Health and care services prepare for a challenging winter
Health and care leaders in Gloucestershire are predicting a very challenging winter, but say their services are working more closely than ever before to plan ahead and make best use of all available resources. The public are also being urged...
Warm home scheme supports vulnerable people to pay their energy bills
Some of the most vulnerable people at risk from fuel poverty in Gloucestershire will be supported to pay their energy bills this winter thanks to an innovative Warm Home Prescription scheme. Up to 150 people across the county with cold-sensitive...
Working in partnership to tackle health inequalities for homeless people in Gloucestershire
Taking a holistic approach to treating homeless people attending emergency departments is helping to break the cycle of homelessness Between 400 to 600 homeless people attend Emergency Departments (ED) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) every year. Kim Forey,...
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...