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ADHD and Autism Assessments

Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding waiting times for children’s ADHD and autism assessments within your organisation.

Please provide the following information:

1. ADHD Assessments
o The mean waiting times (in weeks or months) for children referred for an ADHD assessment, for each of the last three financial years (e.g., 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 YTD). Please also include the range (longest and shortest wait)
o The number of children currently waiting for an ADHD assessment.
o The number of children who have waited more than 12 months for an ADHD assessment and time banded 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-30 months, 36-42 months, 42 months plus

2. Autism Assessments
o The mean waiting times (in weeks or months) for children referred for an autism assessment, for each of the last three financial years (e.g., 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 YTD). Please also include the range (longest and shortest wait)
o The number of children currently waiting for an autism assessment.
o The number of children who have waited more than 12 months for an autism assessment and time banded 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-30 months, 36-42 months, 42 months plus

3. Mitigating actions
o What actions have been deployed by the CAAAS team to reduce waiting times i.e. outsourcing/mutual aid

4. NICE
o Please provide the latest self-assessment against NICE Guidance CG128 (Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: recognition, referral and diagnosis)
Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Transitions between Children & Adult Community MH Services

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I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am a researcher working on research project about transitions between children’s and adults community mental health services.

I would like to request the following information:

1. Does your Trust have a policy on Transition between children and adult mental health services? Could you please share a copy of the policy or include a link if it is available online.

2. Does your Trust offer 0 to 25 pathway for mental health support and if it does, who is it offered to past the age of 18 (eg. all young people or specific groups/conditions)?

3. What are the mental health care pathways for those under the age of 18 and 18+ within your Trust. Please provide the list for both of these age groups?

4. Please provide information in the table below on the total number of 17 year olds with an active referral to community children’s mental health services and the number of 17 year olds who accessed treatment (treatment means 2 or more contacts with services) within your Trust’s community children and young people mental health services in the following periods of time

a)1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c)1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d)1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Total number of 17 year olds with active referral due to children and young people mental health services

Total number of 17 y.o who accessed treatment from children and young people mental health services

5. Of the 17 year olds who accessed treatment (treatment means 2 or more contacts with services) within your Trust’s community children and young people mental health services how many were: discharged back to GP; recorded as completed treatment; referred to adult mental health services; and continued treatment with children mental health services upon reaching the age of 18 in the following periods of time: 1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d) 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Please provide information in the table below.

1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

number of children age 17 discharged back to GP
number of children age 17 recorded as completed treatment
number of children age 17 referred to adult mental health services
number of children age 17 continuing treatment with children mental health services upon reaching the age of 18

6. Please provide information in the table below on the total number of 18 year olds with active referral to community adults mental health services within your trust in the following periods of time

a) 1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d) 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Total number of 18 year olds with active referral

7. How many of young people age 18 with active referral to community adults mental health services within your trust had referral source recorded as ‘children and young people mental health services’ in the following periods of time a) 1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d) 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Please provide information in the table below

a)1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c)1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d)1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Total number of 18 year olds with active referral by referral source ‘children and young people mental health services’

8. Of young people age 18 who had active referral to adult mental health services within your Trust by referral source ‘children and young people mental health services’ how many accessed treatment (2 or more contacts with services) within community adult mental health services in your trust in the following periods of time

a)1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c)1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d)1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Total number of 18 year olds referred from ‘children and young people mental health services’ who accessed treatment within community adult mental health services

9. For young people age 18 who accessed treatment from adult mental health services within your Trust and whose referral source was ‘children and young people mental health services’ what was the median wait in days; the longest wait in days; and the shortest wait in days from referral to second contact in the following periods of time

a) 1 April 2021- to 31 March 2022 b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 c) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 d) 1 April 2024 to 31 March 20

Median wait in days from referral to second contact for 18 year olds who accessed services and whose referral came from children and young people mental health services

Longest wait in days from referral to second contact for 18 year olds who accessed services and whose referral came from children and young people mental health services

Shortest wait in days from referral to second contact for 18 year olds who accessed services and whose referral came from children and young people mental health services

10. Does your trust record information on the sources of referrals to children and young people mental health services and adult mental health services? If yes, what are the sources of referrals listed in both cases.

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Monitoring Technology used in Patient Bedrooms

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Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1. Please confirm, does the Trust use, or have plans to use, Oxevision* in ward bedrooms, 136 suites and/or seclusion rooms?

*Please note that Oxevision may be referred to by other names including LIO or ‘vision-based monitoring technology’ etc. It is an infrared camera system.

2. Please confirm, does that Trust use, or have plans to use, ‘Project X’^ in ward bedrooms, 136 suites and/or seclusion rooms.

^Please note that Project X may be referred to by different names, for the avoidance of doubt it is marketed by Safehinge Primera and may be described as a ‘non-visual patient safety aid’ and uses radar to track patients’ movements.

3. Please outline whether the trust uses any other video, camera or vision-based patient monitoring systems within patient bedrooms. Please state brand names if appropriate.

4. If the response to any of the above questions is ‘yes’, please provide the following information:

4.1. Please confirm the number of wards/136 suites/seclusion rooms, and provide ward names, where Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies is currently used.

4.2. Please provide your policy or standard operating procedure for the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies, up to the date and time of this request.

4.3. Please provide your Data Protection Impact assessment for the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies.

4.4. Please provide an Equality Impact Assessment in relation to the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies

4.5. Please state the contract end date(s) for all current contract(s) with Oxehealth/LIO health/other organisations that provide the above technologies..

4.6. Please provide patient posters, leaflets and/or information packs.

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Non-Pharmacological ADHD Interventions for Children

Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Non-Pharmacological ADHD Interventions for Children

Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the provision of non-pharmacological interventions for children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) within your Trust. To help me understand your service model, I would be grateful if you could provide responses to the following:

1. Service Provision
• – Do you provide non-pharmacological interventions for children and young people diagnosed with ADHD?
• – If so, please list the types of interventions offered (e.g., parent training, CBT, psychoeducation, skills groups, school liaison, peer support, digital interventions, etc.).
• – Are these delivered by your Trust directly, jointly with external providers, or commissioned from other organisations?
• With what frequency are patients/families offered these sessions?
• How many sessions are offered to patients/families or at what point is intervention ceased?

2. Referral & Access
• – At what stage of the care pathway are non-pharmacological interventions offered (e.g., pre-diagnosis, post-diagnosis, alongside medication, instead of medication)?
• – What are the eligibility criteria (if any) for accessing these interventions?

3. Workforce & Delivery
• – Which professional groups deliver these interventions (e.g., psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, peer support workers)?
How many WTE (whole time equivalent) staff are currently employed in delivering ADHD-related non-pharmacological interventions?

4. Capacity & Outcomes
• – Approximately how many children/young people accessed these interventions in the last financial year (April–March)?
• – Do you collect outcome measures for these interventions? If yes, please specify which tools or measures are used (e.g., SDQ, SNAP-IV, goal-based outcomes, parent/carer feedback, etc.).

5. Commissioning & Funding
• – Are these interventions funded within core CAMHS/neurodevelopmental services, or separately commissioned?
• – Has your Trust secured any additional funding streams (e.g., NHS Long Term Plan, local authority joint commissioning) to support delivery?

6. Future Planning
• – Are there plans to expand, reduce, or change the provision of non-pharmacological ADHD interventions for children in the next 2 years?

Notes

– Please provide the information in electronic format (Word, Excel, or PDF).
– If the information requested exceeds the cost/time limit, please advise which elements could be prioritised.
– If you do not hold the information, please confirm whether another organisation may be responsible.

Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.

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Head of Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information act 2000, I would like to request the following information;

1.The Name , Job Title and email address of the Head of Procurement ( or equivalent senior procurement lead ) at Your Trust.

2. If available the names , Job Titles and email addresses of any procurement category managers responsible for Capital Equipment.

If direct email addresses cannot be released , please provide the generic procurement contact email for supplier enquires.

I would prefer the information in electronic format Excel or email.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days

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Employment Tribunal Claims

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. How many active Employment Tribunal claims are currently ongoing against your Trust and what are the projected legal costs of these cases?

2. How many Employment Tribunal claims has your Trust had in the last five years and what was the total cost of these cases.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as required by law.

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Insourcing Spend

Please can I request the below information on the utilisation of Insourcing for the following period 01/07/2025-30/09/2025

Total spend during the period for insourcing

Total spend during the period for Insourcing for the below specialties:

1. Neurology
2. Neurophysiology
3. Dermatology
4. Gastroenterology
5. Endoscopy
6. Cardiology
7. Respiratory
8. Orthodontics
9. Dental
10. OMFS
11. ENT
12. Rheumatology
13. Gynaecology
14. Ophthalmology
15. Surgery- including all subspecialties

Please break the spend down by insourcing company

Please confirm if there was a budget and how much budget for insourcing for the specialties outlined during the same period

What was the service type relating to the specialties outlined, for example, outpatient, diagnostic or theatres.

Was it a fully managed service or Team provision for each specialty outlined

Please can you confirm the Frameworks utilised for each specialty

Please confirm any direct awards or mini competitions which are being utilised for each specialty

Total procedures/tests/patients seen completed by insourcing companies for the specialties outlined during the same period

Example:

Total spend Specialty Specialty spend Insourcing provider Insourcing provider spend Budget Service type Fully managed service Team provision Framework utilised Direct award Mini comp Total procedures

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Right Care, Right Person

I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1. Please state which police force/s serve the area covered by the Trust

2. Any reports, assessments or data – internal or published – where the Trust has monitored the implementation and impact of Right Care, Right Person by the local police force/s

3. Details of any serious incidents or patient safety incidents where Right Care, Right Person was a factor

I would like the information sent by email.

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Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries – SubCos

I am writing to you on behalf of the Health Service Journal (HSJ). I am submitting a request for information held by the trust under the Freedom of Information Act.

This has two parts. They are not dependent on one another. Please respond to the second part regardless of your answer to the first. Please provide this information to me an electronic format.

1. Please list the names of any wholly-owned subsidiaries (also known as SubCos) to the trust

2. In March 2025 Sir James Mackey the chief executive of NHS England told the wider NHS that trusts should normally be transferring support staff to wholly-owned subsidiary companies adding that all trusts will need to introduce or consider SubCos. It is my understanding that at that point NHS foundation trusts began looking into the possibility of setting up new SubCos or expanding the use of their current SubCo, if they have one or more already. To that end, please provide the following pieces of information:

a. The name of any management consultancy and/or professional services firms you engaged to provide advice and support following this announcement by Sir James in regard to setting up new or expanding the use of extant SubCos. For the avoidance of doubt, by professional services firms I mean companies (of any size) that provide advice and support in fields such as law, technical areas of expertise such as IT, audit, accountancy, IT, tax including VAT, etc.

b. The sum of money paid to those firms in the course of delivering the required service relating to setting up new or expanding the use of extant SubCos

c. The number of person hours of time that your trust staff put into scoping out possible actions the trust could make in response to Sir James’ announcement as cited above, including time spent working on compiling a business case for the creation of or expansion of SubCos.
Thank you for your assistance.

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Cardiology Software and Vendor Neutral Archive Systems

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Good morning,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please could you provide the following details regarding your Trust’s use of digital systems in the cardiology department:

1. Does your Trust currently use any software systems to manage clinical records, diagnostics, or workflows within cardiology?

2. If yes, please provide:

a The name of the software provider and product.
b The start date and duration of the current contract.
c The expiry date or next renewal date of the contract.
d Whether the contract includes options for extension or renewal.

Additionally:

3. Does your Trust currently use a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) system to store and manage medical imaging or other clinical data across departments?

4. If yes, please provide:

a The name of the VNA provider and product.
b The departments where it is currently deployed.
c The start date, duration, and expiry/renewal date of the contract.
d Whether the contract includes options for extension or renewal.

I would prefer to receive the information electronically, if possible. I understand that under the Act, you are required to respond to this request within 20 working days. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please specify the exemption and provide any non-exempt information that can be released.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Software Contracts

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Thank you for the reply. I have looked trough your Disclosure log.

1. Could you provide an a update to the contract expiry of your Software of Excellence (SOEL Health) system?

2. Could you provide the Supplier, System name and contract start and expiry dates of your Virtual Ward system?

3. Could you provide an update regarding the contract expiry of your Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system?

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Digital Dictation, Transcription, Speech Recognition, AI, Systems

1. Digital Dictation
● Name of supplier & product
● Number of user licences
● Procurement method (e.g., framework)
● Contract start date
● Contract expiry date (please specify fixed end date vs option to extend/rolling contract)
● Total contract value (if available)
● Integration with PAS/EPR (please specify if outbound only – e.g., patient demographics, clinic work list – or outbound and inbound, e.g., document return)
● Key internal stakeholder role/title
● Desired features not currently delivered (optional)

2. Outsourced Transcription
● Name of supplier & product
● Procurement method (e.g., framework)
● Contract start date
● Average monthly volume of letters (if available)
● Average monthly volume of lines (if available)
● Total contract value (if available)
● Key internal stakeholder role/title
● Desired features not currently delivered (optional)

3. Speech Recognition
● Name of supplier & product
● Number of user licences
● Procurement method (e.g., framework)
● Contract start date
● Contract expiry date (please specify fixed end date vs option to extend/rolling contract)
● Total contract value (if available)
● Integration with PAS/EPR (please specify if outbound only – e.g., patient demographics, clinic work list – or outbound and inbound, e.g., document return)
● Key internal stakeholder role/title
● Desired features not currently delivered (optional)

4. Ambient AI Scribe
● Name of supplier & product
● Number of user licences
● Procurement method (e.g., framework)
● Contract start date
● Contract expiry date (please specify fixed end date vs option to extend/rolling contract)
● Total contract value (if available)
● Integration with PAS/EPR (please specify if outbound only – e.g., patient demographics, clinic work list – or outbound and inbound, e.g., document return)
● Pilot stage (if applicable, please specify supplier, pilot duration, and scope)
● Key internal stakeholder role/title
● Desired features not currently delivered (optional)

5. Video Consultation
● Name of supplier & product
● Number of user licences
● Procurement method (e.g., framework)
● Contract start date
● Contract expiry date (please specify fixed end date vs option to extend/rolling contract)
● Total contract value (if available)
● Integration with PAS/EPR (please specify if outbound only – e.g., patient demographics, clinic work list – or outbound and inbound, e.g., document return)
● Key internal stakeholder role/title
● Desired features not currently delivered (optional)
● Average number of video appointments per month/year
● % of virtual/remote consultations conducted using video vs telephone

6. Health Information Systems
● PAS (Patient Administration System)
● EPR (Electronic Patient Record)
● eDMS (Electronic Document Management System)
● RIS (Radiology Information System)
● LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)
● e-Correspondence (e.g., Docman)
● Hybrid Mail (e.g., Synertec, Healthcare Communications)
● Patient Portal (e.g., Patient Knows Best)

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Racism/Racist Abuse towards Staff

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1. The number of reported incidents of racism/racist abuse towards staff by patients in 2022, 2023, 2024, and the first nine months of 2025.

– Can the data be categorised in calendar years please.

2. From the figures given in question 1, can you specify how many of the reported incidents were:

a) verbal

b) physical assaults please.

– Can the data be split with a) and b) columns and categorised in calendar years please.

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Designing safe spaces for patients at high risk of infection

To: Infection Control Teams Dear Colleagues,

We are carrying out a short 10 question survey to understand how NHS Trusts are implementing the guidance from NHS Estates Technical Bulletin 2024/3: Designing safe spaces for patients at high risk of infection from nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and other waterborne pathogens.

This survey is being carried out to gain insight into how the recommendations of the bulletin have informed local water safety practice and capital planning across NHS organisations; and to identify common challenges in water safety management across healthcare settings.

A summary of anonymised findings will be shared with participating Trusts on request.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we seek the following information within your NHS Trust / NHS Foundation Trust:

1. Name of NHS Trust/Foundation Trust:

2. Has your organisation reviewed NHS Estates Technical Bulletin 2024/3 with the specific note on non-tuberculous mycobacteria?

Yes
No

3. Does your organisation treat any of the “high-risk” patient groups listed in the NHS Estates Technical Bulletin 2024/3? Tick all that apply

Lung and/or heart transplant
Cystic fibrosis
Haematology/oncology patients with neutropenia,
CAR-T cell patients
Other solid organ transplant,
Patients with long-term lines

4. Do you have a Water Safety Group or equivalent multidisciplinary body for any water-related issues?

Yes
No

5. Do you currently conduct routine environmental water testing for NTM? If yes, please state the areas tested and the frequency of testing.

Yes
No

Areas tested (type here):

Frequency (type here):

6. Does your Water Safety Plan include specific controls for NTM, separate from general Legionella/Pseudomonas measures? – If yes, please specify.

Yes
No

Specify (Type here):

7. If NTM testing is undertaken, which laboratory/method is used, and is it UKAS-accredited to ISO 17025 for NTM testing or according to the methods suggested in the bulletin?

N/A (have not tested for NTM)

If testing, which laboratory/method is used? (type here):

Is testing method accredited (type here):

8. If you have tested, have you detected NTM in water samples from patient care areas in the last 3 years? (Yes/No; if yes, please indicate the area(s) and summarise the control measures taken).

Yes
No

N/A (have not tested for NTM)

Specify areas (type here):

Summarise control measures (type here):

9. Which control and/or remedial measures are you currently using to manage waterborne pathogens in your organisation? Tick all that apply

Point-of-use filters
Temperature controls
Chemical controls (any, i.e. chlorine, silver-copper ionization)
Pipe removal work (including new copper pipes)
Descaling and cleaning of water outlets
Complete removal of outlets/sink
Other (please list below)

Other (type here):

10. In the last 5 years, have you made any design changes in high-risk areas specifically to reduce waterborne infection risk (e.g., removal or relocation of sinks, drainage modifications, point-of-entry filtration)? (Yes/No; please provide brief examples).

Yes
No

11. Are you planning any major refurbishment in the next 5 years and/or is your organization part of the NHS New Hospital Programme? (Tick all that apply)

Yes – planning refurbishment works
Yes – part of the NHS New Hospital Programme
No – neither

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Doctors / Nurses Mess

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Under the Freedom of Information act please can I request the following information:

• Contact name for the doctor mess within the trust
• Contact email for the doctor mess within the trust
• Postal address for the doctors mess within the trust

• Contact name for the nurses mess within the trust
• Contact email for the nurses mess within the trust
• Postal address for the nurses mess within the trust

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) 2024

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Good evening,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the following information relating to your Trust’s use of electro-convulsive therapy for the period between 1 January 2024, to 31 December 2024:

Treatments delivered by consent status, specifically including the number of treatments given to a) those incapable of consenting, but ECT authorised where patient resists or objects (under Mental Health Act Section 58A), and b) those incapable of consenting, but ECT authorised where a patient does not resist or object (under Mental Health Act Section 58A).

If information with this distinction is unavailable, please simply provide it for the number of treatments where a patient did not consent.

Please confirm the number of patients this pertains to for this period.

Please also separate this information out by age, gender, and IMD decile (or if not possible, quintile).

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Referrals of Young People and Homeless Support Accommodation

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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am an undergraduate student conducting research for my major study project, researching access to NHS Mental Health Services for young people experiencing homelessness.
Specifically, I am requesting anonymised data regarding service users who meet the following criteria:

1. Age range: 18 to 24 years.
2. Accommodation status: Those identified as living in homeless supported accommodation targeted at 16–24 year olds, such as (but not limited to):

• YMCA supported housing
• Depaul supported housing
• Foyer projects
• Similar supported accommodation schemes for homeless young people.
3. Time period: From 1 January 2020 to the most recent available data.

For clarity, when searching your records, relevant terms might include “homeless”, “supported housing”, “supported accommodation”, “foyer”, “YMCA”, “Depaul”, or similar categories your Trust may use to classify accommodation status.

I would be grateful if the information could include the following, presented in aggregate/anonymised form:

• The number of individuals aged 18–24 each year since 2020 who were identified as living in homeless supported accommodation (as defined above).
• If available, a breakdown by year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date).

I am not seeking any personal or identifiable information. I only require anonymised, aggregated data.

If it is not possible to provide the information in full due to cost or other limitations, please provide as much of the requested information as possible within the cost limits of the Act.

Please confirm receipt of this request and let me know if clarification is required. I would prefer to receive the data in electronic format (e.g., Excel or CSV) if possible.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Adult Deaf Sign Language Users

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The lifetime prevalence of mental disorder in the general population is 1 in 4. For profoundly deaf people this approaches 1 in 2 yet the number of deaf adults accessing mental health services is very low.

The National Deaf Mental Health Service supports Deaf BSL users across the middle third of England.

We have seen a fall in referrals for community and inpatients in recent years.

We are keen to know if there are people accessing local services who may not have been considered for referral to specialised services.

I would be grateful if you could provide the number of adult deaf sign language users who are have been inpatients within your Trust over the last 5 years.

Please could you provide the number of adult Deaf sign language users currently on the community caseload of the Trust.

Please provide the number of adult Deaf sign language users supported by the trust community services in the last 5 years.

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Energy Contracts

Please consider this a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would be grateful if you could provide the information requested below, related to the energy contracts within your NHS trust.

1. In relation to your Electricity contract(s):
1.1. name of current supplier?
1.2. start date of current contract?
1.3. end date of current contract?
1.4. total number of meters?
1.5. agreed unit prices pence per kWh (average or range)?
1.6. standing charges pence per day (average or range)?
1.7. total annual volume of electricity supplied for the last year?
1.8. any other fixed fees pence per day (e.g. capacity charges)?
1.9. is a future contract already agreed following the end of the current contract?
1.10. if so, what is the duration of the new contract?
1.11. total amount paid to your supplier in each of the last 3 financial years?
1.12. was your contract procured through the CCS (Crown Commercial Service) or another basket/framework, and if so which one?
1.13. what notice period/break clause (if any) exist within your current contract/framework?
1.14. what is the earliest date on which notice can be served?
1.15. is your contract a fixed price contract, or a flexible contract (where prices can vary according to market prices and when you purhcase)?
1.16. was an energy broker used in the procurement of your electricity contract? If so which one?
1.17. if a broker was used what commission was paid to the broker (in pence per kWh and total £ amount)?
1.18. do you have any power purchase agreements (PPAs) in place with any renewable electricity generators?
1.19. If so can you provide details?
1.20. what proportion of your electricity was sourced from renewable sources?

2. In relation to your Gas contract(s):
2.1. name of current supplier?
2.2. start date of current contract?
2.3. end date of current contract?
2.4. total number of meters?
2.5. agreed unit prices pence per kWh (average or range)?
2.6. standing charges pence per day (average or range)?
2.7. total annual volume of gas supplied for the last year?
2.8. any other fixed fees pence per day (e.g. capacity charges)?
2.9. is a future contract already agreed following the end of the current contract?
2.10. if so what is the duration of the new contract?
2.11. total amount paid to your supplier in each of the last 3 financial years?
2.12. was your contract procured through the CCS (Crown Commercial Service) or another basket/framework, and if so which one?
2.13. what notice period/break clauses (if any) exist within your current contract/framework?
2.14. what is the earliest date on which notice can be served?
2.15. is your contract a fixed price contract, or a flexible contract (where prices can vary according to market prices and when you purhcase)?
2.16. was an energy broker used in the procurement of your electricity contract? If so which one?
2.17. if a broker was used what commission was paid to the broker (in pence per kWh and total £ amount)?

3. In relation to your sustainability activities:
3.1. what are the Trust’s priorities in regard to a net zero pathway?
3.2. what carbon reporting you have in place, or plans to put in place?
3.3. please provide the contact details for the Energy, ESG or Sustainability lead within the Trust.

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Armed Forces Community Support and Veteran Data

Dear FOI Team,

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in relation to veterans and the Armed Forces community within your Trust:

1. Inpatient treatment pathway for veterans
o Does your Trust have a dedicated inpatient treatment pathway specifically for veterans? If so, please provide details.

2. Veteran staff employed by the Trust
o How many members of staff currently employed by your Trust identify as veterans?
o Please provide this information broken down by gender.

3. Veterans treated within the Trust in the last 12 months
o How many veterans have been treated by your Trust in the last 12 months?
o Please provide a breakdown by division/service (e.g., Adult Mental Health, Forensic services, etc.), and specify whether treatment was provided in inpatient or community care settings where possible.

4. Support for the Armed Forces community
o What specific support does your Trust offer for the Armed Forces community (including serving personnel, reservists, veterans, and their families)?

For clarity, a veteran is a person who has served in the UK’s Armed Forces for at least one day, whether as a regular service member or a reservist, and has since left that service. A member of the Armed Forces community may include serving personnel, reservists, veterans, and their families.

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Withdraw, Discontinuing or Stopping of Psychiatric Drugs

Hello, Please provide any training materials held by the Trust that relate to withdrawing from, discontinuing or stopping psychiatric drugs. Psychiatric drugs include antidepressants, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, mood stabilisers and stimulants. Please provide this information in relation to the last 12 months: 26/09/24 – 26/09/25 If you are unable to provide this information, please advise on how the request can be amended so that you are able to comply. Many thanks!

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Organisation Chart – Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)

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Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding the Digital, Data and Technology departments of your organisation:

I would like to request an organisation chart for all C-Suite, Directors (including Associates), Heads of Department and Managers within these departments.

Please provide the information in the form of a table, inserted in an email.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.

In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.

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Agency Usage – MIiUs

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I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information from Gloucestershire Care Services regarding Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) and Minor Injury Units (MIUs).
Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide the following:

1. UTCs / MIUs operated or managed by your Trust
o Please confirm whether Gloucestershire Care Services currently manages or oversees any Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) and/or Minor Injury Units (MIUs).
o If so, please provide a list of the sites.

2. Agency usage (Nursing & Paramedic Practitioners)
o For each UTC or MIU, please provide the total number of agency hours supplied in May, June, July and August 2025 for:
 Band 7 Nurses
 Paramedic Practitioners

3. Agency charge rates
o For the above roles, please provide the hourly charge rates paid to agencies in May, June, July and August 2025.
o If rates vary, please supply the minimum, maximum, and average hourly rates for each month.

4. Please confirm the correct Trust person/team that manages the temporary staffing for the UTC or MIU services along with their contact number and email.

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Specialist Midwifery Roles Across Maternity Services

To whom it may concern,

I am writing on behalf of the Royal College of Midwives to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the commissioning of specialist midwifery roles within maternity services across your Integrated Care Board (ICB).

We are seeking to understand the extent to which these roles have been commissioned nationally. The findings will be used solely for internal planning and to inform our engagement with government and stakeholders. Individual responses will not be attributed or published.

I would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to respond to the following questions:

1. How many maternity services does your ICB cover?
2. Has your ICB commissioned any of the following specialist midwifery roles/posts?
For each role, please indicate:

• Whether it has been commissioned (Yes/No)
• If yes, the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) posts in each service
• If yes, the number of FTE vacancies for each specialism listed below
• Whether administrative support has been commissioned alongside (Yes/No)
• If yes, the number of FTE administrative posts

Please complete for each of the following specialisms:

• Perinatal Mental Health
• Infant Feeding
• Safeguarding
• Digital Midwifery
• Diabetes
• Bereavement
• Alcohol/Substance Misuse
• Public Health
• Screening
• Sonography
• Maternal Health/Foetal Medicine

Please provide this information in an Excel document.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. If you have any questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Sexual Misconduct

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1. Can you provide a breakdown of sexual offences which have been reported in your trust for the last three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)

2. Can this be broken down by whether the person making the accusation is a member of staff, a patient, or a member of the public.

3. How many staff members at your trust have been disciplined over the last three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) in relation to a sexual offence?

4. How many staff members at your trust have been dismissed over the last three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) in relation to a sexual offence?

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Contraceptive Implants

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is a Freedom of Information Act request. I would like to know the following information:
• How many children (under 18s) have been given the contraceptive implant for each of the last five calendar years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 so far)?
• Please provide a breakdown by age of all children given the contraceptive implant for each of the last five calendar years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 so far).
• Please consider all ages from the youngest person given the implant up to and including those given the implant aged 17. For the answer to this question, a table like this may help illustrate the information I am asking for:
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Age 9 10 11 12 13 14 etc up to 17
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 so far

I look forward to a response within 20 working days. Please contact me on this email address if you have any queries.

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Exception Reporting

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Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Exception Reporting FOI. Please can you complete the below questions.

1. Please complete the below table on the software currently used in each department to allow resident doctors to submit exception reports*:
* exception reporting refers to a system that allows doctors and other healthcare professionals to formally log any deviations from their agreed work schedule

Department Software Annual License of Software (if other costs, please specify) Contract Start Date Contract End Date Does the system meet the latest NHS Employers requirements on exception reporting? Tick if yes
Urgent and Emergency Services
Medical Care
Surgery
Critical Care
Maternity
Services for Children and Young People
End of Life care
Outpatient
Community
Mental Health
Other (please specify)

2. Are there any plans to change or upgrade the current exception reporting system? Given the NHS requirement for full implementation of the exception reporting reforms by 12th September 2025 (as reported by NHS England)
3. Can you provide the name and contact nformation for the Trusts Guardian of Safe Working Hours contact?
4. Can you provide the name and contact information for the Trusts Medical Education lead?

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

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Surgical Delays Caused by Missing/Late/Unsterilised Instruments

(20 October 2025)

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to surgical delays caused by equipment or instrument availability within your Trust.

This request aims to understand how logistical and operational factors — rather than clinical causes — may contribute to surgery scheduling challenges across the NHS.

Please provide data for 2024, and any available for 2025 to date for the following:

1️⃣ Surgical delays
• The number of operations delayed or cancelled where the recorded cause included:
o Missing or incomplete surgical instrument sets
o Late arrival of loan sets or consignment trays from suppliers
o Equipment or instrument sterilisation or cleaning faults
o Missing documentation, instructions for use (IFUs), or traceability records
If your Trust does not record these categories specifically, please provide the nearest equivalent data (e.g. “equipment failure,” “instrument availability,” or “theatre preparation delays”).

2️⃣ Delay duration
• Where available, please provide the average or total delay time (e.g. hours or days) attributed to these causes.

3️⃣ Reporting system
• If available, please confirm which system(s) your Trust uses to record and categorise surgical delays (e.g. Datix, ORMIS, Bluespier, or another).

4️⃣ Internal reports
• If available, please share any summaries, reports, or audits produced since 2023 that discuss equipment-related surgical delays, loan set management, or theatre efficiency
If it is not possible to provide all of this data within the cost or time limits set by Section 12 of the Act, please provide as much of the information as possible and advise how I may refine my request to bring it within scope.
If certain data is unavailable or not centrally recorded, please confirm this and provide any partial or relevant information held.

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Employee Ages

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I’m looking to find out how many people your trust employs in all capacities who are aged over 70, over 80 and over 90 years old. Please can I have the figures for each of these age bands?

And can you please tell me how many people the trust employs overall? (Of all ages and in all capacities).

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Slips, Trips and Falls in Home Bathrooms

Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide the following information:

1. 1. The total number of recorded incidents of slips, trips, and falls in home bathrooms involving patients within your Trust/Health Board for each calendar year from 2020 to September 2025.

2. 2.If available, a breakdown of these figures by:

a. Age groups (50–59, 60–69, 70–79, 80–99, 100+)
b. Gender (Male, Female)

If any part of this request is unclear or would exceed the cost limit, please provide advice and assistance as required by Section 16 of the FOI Act.

I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.

Please provide the data in an electronic format if possible.

Best wishes,

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Multi-Professional Approved / Responsible Clinicians

Dear FOI team, I hope this message finds you well.

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding employment and related details of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians within your trust.

I believe this information is essential for public interest, transparency and to better understand the role of multi-professional approved and responsible clinicians within the healthcare system.

Please provide the information in one of the following digital formats PDF, Excel, or Word documents.

Please could you provide the following information:

1. The total number of multi-professional approved clinicians (as approved under the mental health act) employed by the trust currently

2. A breakdown of this number by base profession (psychologist, nurse, occupational therapist or social worker)

3. The number of these working as responsible clinicians

4. A breakdown of which teams these staff are working in based on the following:

a. inpatient vs outpatient setting
b. Specialty (old age, general adult, child and adolescent, intellectual disability, forensic or other)
c. For inpatient settings whether male ward, female ward or mixed ward

5. The total number of trainee multi-professional approved clinicians currently in training in the trust

6. The mean pro-rata salary of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians currently employed by the trust (as two values if these are different.)

7. Are multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians currently allowed to cover gaps in service left by doctor approved/responsible clinicians?

8. Do multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians contribute to on call rotas?

a. If yes are these on rotas shared with doctor approved/responsible clinicians
b. If yes is this in hours, out of hours, or both

I understand that the Act requires a response within 20 working days. If, for any reason, my request cannot be fulfilled within this timeframe, please let me know the expected timeframe for a response and the reasons for any delays. Please also provide confirmation of receipt of this request. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Your cooperation in providing the requested information will be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Dr Harry Waterman

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Mental Health Patient Deaths

Dear Sir/Madam

I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

2. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

3. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

If the Trust classifies older patients as being 70+ rather than 65+, then it may replace 18-64 with 18-69 in question 2 and replace 65+ with 70+ in question 3. Please state if this is the case.

With questions 1b, 2b and 3b I am asking for figures for patient deaths that the Trust is aware of; the Trust may not be aware of all deaths of patients.

This request should not be combined with any other request for section 12 purposes. If any individual question would exceed the section 12 cost limit, please mark that question as “information not held” and respond to the remainder of the request (NB: this is not the same as asking the Trust to “run the clock” up to the section 12 cost limit).

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

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

1. The number of staff employed by your Trust whose primary role relates to Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) as of September 2025.

2. The total salary cost for these staff in the most recent financial year.

3. The total spend by your Trust on EDI-related training, workshops, events or external consultancy in each of the past three financial years.

4. Copies of any mandatory EDI training materials currently in use for staff.

If it is not possible to provide this information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

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IT Systems / Contracts

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I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information about several systems and services in use at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
My inquiries are as follows:

Technology Supplier Product / System Name Contract Ending Date
Cyber security services Bytes ? ?
Financial management system Capita Integra ?
Electronic patient record Idox Lilie ?
Staff rostering system RLDATIX HealthRoster Optima ?
Electronic patient record Software of Excellence SOEL Health ?

Please note: In relation to cyber security we are asking for the name of your main cyber security provider. We do not need to know the software or sub-contractors used.
Clarification on ‘N/A’ Responses:
• Please enter ‘No System Installed’ if your trust does not have such system.
• Please enter ‘No system needed’ if your trust does not have a department or service which requires such a system.
Clarification on Contract expiry date:
• If the contract is expiring in the next 6 months, please state if the trust plans to renew, re-procure or take any other action.
• If the contact is on a rolling basis, Please enter ‘Rolling’.
Additionally, could you please fill in the missing product names and revised contract expiry dates?

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Interpreting Service Request Spend June 2024 to June 2025

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I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act.

• Volume of requests for F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Spend on F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Volume of requests for BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Spend on BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Volume of requests for telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Spend on telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Volume of requests for video interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Spend on video interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• What are the top 10 languages requested in the last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

• Are you currently engaged in a contract with a language service agency/multiple agencies?

• What is the name of those agencies?

• If a contract for language services/interpreting is in place, what date does this end on?

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NHS Budget and Spending Breakdown

I would like to request a complete breakdown of all NHS spending and expenditure for the most recent full financial year. I am seeking a comprehensive account of how the entire NHS budget is allocated and spent, covering all categories and sub-categories of expenditure, including every item and contract where possible.

Specifically, I am requesting all spending information across the NHS, including but not limited to:

Staffing costs (all salaries, benefits, training, recruitment, agency staff, consultancy fees, etc.)
Hospital and primary care service expenditure
Administrative and management costs
Procurement and contracts (medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, PPE, IT, external services, etc.)
Capital projects (buildings, infrastructure, IT systems, digital programmes)
Payments to private providers, charities, and third-party organisations
Regional, trust-level, and other local allocations of funding
Research and development expenditure
Any other areas of expenditure not listed above
I request this information at the most detailed level available, including line-by-line or transaction-level data if such records exist, so that every pound spent can be accounted for.

If the complete dataset is too large to provide by email, please advise on the format in which it is held and how it can be accessed. My preference would be to receive the information electronically, ideally in an open format such as Excel or CSV.

Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

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IT Data

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to questions included in the attachment.

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Use of Simulation in Staff Training

Dear FOI Team,
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request information regarding the use of simulation-based training within your Trust. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide the following details:
1. Does the Trust currently use simulation to train any staff groups (e.g., consultants, resident doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, etc.)?
2. If yes, what simulation methodologies are employed (e.g., role-play with actors, digital avatars, augmented reality, virtual reality, or other approaches)?
3. What were the initial setup costs for implementing simulation training?
4. What are the ongoing annual costs, if any, associated with maintaining and delivering simulation training?
5. How many trainees did the Trust host in the last financial year (2024/2025) who were enrolled in training for a mental health–related profession?
If some or all of this information is not available, please provide the details that are held by the Trust.
Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

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Cardiology and Digital Leadership Roles

Good morning,

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

Please provide the names and job titles of the individuals currently holding the following positions within your Trust:

Cardiology Department
1. Cardiology Clinical Director
2. Cardiology Clinical Lead
3. Cardiology Service Manager
4. Cardiology Directorate Manager
5. Cardiology Clinical IT Manager (or equivalent role responsible for IT systems within Cardiology)

Trust-Wide Leadership
6. Chief Medical Officer
7. Group Chief Digital Officer (or equivalent)
8. Group EPR Programme Director (or equivalent)
9. Head of Operations
10. Clinical Systems Manager
11. Chief Governance Officer
12. Chief Clinical Officer
13. Head of Clinical Systems
14. Director of Digital

If available, please also include their NHS email addresses or appropriate departmental contact details.

I would prefer to receive the information electronically, if possible. I understand that under the Act, you are required to respond to this request within 20 working days. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please specify the exemption and provide any non-exempt information that can be released.

Thank you for your assistance.

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AHP / HSS Agency Staffing

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Good afternoon

Please can you provide the below information:

From 1st July 2025 to 30th September please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing.

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing.

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum AHP/HSS staffing

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per internal or associated external provider

Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum AHP/HSS staffing for the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September

Please confirm the framework you utilise for AHP/HSS agency staff.

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Nursing Spend – 01 July 2025 to 30 September 2025

Good morning,

Please can you provide the below information:

In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period for all agency nursing only, no bank staff nursing to be included (1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025)

Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked above NHSE capped rates during this period for all agency nursing only, no bank staff nursing to be included (1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025)

Please confirm the framework you utilise for nursing agency staff.

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NHS 111 Spend

To whom it may concern,

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

1. Total Framework Agency Spend for the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

2. Total Off Framework Agency Spend for the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

3. Total hours filled by Framework Agencies for the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

4. Total hours filled by Off Framework Agencies for the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

5. A list of all Framework Agencies utilised by the Trust for the below specialties and total number of shifts for each framework agency:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

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:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

7. The highest Framework Agency Charge Rate within your Trust for each of the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

8. The highest Off Framework Agency Charge Rate within your Trust for each of the below specialties:
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

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 (01.03.2025 – 30.09.2025):
– NHS 111 Health Advisors
– NHS 111 Clinical Advisors
– Nurse Assessors

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Endoscopes / Endoscope Systems

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the terms of The Freedom of Information Act, answers to the following questions.

1. How many Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems does the Trust own?

2. Who is the Manufacturer/Supplier of the Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems that the Trust own?

3. Are any of the Trust owned Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems subject to lease/finance arrangements?

4. What is the age of each Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems that the Trust owns?

5. How many of the Trust Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems are under Manufacturer/Supplier Warranty?

6. Are the Trust owned Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems under external service provider service contract?

7. If under external service provider service contract, who is the external service contract provider?

8. Does the Trust maintain Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems using internal engineers from within the EBME/Clinical Engineering/Medical Physics Department?

9. Where external service provider(s) are used, please provide the type of service contract that is in place, i.e. PPM/ Fully- Comprehensive / Ad-hoc support and for what Endoscopes/Endoscopy Systems ?

10. Where an external service provider(s) is used, what was the value of the contract on award?

11. Where an external service provider(s) is used, please state the service contract period, i.e. start/end dates?

12. Where an external service provider(s) is used, Does your contract include the provision of loan Endoscopes to temporarily replace defective Endoscopes?

13. Please provide the name, email address and phone number of the role responsible for managing endoscopy equipment within the Trust.

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Mental Health Waiting Times

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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:
1. The current average waiting time for patients to access your mental health services.
2. The total number of patients currently on waiting lists for mental health services.
Please provide the most recent figures you hold (as of September 2025), ideally in spreadsheet format (Excel/CSV).

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Multi-Professional Approved Clinicians

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding employment and related details of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians within your trust. I believe this information is essential for public interest, transparency and to better understand the role of multi-professional approved and responsible clinicians within the healthcare system. Please provide the information in one of the following digital formats PDF, Excel, or Word documents.

Please could you provide the following information:
1. The total number of multi-professional approved clinicians (as approved under the mental health act) employed by the trust currently
a. A breakdown of this number by base profession (psychologist, nurse, occupational therapist or social worker)
b. The number of these working as responsible clinicians
c. A breakdown of which teams these staff are working in based on the following
i. inpatient vs outpatient setting
ii. Specialty (old age, general adult, child and adolescent, intellectual disability, forensic or other)
iii. For inpatient settings whether male ward, female ward or mixed ward
2. The total number of trainee multi-professional approved clinicians currently in training in the trust
3. The mean pro-rata salary of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians currently employed by the trust (as two values if these are different.)
4. Are multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians currently allowed to cover gaps in service left by doctor approved/responsible clinicians
5. Do multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians contribute to on call rotas
a. If yes are these on rotas shared with doctor approved/responsible clinicians
b. If yes is this in hours, out of hours, or both

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Patient Absconding from Secure Mental Health Wards

Good afternoon.

Please find below details of the FOI request.

Please provide the number of patients absconding from secure mental health wards for the years: – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 – 2025

This should include incidents in which patients vanish from units or fail to return from authorised periods of leave.

Best wishes,

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Use of Force Policy

As part of a scoping review, I have been working through NHS Use of Force policies, including yours, which you have kindly provided in response to a previous FOI request.

It is part of the requirements of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 to publish the Use of Force policy on every NHS trust website. Here is the relevant section:

“Ownership and transparency (Section 3)
The policy on use of force must be published on the organisation or trust’s website and in hard copy format, and any other way that the organisation or trust usually makes information available and accessible for patients and service users. The policy should be made available in different formats (such as easy read) as appropriate to the type of service being provided and in line with the duty to make reasonable adjustments. It is good practice to publish all available formats on the organisation or trust’s website.”

I am requesting that your Use of Force policy, alongside your patient and easy read Use of Force information, is published on your trust website, as per the statutory guidance.

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Senior Staffing Contact Details

Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Information Asset Ownership and Data Governance Roles Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information: Question/s to be Answered Under the FOIA I’d like to request the following information please for each organisation that operates under this FOI email (if the answers are different for each organisation/there are multiple organisations).

1. Name of organisation SIRO (Senior Information Risk Owner) or similar post (Chief Information Governance Officer etc), or responsible person for SIRO duties. There may be more than one SIRO.

2. Contact email of person or persons named in question 1.

3. Name of organisation DPO (Data Protection Officer) or responsible person for DPO duties.

4. Contact email of DPO.

5. Have you appointed, or do you plan on appointing or delegating the position of IAO to any employees?

6. Who is responsible for the leading IAO structure, I.E. the SIRO/’Lead’ IAO/Head of Governance/Head of Corporate Services etc?

7. Who is responsible for reviewing and implementing any training needs for the IAO’s?

8. In relation to questions 6 and 7, can we please be provided with the contact email address of the appropriate person?

9. Is IAO training delivered by an external third party or internally?

10.Are you or have you considered becoming ISO 27001 compliant or certified? If so when?

11.Following on from Q10, If so whom is/would be responsible for implementation or exploration of ISO 27001? (as in, the person/job title/email address)

12. Who is the person responsible for the physical security controls in your estate e.g. CCTV, Lighting, barriers, intrusion detection and fencing.

13. In relation to question 12 when was the effectiveness of these controls last reviewed?

14. In relation to question 12 can we please be provided with the name/job title and email address of this person?

15. Who would be the person responsible for the organisation of external training within your organisation. E.g. Head of learning and development / HR Manager.

16. Can you please provide the name/job title and email address for the person in question 15?

I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format (e.g. Word or Excel), if available. If you require any clarification to process this request, please let me know as soon as possible. I understand that under the Act, I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request. Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Patient Notes — Paper and Electronic

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

Question 1:
– Are PATIENT NOTES* in your trust: all paper, all electronic, or a mixture of both?
– If patient notes are primarily electronic:
– When did the trust transition from paper to electronic?
– What is the name of the electronic patient record platform used?
– If patient notes are primarily paper:
– Are there plans to transition from paper to electronic? If yes, when?
* ‘Patient notes’ here refers to written documentation of clinical encounters with patients, completed by a healthcare professional.

Question 2:
– Are DRUG CHARTS in your trust all paper, all electronic, or a mixture of both?
– If drug charts are primarily electronic:
– When did the trust transition from paper to electronic?
– What is the name of the electronic prescribing system used?
– If drug charts are primarily paper:
– Are there plans to transition from paper to electronic? If yes, when?

Question 3:
– Do the following departments in your trust use paper PATIENT NOTES (either partially or fully)? Please indicate Yes, No or Not sure / Not applicable.
– Inpatient wards
– Outpatients

Question 4:
– Do the following departments in your trust use paper DRUG CHARTS (either partially or fully)? Please indicate Yes, No or Not sure / Not applicable.
– Inpatient wards
– Outpatients

Question 5:
– Are fax machines still used in any part of your trust? (Yes / No)

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me on ssantospaulo@bmj.com

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