Gloucestershire achieves leading COVID and flu vaccination rates this winter
Gloucestershire has delivered one of its strongest seasonal vaccination programmes to date. Uptake for both COVID and flu rose compared with last year and performance remains among the best in England. By the end of January, more than 74,000 COVID...
Joined up planning supports Gloucestershire through winter pressures
This winter, Gloucestershire’s health and care system took an early, planned and coordinated approach to managing seasonal pressures. Partners across the Integrated Care System began planning well ahead of winter, working together to prepare for increased demand, strengthen resilience and...
Changes affecting NHS Integrated Care Boards
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board and NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board are now working together as a formal cluster, in line with national changes to the NHS infrastructure. As organisational arrangements evolve, the focus of...
Connector role brings community together in an inner-city Gloucester neighbourhood
Partnership work at community level is kickstarting an inner-city neighbourhood in Gloucester where people experience challenges. Work is underway in Coney Hill to build a healthier and happier neighbourhood via a new community connector role supported by the multi-agency *Gloucester...
BMA Resident Doctors’ Industrial action – Tuesday 7 April (7am) to Monday 13 April (7am)
Cheltenham’s Emergency Department will temporarily switch to a day time only Minor Injury and Illness Unit (MIIU) and will be closed overnight from Monday 6 April, 8pm Daytime (8am - 8pm): The department will operate as an MIIU from Tuesday...
Hub gives Podsmead residents the opportunity to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives
New life is being breathed into an inner-city community in Gloucester thanks to a multi-purpose community and sports facility. Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub, which serves the surrounding area of Podsmead, is allowing residents to take part in different activities,...
Mobile screening brings cutting edge lung checks to Forest of Dean
Lung checks designed to catch cancer in the early stages took place in the Forest of Dean recently. The lung screening project visited Coleford, where the InHealth scanning van was parked up at the Forest Hills Golf Club car park....
Joint statement from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) about maternity care
The NHS in Gloucestershire is totally committed to providing high-quality, safe and compassionate maternity care that delivers the best possible outcomes for women, birthing people and babies. This will always be our guiding principle in the decisions we make. Extensive work...