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Gloucestershire’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service receives national accolade

Gloucestershire’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Service, provided by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), has been successful in achieving the Royal College of Physicians Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Accreditation. This national accreditation provides independent and impartial recognition that the service...
 

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Working together to help people with disabilities find housing that meets their needs

NHS Gloucestershire is working with Gloucestershire County Council and the county’s housing partners to introduce an Accessible Housing Register (AHR) to help people with disabilities find social housing which meets their needs. The Accessible Housing Register displays how accessible the...
 

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Hundreds of families in Gloucestershire using innovative Lumi Nova app

Children across Gloucestershire, and their parents, carers and teachers, are feeling the benefits of an innovative digital approach to tackling anxiety. The Lumi Nova app, which combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques with an easy to follow challenge game, has been...
 

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Tailored Support Helps Combat Isolation for Carers in Stroud and Berkeley Vale

GP practice teams have been developing ways of proactively identifying carers in the Stroud and Berkeley Vale area in order to offer them tailored help and support. Following a pilot project, around 1,000 new carers were identified across GP practices...
 

Stakeholder briefing: ICB organisational development update

We are writing to provide an update on organisational development affecting NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and how this impacts on Gloucestershire. As you will be aware, over the last few months, both NHS England and the Department of Health...
 

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Events Aim to Encourage People to Start Up Conversations During Dementia Action Week 2025

The One Gloucestershire Dementia Team will be out and about in communities across the county during Dementia Action Week. The annual initiative takes place from May 19 to May 25 and aims to encourage people to seek help and support...
 

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Student Nurses Join Forces with GP Practice Teams to Deliver Health Support in the Forest of Dean

Student nurses from the University of Gloucestershire partnered with GP practice teams to reach out to the community with health support in the Forest of Dean. At Vantage Point in Mitcheldean, 51 people were given health checks by a team...
 

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Spring COVID vaccinations in Gloucestershire

The NHS is offering a Spring COVID vaccination to those at highest risk of severe illness from COVID. This will help protect them if COVID-19 rates are high over the summer months and reduce their chances of needing hospital treatment...
 

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Award win for collaborative eye care project

Award win for collaborative eye care project which is improving care and leading the way nationally Gloucestershire’s innovative eye health team have been recognised for their excellent partnership working and creative use of technology for a project which is supporting...
 

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Making Meaningful Connections – A Day in the Life of a Social Prescribing Link Worker

This Social Prescribing Day, Emma Crofts, a Social Prescribing Link Worker at Hucclecote Surgery shares what it’s like to carry out the role she’s been doing for four years and how it enables her to link people with vital help...