Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-04032026-385336
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1) Surgical specialties in scope – Please report data separately for each of the following specialties (use the exact labels below):
1. Cardiothoracic Surgery
2. General Surgery (including: breast, colorectal, endocrine, upper GI, lower GI, and transplant—kidney, liver, pancreas)
3. Neurosurgery
4. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
5. ENT / Otolaryngology
6. Paediatric Surgery
7. Plastic Surgery
8. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
9. Urology
10. Vascular Surgery
If a specialty is not provided at your Trust/hospital site(s), please record 0 for that specialty and note “not provided”.
2) Workforce (headcount) – For each specialty listed above, please provide:
• Number of Consultant surgeons (substantive/headcount)
• Number of SAS surgeons (headcount) (i.e., Specialty Doctor and Specialist grades)
Please provide headcount (not WTE). If you can only provide WTE, please state that clearly.
3) Population served – Please provide the total population served by your Trust/hospital (the figure you use for planning/catchment), and specify the source/definition used (e.g., “ICS population”, “catchment population”, etc.).
4) Surgical admissions activity -Please provide the total number of admissions (elective + emergency combined) to all surgical specialties in scope (i.e., the combined total across the 10 specialties listed above) for the same 12-month period.
Our response:
The Trust does not provide the services mentioned in your request. 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.