Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 153-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. How many staff members currently employed by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have declared a disability via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) or any other internal systems?
Our response:
458
You asked:
2. Of these, how many are:
– Issued a Purple Passport (or equivalent), or
– Have been granted reasonable adjustments?
– How many Purple passport holders have long covid if any?
Our response:
We do not record, track, or report on this information, therefore we do not hold the information to be able to provide responses to your question.
You asked:
3. Does the Trust operate a Purple Passport scheme (or similar system) to support disabled staff in accessing adjustments? If so, please provide a brief description of what adjustments have been granted and indicate numbers gaining this status.
Our response:
Yes.
We do not record, track, or report on reasonable adjustments therefore we do not hold the information to be able to provide a response to the remaining elements of the question.
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.