Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 292-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Virtual wards
1 a. The total number of virtual ward beds you had open as of 15 January 2025
Our response:
2 wards – 116 beds
You asked:
1 b. The total number of VW beds, broken down by the different specialties served by those virtual wards
Our response:
Diseases of the circulatory system (ICD-10: I00-I99) – 16 beds
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (ICD-10: R00-R99) – 100 beds
You asked:
1 c. The beds occupancy rate as of 15 January 2025, broken down by specialty
Our response:
Diseases of the circulatory system (ICD-10: I00-I99) – 137%
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (ICD-10: R00-R99) – 135%
You asked:
2. Patient initiated follow-up
2 a. A list of the specialities for which you offer patient-initiated follow-up
Our response:
The Trust does not have any outpatient clinics and does not have a patient initiated follow-up service. However, a number of community services keep a referral open for a set period of time after treatment is completed in case the patient requests a follow-up. These community services are MSK Advanced Practitioner, MSK Physio and Podiatry
You asked:
2 b. The proportion of outpatient attendances discharged to PIFU pathways, as of 15 January 2025 (or the most recent data point – please specify the date if different from 15/1/25)
Our response:
16% of referrals are kept open after treatment is completed for the above community services
You asked:
2 c. The names of each technology supplier and the product used by the trust to run its PIFU pathways
Our Response:
Not applicable
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.