Students at a school in Wotton-under-Edge have formed a valuable partnership with a GP surgery team in the town linking up health and education to provide insights into young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Year 12 students at Katharine Lady...
A Cheltenham Primary Care Network (PCN) has scooped a top award for its joined up work to proactively care for a diverse range of patients across its population. Judges at the Pulse General Practice Awards were impressed by Central Cheltenham...
Practice Nurse Sarah Rogers, who is the Strategic Lead for General Practice Nurses (GPN) at NHS Gloucestershire explains why receiving her Queen's Nurse award was such a meaningful occasion. I've already written about my journey to becoming a Queen’s Nurse...
Dr Rob Estelrich, Clinical Lead for Diabetes, explains how the virtual clinic model is radically improving patient care by offering specialist support to GP practices looking after the most complex patients. New ways of working are helping doctors and practice...
Sarah Rogers, Strategic Lead for General Practice Nurses (GPN) discusses her journey to becoming a Queen's Nurse September 26, 2023, dawned like any other morning in September but it was about to become extraordinary for me. I had set up...
Cathy Stannard, Consultant in Complex Pain at NHS Gloucestershire discusses how using physical activity to support people living with pain instead of traditional medication is having encouraging results. Pain and its Impact on the Body and Mind People can experience...
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rapid increase in the number of patients being discharged from Intensive Care and the need to provide ongoing treatment and support soon became a priority. In Gloucestershire, a Post Intensive Care, Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and...
Richard Lee, Lead Pharmacist with Gloucester’s Inner City Primary Care Network (PCN) explains why he is hopeful a project that targets people with high blood pressure to reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke could be used as a...
Delivering the right care in the right place is crucial for the long term recovery of stroke patients. Kate Hellier, Consultant Stroke Physician with the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS), explains how the county is leading the way in...
People living in Gloucestershire can now access a wide range of health and wellbeing support via social prescribing, explains Ellen Rule, Director of Transformation and Service Redesign at NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group. Stress and loneliness are just two of...