Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 035-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
For the last two financial years (2023/24, and 2024/25 to date):
You asked:
1. The total number of staff members currently given permission to work remotely from a location outside of England.
Our response:
7
You asked:
2. A breakdown of these staff members by their pay band and job title (if providing titles would not breach GDPR by identifying individuals).
Our response:
- 1 x Band 4
- 1 x Band 6
- 2 x Band 5
- 1 x Band 8b
- 1 x General Practitioner
- 1 x Non Executive Director
You asked:
3. The countries from which these staff members are authorized to work.
Our response:
Short Term / Temporary
- Australia
- Abu Dhabi
- Spain
- Bulgaria
- Mexico
- France
Longer Term / Temporary
- Portugal
You asked:
4. The duration of these arrangements, specifically distinguishing between temporary (short-term) and permanent remote working.
Our response:
1 – Longer term / temporary.
6 – Short term / temporary.
0 – Permanent.
You asked:
5. The Trust’s current policy or guidance regarding staff working from abroad or outside of England.
Our response:
We do not have a formal written Policy on working from abroad at this time. We do however have a process where staff can request to work from abroad, which is facilitated through a Microsoft form submitted to our Information Technology (IT) team. We also have a formalised technical guide for applying an approved request by our IT Team.
Please find below links to: a pdf copy of the form we utilise to facilitate a request to work from aboard by our staff and a link to a pdf copy of our IT technical guide to implement an approved request. Please note that we have applied exemption 24 (1) of the FOI Act, to part of this guide and have redacted part of the document for that purpose.
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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.