Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 002-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Did the hospital trust use high dose PPI medication, e.g. omeprazole, to treat Eosinophilic Oesophagitis (EoE) in children before June 2018?
Our response:
The Trust does not treat children with this condition.
You asked:
2. When did the use of high dose PPI become routine treatment for EoE?
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
3. Please can you state if the Trust typically informs individual clinics regarding FOI requests made by the public. If this is not routine, please indicate circumstances when a clinician would be informed regarding a FOI request.
Our response:
The Trust does not normally inform individual clinics regarding FOI requests made by the public. The Trust may inform a clinician regarding a FOI request made by the media.
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.