Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-28062026-917138
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
For the financial year 2024/25 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025).
The total number of patients who presented to your emergency department(s) with paracetamol overdose or suspected paracetamol toxicity.
Of those presentations, how many involved patients aged 17 years or under.
If possible, please break this down by the following age groups:
– 0-11 years
– 12-15 years
– 16-17 years
Of all presentations, where this information is recorded, how many were classified as:
(a) accidental overdose or therapeutic excess – defined as an unintentional overdose taken for therapeutic purposes;
(b) intentional self-poisoning;
(c) unknown or unclassified.
Of all presentations, how many involved a combination product containing paracetamol – such as a cold and flu remedy, co-codamol or similar – rather than paracetamol alone?
Our response:
The Trust does not provide the service mentioned in your request (Emergency Department). Please re-direct your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.