Macmillan Next Steps – specialist clinical cancer support

A new team of NHS clinical cancer specialists, the Macmillan Next Steps Team, is now supporting people with breast, colorectal and prostate cancer in Gloucester City and the North Cotswolds. The clinicians have a range of skills including physiotherapy, dietetics,...
 

One Place, One Budget, One System – the ‘place-based’ model

We are piloting a new ‘place-based model’ in parts of Gloucestershire. Essentially, these are local communities, with GP practice populations at their core. They involve health, social care and voluntary and community sector organisations working together to provide services for...
 

Specialist Weight Management Service wins national award

The Specialist Weight Management Team has won an Advancing Healthcare Award for achieving excellent results for their patients. The team, managed by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, won their category for combining the skills of clinical psychologists and dietitians. The...
 

New Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) service up and running

Since February 2016, a new Refractory IBS Service has been supporting patients who don’t respond to the usual treatments for IBS, making their condition difficult to manage. The service, provided by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, helps reduce the number...
 

Gloucestershire GP recruitment campaign

As a county, one of our key priorities is around workforce planning and recruitment initiatives, including marketing Gloucestershire as a great place to live and work. Watch the campaign video here. National issues around GP recruitment and retention difficulties are...
 

CCG sets out priorities for investment in GP premises

The CCG has confirmed its intent to support investment in the future of GP premises across the county and has outlined plans for the next five years in its Primary Care Infrastructure Plan. The plan takes into account population and...
 

2015/16 Annual Report published

The CCG has published its 2015/16 Annual Report. The report highlights the great work that is going on across the county and within our local communities to improve health and care, despite the challenges facing the NHS. Read the Annual...
 

The Gloucestershire Sustainability and Transformation Plan

Partners across health and social care have been developing the local five year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Gloucestershire, which is currently in draft outline form. It describes our overall approach to achieving an improved and more sustainable health...
 

Welcome to the third edition of our bi-monthly community partner e-bulletin

We understand that our community partners lead busy lives, receiving information from a range of sources every single day and that’s why we have produced the ’60 second bulletin’. The aim is provide you with a brief summary of local...
 

Digital technology set to improve care for diabetes patients

Patients in Gloucestershire will be among the first to benefit from a new initiative to modernise how the NHS delivers care. The CCG is part of an innovative project which will allow people with diabetes to try out self-management technologies,...