One Gloucestershire Homelessness Specialist Nurse project wins at HSJ Awards
A project that funded a Homelessness Specialist Nurse in the Emergency Departments (EDs) at Gloucestershire Hospitals has been recognised at the prestigious HSJ Patient Safety Awards. The award recognises the huge success of the project and the impact it has...Update on progress being made in tackling planned care waiting times
Here we update on the latest planned care recovery news as we continue the challenging task of bringing down waiting times for the people we serve. As we’ve highlighted in previous editions of this bulletin, earlier this year, we received...Developing our Integrated Care Strategy – joined up health and care for Gloucestershire
In the coming months, Integrated Care Systems will be required to produce a joint five-year plan, known as an Integrated Care Strategy. An interim version of the strategy will be published in December. Integrated Care is not only about health...One Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership Committee members appointed
We are delighted to confirm the full list of appointments to the Committee of One Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership. The Partnership is a statutory Committee established by the NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) and Gloucestershire County Council...
Gloucestershire leads the way in joined-up approach to eye health
Community Optometrists in Gloucestershire can now access patients’ medical eye health information and images via one centralised database, thanks to a new system launched by the NHS in Gloucestershire. The system, OphthalSuite Community Ophthalmic Link, developed by BlueWorks OIMS, is...
Hundreds of People Secure Caring Jobs at a Major Recruitment Event
More than 300 people attended a ‘one stop shop’ recruitment event at Cheltenham Racecourse with a large number fast-tracked into job opportunities within health and social care in Gloucestershire. A total of 314 people were welcomed through the doors, 298...
Caring Jobs in Gloucestershire On Offer At A Major Recruitment Event
A major recruitment event will give people interested in a caring role in Gloucestershire the chance to embark on a new career. Prospective candidates will be fast-tracked into job opportunities within health and social care in Gloucestershire at a ‘one...
Stepping up support for armed forces’ health and wellbeing
Gloucestershire’s social prescribing service is expanding its remit to offer specific health and wellbeing support to armed forces personnel, veterans and their families and carers. The initiative sees the appointment of a social prescribing link worker for the armed forces...