Future of Cirencester Hospital and development of local health services
We would like to provide reassurance following speculation on the future of the Hospital, but also highlight our commitment to meeting the needs of local people and providing the healthcare that people need day to day close to home. There...
Improving outpatient care in Gloucestershire
The NHS in Gloucestershire is making excellent progress in improving outpatient services. The aim is to give patients faster, more reliable, and more joined up care. This work is helping to reduce waiting times and increase the number of people...
Update on NHS Changes – appointment of joint Non-Executive Directors
Work continues to bring NHS Gloucestershire and NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICBs together in line with national reforms and to deliver for local people and communities. The cluster arrangement between the two ICBs is being developed to...
Improving early support for frailty and dementia in Gloucestershire
NHS Gloucestershire ICB is introducing two new ways of giving earlier support to people with frailty and dementia across all 16 Primary Care Networks. Both follow national guidance that calls for more help in the community, sooner. They aim to...
Nurse Hazel hangs up her cap and apron after nearly five decades
Practice Nurse Hazel Newman of Aspen Medical Practice is retiring after 48 years of nursing. Hazel trained at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) during the era of celebrated head nurse Fannie Storr who became the first Director of Nursing Education in...
New £5m GP surgery in Hucclecote gets go ahead
Plans for a new and improved building for Hucclecote Surgery have been approved. The new premises will replace the existing surgery in Brookfield Road and will be built on land occupied by the former Jordans Brook House, which has been...
Trailblazing Dementia Film Series Now Live
A new suite of 10 dementia education training films has gone live. The full series of training films has been developed by NHS Gloucestershire ICB with the ethical guidance and approval of the University of Gloucestershire, aiming to upskill the...
GP practices take steps to help the planet by giving asthma patients the chance to swap inhalers
A green initiative involving Gloucestershire GP practices is encouraging people with asthma to swap inhalers to help the environment. 30 GP practices in the county have now signed up for the initiative led by the National Service for Health Improvement...