The NHS and County Council in Gloucestershire are improving the way health and social care professionals share important patient information by giving them access to secure, online, carefully controlled details from across the care community. Currently, patients and service users...
The CCG, together with Gloucestershire County Council, is stepping up the fight to help people in the county lose weight and stay healthy. In Gloucestershire, nearly 23.5% of adults are obese – that’s nearly 115,000 people. Obesity can have a...
Working together, Gloucestershire County Council and the CCG are continuing to transform services for people of all ages who have a learning disability, autism, challenging behaviour or a mental health condition. They have transformed Coombe End in Gloucester, which used...
A new organisation, Primary Eyecare Gloucestershire (PEG), has been awarded the contract to provide community eye health services for the county. PEG was formed by Gloucestershire Local Optical Committee. It manages a network of established and experienced optometrists which includes...
The NHS in Gloucestershire launched its ASAP campaign in April 2015 and it has already resulted in 5,000 App downloads and 12,000 website visits. The initiative targets adults and parents of young children with advice on what to do if...
The CCG has recently commissioned a new community service for patients with common urological conditions such as kidney, bladder or urinary tract problems. It is provided by GP Care at the Aspen Centre in Gloucester. The service means that patients...
Cheltenham GPs are currently exploring new ways to provide additional support for carers. The locality’s 17 practices have been going through their patient lists to identify carers and are reviewing any of these patients who have not recently had a...
GPs in Stroud and Berkeley Vale are improving arrangements for identifying colorectal cancer. They are actively contacting patients who have not turned up for tests and, where appropriate, are encouraging patients to be screened. They explain the benefits of screening...
GPs in Tewkesbury have set up new ways of working to improve links with other healthcare professionals who play an important role in caring for ill children. GPs now meet each month with paediatricians, occupational therapists, community nurses, school nurses...
North Cotswolds Community Hospital will be hosting a Health and Wellbeing Fair to give residents the opportunity to find out about many of the local services and organisations on their doorstep and learn useful tips about keeping healthy. The event...
