Saturday 3 April – 10am to 4pm GP surgery teams are piloting an additional vaccination walk in service on Saturday 3 April (10am to 4pm) in two areas of the county – Gloucester and Cheltenham – for those people aged 50 and over who have yet to take up the offer of their 1st dose. The bulk of vaccinations have, and... Read More
The NHS in Gloucestershire is this week urging people aged 50 years and over to take up their appointment offer of a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine without delay. Local GP services have been contacting patients by text or letter with reminders going out in recent days. The call also applies to residents in the other top... Read More
Habibur Rahman, Imam of Masjid Umar, Gloucester, kindly recorded this important message for us about the importance of taking up the offer of a COVID-19 vaccine. He also filmed a message for us in Bengali. If you know anyone who would benefit from seeing this message, please do share. Read More
Vaccination teams across Gloucestershire have been widely praised after yet another major COVID-19 vaccination milestone was surpassed today in the county. Over 300,000 doses have now been given with vaccination teams making rapid progress this week. Gloucestershire has been at the vanguard of the vaccination programme... Read More
The CCG marked International Social Prescribing Day on Thursday 18 March by launching this new film on the Community Wellbeing Service. Anyone over 16 can access the Community Wellbeing Service in Gloucestershire for free. Find out more about the service here. You can also find out more about the impact arts on prescription... Read More
NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group’s Governing Body has approved a number of resolutions relating to the medium and long term future of some specialist hospital services across the Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal hospital sites. At their meeting on Thursday 18 March, members gave conscientious... Read More
GP leaders in the county are reassuring people aged 55 and over that they are expecting significant additional quantities of vaccine to arrive in Gloucestershire shortly and that residents will not need to travel outside of the county for their COVID-19 vaccination if they do not wish to. Local GP services will be in touch... Read More
With hospital services caring for people who are very unwell with COVID-19, healthcare professionals have learned a great deal about this illness very rapidly and now have a good awareness of who is at risk of becoming severely unwell and could benefit from early treatments. Gloucestershire is supporting many patients at... Read More
Gloucestershire Hospitals have confirmed their intention to reinstate Cheltenham A&E to pre-COVID-19 arrangements (24/7 A&E – nurse led 8pm to 8am) no later than 1 July in response to the continued reduction in community transmission and falling hospital admissions. The NHS presented their plans for a three month... Read More
Vaccination teams across Gloucestershire have been widely praised after another major COVID-19 vaccination milestone was reached in the county. Well over 200,000 people have received their first dose so far and this includes the vast majority of people in the 65-69 years priority group. Local vaccination services are also... Read More