Who we are

Freedom of Information

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust publishes and responds to requests for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

Freedom of Information Requests

If the information you require is not accessible on our website or that of another organisation, please make a Freedom of Information Request or contact our Freedom of Information team – foi@ghc.nhs.uk 

Guidance for making a Freedom of Information request can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website.

To assist you in finding the information you need, we have provided the documents that form the ‘Model Publication Scheme’. These documents and pages are in accordance with requirements issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

You can search and view previous requests here.

Lists and Registers

Lists and Registers include any information we are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers.

List of main contractors / suppliers

Please visit the Gloucestershire Procurement Shared Service Website where this information is available.

Assets register

Information regarding assets will need to be made by submitting a Freedom of Information request.

Register of directors’ interests

View this register hereThe Trust also holds annual declaration registers for Trust Governors and those colleagues classed as ‘Decision Making Staff’. These registers are available on request.  Please contact Lavinia Rowsell, Head of Corporate Governance and Trust Secretary, on 0300 421 6569, or email TrustSecretary@ghc.nhs.uk for further details.

Register of gifts and hospitality provided to Board members and senior personnel

To view this register, please contact Lavinia Rowsell – Head of Corporate Governance and Trust Secretary on 0300 421 6569 or email TrustSecretary@ghc.nhs.uk for further details.

What we spend and how we spend it

Every year the Trust publishes its Annual Report.  Our financial reports are contained in this publication. View our latest Annual Report.

The following information can be found in the Annual Report:

  • Annual statement of accounts
  • Budgets and variance reports
  • Financial audit reports
  • Standing financial instructions

Capital programme

If you require details of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s capital programme, please submit a Freedom of Information request.

Staff and Board members’ allowances and expenses

If you require details of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s staff and board members allowances and expenses, please submit a Freedom of Information request.

Staff pay and grading structures

This information is available from NHS careers by clicking here.

Procurement and tendering processes

Our procurement and tendering services are provided by Gloucestershire NHS Procurement Shared Service.  This is a department, hosted by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, set up to provide procurement services to:

  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’

Details of contracts currently being tendered

Details of current contracts can be found on Ted (Tenders Electronic Daily), an online version of the ‘Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union’, dedicated to European public procurement.

List and value of contracts awarded and their value

Details of contracts awarded can be found on the Gloucestershire Procurement Shared Service website.

Expenditure greater than £25,000

You can download reports on Trust expenditure greater than £25,000 below

Complaints Process

Should you have any queries in relation to our response you have received, please do not hesitate to contact us at foi@ghc.nhs.uk.

If you are unhappy with the response you have received, in relation to your request, and wish to ask us to review our response, or make a complaint you should write to: –

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER
GL3 4AW

Tel: 0300 421 8321

E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

You can email your complaint to Louise or to the Information Governance inbox, at infogov@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, or outcome of a complaint 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.

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