 1690 1507
2. Please tell us – the total amount spent by your trust on bank shifts worked by registered nurses during the periods below. Please set out the amounts spent by Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band, if possible. If it is not possible to provide this by band, please give the total amount (numbers included as example):
Level of nurse bank shifts Oct – Dec 2025 Oct – Dec 2024 Oct – Dec 2023
Band 5 £205000 £110000 £120000
Band 6 £150000 £85500 £45000
Band 7+ 0 £4000 £1400
Total £355000 £199500 £166400
3. Does your organisation offer a variety of registered nurse bank shifts at different pay bands (such as in tables above) or does it instead adopt a ‘flat rate’ per hour that all bank nurses would receive?
(i) If it adopts a ‘flat rate’ please detail what the hourly rate is for all registered nurses. E.g: £15.88 hourly rate
4. Have there been any changes to your bank shift policy for registered nursing staff since January 2024? If so, please explain what these changes were.
Please respond within the 20 days accorded by statute, by my reckoning is Friday 10 April.
Yours sincerely
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could I request the following information:
Procurement Outsourcing
Does your organisation outsource its transactional procurement function? If yes, please provide:
• The name of the outsourced service provider
• The name of the outsourced platform or product
• The contract duration (in years)
• The contract end date
Outsourced Transactional Procurement
(yes/no)? Name of the outsourced service provider? Name of the outsourced platform/
Product? Contract duration (in years)? Contract
end date?
Procurement Services
Other procurement support
Does your organisation use a third party to deliver end to end procurement services (e.g., market insight, tendering, business cases)? If yes, please name the provider.
Net Zero Strategy
Does your organisation work with a third party supplier on its NHS Net Zero Strategy? If yes, please provide the supplier’s name.
If you need any clarification, please let me know. I would appreciate it if you could email your response at your earliest convenience.
Regards,
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am currently undertaking university research on the use of technology within large organisations, with a particular focus on Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems within NHS Trusts.
Please could you provide the following information:
Q1. What software does your Trust currently use for its CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) solution?
If multiple systems are in use, please list all solutions rather than only the primary system.
Q2. What is the contract expiry date for the software used?
If the contract is annual or rolling, please state this. If multiple systems are in use, please provide the known expiry date (or contract term details) for each.
Q3. Who is the person responsible for managing this system?
Q4. What is that person’s job title?
If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit under the Act, I would be grateful if you could advise and assist in refining the request.
I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could I request the following information:
Finance and Accounting Outsourcing
Does your organisation outsource any finance and accounting (F&A) services (e.g. Accounts payable and receivable). If yes, please provide:
• The name of the outsourced service provider
• The name of the outsourced platform (e.g. Oracle ERP)
• The contract duration (in years)
• The contract end date
Outsourced F&A (yes/no) Outsourced service provider Outsourced platform Contract duration (years)? Contract end date?
F&A Services
Please can you email the answers back and if you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Dear FOI Team,
I hope you are well.
I would like to request the following information regarding your current contracts for EPR (Electronic Patient Records):
Please may you provide a CSV or Excel doc containing a list of these contracts outlined as per categories 1-8:
1. Contract scope – Title and description of the service
2. The incumbent supplier
3. Start date
4. End date – If there are any potential extensions, please confirm this
5. Route to market – The procurement method used (e.g., open procedure, restricted procedure). If a framework or DPS was applicable, please provide its name
6. Total contract value
7. Annual contract value
8. Any relevant attachments
If any of the request is outside the scope of the FOIA, please answer what you can and advise and assist on the best way to uncover the remainder of the information.
Could I please get a reference number for this request?
Thanks in advance.
All the best,
Dear FOI Office
My FOI request is:
What was the total cost of specialling at your Trust for the last financial year (or a recent 3 month period)? “Specialling” refers to 1-1 nursing observation and support, typically done by agency and/or bank nursing staff.
Many thanks
Kind regards
Dear Freedom of Information Team, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act 2000. This FoI request is part of a research study conducted by the University of Manchester. Our study aims to investigate the availability of liaison psychiatry services for patients presenting with a condition called Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). This current FoI request is to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. We understand that there are liaison psychiatry teams at the sites detailed below. These questions would be best answered by the liaison psychiatry department themselves as there may be differences in practice between teams: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Working Age Mental Health Liaison Service. If there are any liaison psychiatry teams we have missed out, please send this FoI request onto them. For further details about our study, please see our information sheet (attached) Our questions are available to answer on this Microsoft Form URL: {https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=B8tSwU5hu0qBivA1z6kad3WY_jr6A6VJtgMzFzLptSlUMDc2SEtZTDFNTUdWVkU2N0VaWExSMUNUMi4u}
Should you not be able to access the Microsoft Form, the questions are detailed below:
FoI questions:
1. Does the liaison psychiatry service accept referrals for patients diagnosed with suspected or confirmed Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)?
a. No
b. Yes
2. Are there formal exclusion criteria that would prevent patients with FND from being assessed by liaison psychiatry?
a. No
b. Yes
i. What are the criteria?
3. Are there inclusion criteria within FND?
a. No
b. Yes
i. What are the criteria?
4. Where are patients with FND assessed?
a. Inpatient wards
b. Emergency departments
c. Outpatient settings
d. A mixture, please detail:
e. Not assessed at all
5. Is there a standardised assessment tool you use for patients with suspected or confirmed FND?
a. No
b. Yes
6. Do you have a policy, guideline or dedicated pathway for patients with suspected or confirmed FND?
a. No
b. Yes
7. Between January 2024-December 2025, how many patients with a suspected or confirmed FND were referred to liaison psychiatry? *
a.
b. Data not held
8. Between January 2024-December 2025, how many patients with a suspected or confirmed FND were accepted by liaison psychiatry? *
a.
b. Data not held
9. If FND patients are not seen by the liaison psychiatry team, are they referred to other services for assessment of their mental health?
10. Does the liaison psychiatry unit provide training to its staff on FND?
If yes, please specify.
a. No
b. Yes
i. Please specify:
11. Is your liaison psychiatry service commissioned to see patients with FND? * Alternative codes for FND: psychogenic, conversion, stress-induced, functional, pseudoseizure, dissociative, non-organic, psychosomatic, hysterical, psychological cause.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Please provide details of all the occasions on which wards, departments or services at hospitals and other sites operated by your trust have been temporarily or permanently closed due to flooding caused by external weather events e.g. heavy rainfall, river flooding etc., over the period 2021/22 to 2025/26.
Specifically, please provide the following information in a spreadsheet format:
• Site name (e.g. hospital)
• Name of ward/department/service that was affected
• Length of closure
• Dates of closure
I realise that the 2025/26 data will be incomplete, but please provide information for 2026 up to 24 February, when this request was sent.
If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption(s) relied upon and provide the public interest justification as required under the Act.
If you require any clarification or if you find any aspect of this FOI request problematic, I expect you to contact me under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance.
Please acknowledge receipt of this request. I look forward to receiving the information in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
Dear FOI Officer
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would be grateful if you could complete the attached spreadsheet which has all of the information I am requesting. If you can complete the attachment with your organisation name at the top I would be very grateful. You may need to expand the columns in excel to see all of the questions.
Questions Answers
Organisation Name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Do all of your users primarily use a LOCAL Trust owned O365 tenant for email/Teams or are you on the central national tenant (nhs.net) Local/Central
Do you use the central tenant InTune MDM yes/no
Do you use your own InTune MDM yes/no
If not using InTune as MDM, which product do you use Name of product here
Do you have PowerBI/Fabric in central tenant yes/no
Do you have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement yes/no
Microsft end user license costs 22/23 (ex VAT) Costs as a figure here
Microsft end user license costs 23/24 (ex VAT) Costs as a figure here
Microsft end user license costs 24/25 (ex VAT) Costs as a figure here
Microsft end user license costs 25/26 (ex VAT) – to date Costs as a figure here
Do you have plans to move to the central tenant if you have not already yes/no
Microsoft License renewal date Date here
End User Licenses most recently purchased below
Microsoft License Name Total Number of Licenses purchased
Enterprise Mobility + Security E3
Enterprise Mobility + Security E5
Exchange Online (Plan 2)
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 E3
Microsoft 365 E5
Microsoft 365 F3
Microsoft Entra ID P1
Microsoft Entra ID P2
Microsoft Intune Plan 1 Device
Microsoft Intune Plan 1 User
Microsoft Teams Domestic Calling Plan
Microsoft Teams Phone Standard
Microsoft Teams Premium
Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro
Office 365 E1
Office 365 E3
Office 365 E5
Planner and Project Plan 3
Planner and Project Plan 5
Planner Plan 1
Power Automate Premium
Power BI Pro
Project Online Essentials
Visio Plan 1
Visio Plan 2
Any other end user Microsoft Licenses below
If this information is already publicly available, please direct me to where I can find it.
I would prefer to receive the information in CSV or excel spreadsheet format please
Please just reply to this email with the relevant attachment completed.
Yours faithfully,
Hi team,
I am writing to request the below information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The number of young people (18-24 year olds inclusive) receiving mental health treatment- both community and inpatient.
The number of them who have been receiving treatment more than once (not their first time).
I would like the most recent figures you have available, and the same figures from January 2021.
Thank you,
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could I request the following information:
Payroll and Pensions Outsourcing
Does your organisation outsource its payroll and pensions function? If yes, please provide:
• The name of the outsourced service provider
• The contract duration (in years)
• The contract end date
Outsourced Payroll and Pension
(yes/no)? Name of the outsourced service provider? Contract duration (in years)? Contract
end date?
Payroll and Pension Services
Workforce and HR processes
Does your organisation outsource any other workforce and HR processes? If yes, please confirm:
•Which workforce and HR services your organisation outsources, to which supplier(s)
Smartcard production and management.
Does your organisation outsource smartcard production & management?
If yes, please provide:
•The name of the outsourced service provider
If no, please confirm:
•Which department is responsible for providing the service
•Whether you provide this service to other organisations
If you require any clarification, please feel free to contact me. I would appreciate it if you could email your response at your earliest convenience.
Regards,
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please can you answer the following questions regarding the Trust’s print and document management set up under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. During 2025, approximately how many paper documents created in clinical or administrative settings were later scanned or uploaded into the Trust’s electronic patient record system?
2. During 2025, what was the total number of pages printed by the Trust?
3. How many printers or multifunction devices (MFDs) were in active use across the Trust during 2025?
4. How many print- or scanning-related faults or failures were logged during 2025?
5. Does the Trust maintain physical storage for legacy medical records, and if so, are those records primarily stored on Trust premises, or off-site with a third-party provider?
6. During 2025, approximately how many outpatient or patient appointment communications were issued by post or hybrid mail?
7. During the same period, how many missed or unattended appointments (“no-shows”) were recorded? And how many of those no-shows were attributed to appointment communications not being received or acknowledged by the patient?
I’ve tried to align these questions with what I assumed to be easily accessible data that can be gathered within FOI time and budget limits. If for any reasons these questions can’t be answered, please I would be very grateful if can you instead advise on any similar metrics reported that could be shared instead?
I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this request and I look forward to receiving your full response in 20 working days.
With kind regards,
Dear FOI Team,
Please can I request the following information for the calendar year 2025 :
Incident Totals (2025)
• Total number of slips, trips and falls incidents
• Total number of physical violence and aggression incidents
• Total number of sharps / needlestick injuries Monthly Averages (2025)
(Please calculate the average per month across the year.)
• Average number of slips, trips and falls incidents per month
• Average number of physical violence and aggression incidents per month
• Average number of sharps / needlestick injuries per month Additional Information
• Total number of staff employed by the Trust
• The size of the population the Trust provides services to
Thank you for your assistance.
Please could you return the FOI response to me
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Please provide details of all menopause services currently available at your trust for patients experiencing treatment‑induced or cancer‑related menopause.
– Please include service names, whether they are cancer‑specific, and any referral pathways.
2. Please provide the number of patients referred to menopause services for cancer‑related or treatment‑induced menopause for the last five financial years (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26).
3. Please provide the number of patients who attended these services following referral, for the same years.
– If available, include first appointments, follow‑ups.
4. Please provide the average and longest waiting times for access to menopause services for oncology patients for each of the last five financial years.
If parts of the request exceed the cost limit, please process the remainder and advise which questions would need refining.
Please send your response electronically to this email address.
Kind regards,
Dear, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information.
1. Telephone System
What make is your telephone system?
How old is the telephone system you operate?
How many users do you have?
Is your telephone system cloud based or on premise?
Can your switchboard operators transfer external incoming calls to all users across your estate?
How many extensions does your telephone system have?
2. Telecoms Estate
How much do you spend annually on telecoms?
Do you know how this is split into Voice Telecoms / Data Networking / Mobile Communications / Maintenance?
Which suppliers do you use for Voice / Data / Mobile / Maintenance?
How many analogue lines do you have?
How many ISDN2 Services do you have?
How many ISDN30 Services do you have?
How many mobiles do you have?
Have you done anything about the Analogue Switch Off / Digital Switch On? If so, what have you done?
What are the contact details for the person who looks after telecoms and the costs associated with these?
3. Microsoft
How much do you spend annually with Microsoft?
How often do you review licensing costs?
Many Thanks & Best Regards
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information held by your Trust.
For each of the calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date, if full-year data is not yet available), please provide:
1. The total number of admissions to Specialist Eating Disorder Inpatient Services.
2. The total number of admissions to Intensive Day-Patient Eating Disorder Services.
Where possible, please:
• Provide the data broken down by year.
• Provide a separate figure for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa.
If diagnostic breakdowns are recorded using ICD-10 or ICD-11 codes, please include the codes used to define Anorexia Nervosa.
If a breakdown by diagnosis is not readily available within the cost limit, please provide the aggregate totals only.
If the Trust does not hold some or all of this information, please confirm this and direct me to the appropriate body where possible.
I would prefer to receive the information in electronic format (Excel or CSV).
Yours faithfully,
Good evening,
I hope this email finds you well.
Please could I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. The number of inpatients in your Trust who died in each year since 2015.
2. The number of these inpatients who were under the age of 18.
Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet.
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 Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Dear Sir,
FOI Discharge of patients who have not engaged and/or have not attended appointments
1) Please disclose all versions of your policies on the management and discharge of patients who do not attend appointments (DNAs) and/or who disengage from care for the period 2022-2026 YTD
2) The trust previously disclosed to another FOI requestor that it discharged a total of 27,497 patients in the period 2019 to 2024 because they did not attend appointments or did not engage with care.
This is a link to the previous FOI request and trust response:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/discharges_from_mental_health_se_20
Please disclose:
a) Whether the trust audits if such discharges for non-attendance/non-engagement to check if they are safe and in compliance with trust policies
If so, please disclose a copy of the clinical audit protocol and the results of any clinical audits undertaken in the last two years
b) Whether the trust reviews whether such discharges for non-attendance/non-engagement are ever followed by near misses or serious incidents?
If so, please disclose the policy or procedures governing this work, and the results of any such reviews undertaken in the last two years
c) If the data is held centrally and can be provided within FOIA limits, has inappropriate discharge of destabilising and disengaging patients been identified as a factor in serious incidents (completed suicide and homicide) in the last two years?
Yours,
Dear FOI Team,
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide details on the Trust’s provision of ADHD, Autism, and CAMHS therapy services across Children’s and Adults’ pathways.
1. Service Availability
For each of the services below, please confirm whether the Trust directly provides the service, commissions it externally, or does not provide it:
Children’s Services
• Children’s ADHD assessments
• Children’s Autism assessments
• CAMHS therapy services (please specify the therapy types delivered: e.g. CBT, family therapy, psychotherapy, group interventions, etc.)
Adult Services
• Adult ADHD assessments
• Adult Autism assessments
2. Responsible Team
For each service that is provided or commissioned, please confirm:
• The team name responsible for delivering or overseeing the service.
• The directorate, care group, or division under which the service sits.
3. Waiting List Ownership
For each service, please provide:
• The job title (and name, if permissible) of the individual responsible for managing or overseeing the waiting list.
• Whether the waiting list is managed internally by the Trust or by an external commissioned provider.
4. Additional Context (If Available)
Where possible, please also share:
• Whether the service is delivered in-house, through an external partner, or via a mixed model.
• Any published pathway documents, service specifications, or summaries relating to ADHD, Autism, or CAMHS therapies.
If any part of this request exceeds the FOI cost limit, please process the remainder that falls within the allowable threshold.
I would be grateful if you could provide the information electronically.
Thank you for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act please.
Please see specific questions below and if the information could please be presented in Excel format it would be appreciated.
• Manufacturer and model of all endoscopic imaging systems and video endoscopes in use within the trust.
• Location within trust (hospital site)
• Age of each unit in situ (date of manufacture or date of installation)
• Associated planned replacement programmes or supplier contracts in place
Thank you for your help.
FoI request – Bank & Agency Spend
Dear FoI Team,
Please can you provide the spend for temporary staffing split for bank and agency as below covering November 2025, December 2025 & January 2026.
Bank Spend Agency Spend
Staff group November December January November December January
Registered Nursing
Unregistered Nursing (i.e. Health Care Assistants
Medical
Regards
To whom it may concern,
I hope you are well. I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
• In the last year (March 2025 – February 2026), how many patients have come forward to be tested for prostate cancer through a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)?
• Where data within the specified period is not available, please provide the last 12 months of available data
• If possible, please provide the age of patients coming forward
Many thanks for your time.
All the best,
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please can you answer the following questions regarding the Trust’s IT set up under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. What was the typical average login time for staff devices, measured from power-on to a usable desktop session, during the 2025 calendar year?
2. How many endpoint or device-related incidents (for example PCs, laptops or tablets) were logged with the IT service desk between 1 January and 31 December 2025?
3. What was the average time taken to resolve endpoint or access-related incidents (mean time to restore, in hours) during the same period?
4. How many IT-related service interruptions affecting clinical or administrative workflows were recorded between 1 January and 31 December 2025?
5. How many clinically significant IT outages were recorded during 2025, and what was the cumulative total duration of these outages (in hours)?
6. As of 31 December 2025, how many desktops and laptops were in active use within the Trust, and how many of these devices were more than five years old?
7. How many staff did not have a designated digital workstation as part of their role during 2025? And what percentage is this compared to the Trust’s total staff number?
8. During 2025, did the Trust use any tools or platforms to proactively monitor staff’s device health or digital workplace experience (for example endpoint management, device health monitoring or digital experience management)?
If yes, please indicate which of the following best applies:
o basic device management only (reactive / break-fix)
o proactive device health monitoring
o proactive digital experience or workforce experience monitoring
I’ve tried to align these questions with what I assumed to be easily accessible routinely reported IT data that can be gathered within FOI time and budget limits. If for any reasons these questions can’t be answered, please I would be very grateful if can you instead advise on any similar metrics reported that could be shared instead?
I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this request and I look forward to receiving your full response in 20 working days.
RE: Freedom of Information Act 2000
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am a Dental Core Trainee employed by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust.
Please provide the following information in relation to patients treated by your Trust:
1. The total number of incidents reported involving missing, lost, or damaged dentures belonging to patients while under the care of your Trust.
2. Please provide this data for each of the last five financial years (or the maximum period available if five years is not held) ie 2020 to and including 2025
3. If available, please break the data down by hospital site (where your Trust operates more than one hospital)
For clarity, this request includes (but is not limited to) incidents recorded via:
– Incident reporting systems eg Datix
– Complaints eg Patient Advice and Liaison Service
– Claims or risk management records
– The finance department to include reimbursement claims or financial costs associated with lost or damaged dentures
In addition, please provide:
Copies of, or links to, any current or recently applicable policies, procedures, or guidance relating to:
The maintenance of oral hygiene for patients
The management, labelling, storage, or safekeeping of patients’ dentures or other removable dental appliances
The reporting and handling of incidents involving lost, missing, or damaged patient property (where dentures are included or referenced)
If the information is held across more than one system or document, please include data from all relevant sources.
I am happy to receive the information in electronic format, via Excel. If any exemptions are applied, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide the reasoning.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Dear FOI Team,
Please provide the following information for your Trust/hospital site(s) for the most recent complete 12-month period available (please state the exact start and end dates used).
If your data are only available at Trust level (not site level), please provide Trust-level figures and state this explicitly.
1) Surgical specialties in scope – Please report data separately for each of the following specialties (use the exact labels below):
1. Cardiothoracic Surgery
2. General Surgery (including: breast, colorectal, endocrine, upper GI, lower GI, and transplant—kidney, liver, pancreas)
3. Neurosurgery
4. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
5. ENT / Otolaryngology
6. Paediatric Surgery
7. Plastic Surgery
8. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
9. Urology
10. Vascular Surgery
If a specialty is not provided at your Trust/hospital site(s), please record 0 for that specialty and note “not provided”.
2) Workforce (headcount) – For each specialty listed above, please provide:
• Number of Consultant surgeons (substantive/headcount)
• Number of SAS surgeons (headcount) (i.e., Specialty Doctor and Specialist grades)
Please provide headcount (not WTE). If you can only provide WTE, please state that clearly.
3) Population served – Please provide the total population served by your Trust/hospital (the figure you use for planning/catchment), and specify the source/definition used (e.g., “ICS population”, “catchment population”, etc.).
4) Surgical admissions activity -Please provide the total number of admissions (elective + emergency combined) to all surgical specialties in scope (i.e., the combined total across the 10 specialties listed above) for the same 12-month period.
If your admissions data are recorded using a different specialty grouping, please map as closely as possible and explain any assumptions.
Yours Sincerely
Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding Trust staff working remotely from locations outside of England.
Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the last two financial years (2023/24, and 2024/25 to date):
• The total number of staff members currently given permission to work remotely from a location outside of England.
• A breakdown of these staff members by their pay band and job title (if providing titles would not breach GDPR by identifying individuals).
• The countries from which these staff members are authorized to work.
• The duration of these arrangements, specifically distinguishing between temporary (short-term) and permanent remote working.
• The Trust’s current policy or guidance regarding staff working from abroad or outside of England.
I look forward to receiving a response within the statutory 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,