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A Tailored Approach to Managing High Blood Pressure Strikes at the Heart of Disadvantaged Communities

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...
 

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One Gloucestershire interim Integrated Care Strategy

We have now published our interim Integrated Care Strategy for the next five years, developed by the One Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Partnership, with input from the public (Developing ICS priorities engagement in early 2022) and through discussion with wider...
 

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Taking a Fresh Approach to Improving Health Outcomes for Vulnerable People in Cheltenham

When Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sarah Gallagher realised vulnerable and homeless people within her local area weren’t always able to access timely healthcare services, she developed a trailblazing project which centred on a new way of reaching out to people with...
 

One Gloucestershire Health and Care People’s Panel

We are currently recruiting a group of 1,000 local residents to join a People’s Panel. (more…)
 

Programme Director appointed to new Arts, Health, and Wellbeing centre

University of Gloucestershire’s School of Health and Social Care has appointed a Programme Director and Strategic Lead for its new Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Centre. (more…)
 

NHS Gloucestershire to take on responsibility for pharmacy, optometry and dental services

From 1 April 2023, NHS Gloucestershire has taken on responsibility for commissioning (planning and buying) community pharmacy, optometry (eye) and dental services. These services have previously been managed by NHS England South West. However, managing these services locally from April...
 

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Community Mental Health Transformation

The programme to transform community mental health services for adults in Gloucestershire is well underway, with some significant progress being made already. (more…)
 

Multi-million-pound investment in Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals

Over the last year, we have shared news of how patients are benefiting from a £100m cash injection to develop our vision for two centres of excellence at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (more…)
 

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New Community Diagnostic Centre set to improve access to diagnostic tests

A new diagnostic centre offering X-rays, MRI, CT, ultrasound, ECHO and DEXA scanning to patients across Gloucestershire is set to open in the centre of Gloucester later this year. (more…)
 

Progress being made in tackling planned care waiting times

As we’ve highlighted in previous editions of this bulletin, Gloucestershire health and care partners are working hard on the challenging task of bringing down waiting times for the people we serve. (more…)