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Freedom of Information request Policies about Mental Health and Learning Disability

Response published: 14 March 2025

FOI Request

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I understand from the CQC’s registration directory, and your website, that you operate one or more ‘mental health units’, defined by the Mental Health (Use of Force) Act 2018, and that one or more of these units is either providing mental health inpatient services for people with learning disabilities, or sometimes accommodates people with learning disabilities as part of a wider adult mental health services Request 1. Following a previous FOI for 'restraint policies', please provide any adaptations of restraint-related policies, or procedures, for people with learning disabilities, e.g. easy read guidance. We are particularly interested in sourcing good practice in how people with learning disabilities are supported when they come into NHS mental health units. Request 2. Please could you list the ‘mental health units’ as defined above, which provide treatment to people with learning disabilities, either exclusively, or as part of wider adult services.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 329-2025

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

1. Following a previous FOI for ‘restraint policies’, please provide any adaptations of restraint-related policies, or procedures, for people with learning disabilities, e.g. easy read guidance. We are particularly interested in sourcing good practice in how people with learning disabilities are supported when they come into NHS mental health units.

Our response:

The Trust does not hold the information requested.

You asked:

2. Please could you list the ‘mental health units’ as defined above, which provide treatment to people with learning disabilities, either exclusively, or as part of wider adult services.

Our response:

Berkley House, Charlton Lane Hospital, Wotton Lawn Hospital and Recovery Units.

Recovery units are at various sites around the county, Leckhampton Lodge, Weavers Croft, Colliers Court, Pullman Place, Cirencester Memorial Centre and Avon House, further information can be found on our website – www.ghc.nhs.uk/our-teams-and-services/recovery-glos/

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.