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Alison’s Nursing Story
Alison Curson, Head of Nursing and Quality, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on her nursing career It was never my intention to become a nurse. Aged 18, I wanted to be a social worker, and I was recommended to come back when I was 21. I...
Recruitment Open Day in Stroud
Stroud General Hospital Monday 27 January, 2pm - 7pm A recruitment open day is taking place in Stroud on Monday 27 January, from 2 to 7pm. The event, which is taking place at Stroud General Hospital, is an opportunity to find out about roles available at both Stroud...
Help Develop our Future Priorities
As a recently formed Trust, we are working to develop the priorities and overall ambition that will guide us through our first five years. We want to do this in partnership with our colleagues, the people who use our services now and in the future, our partners and...
Worcestershire NHS Trust to run Herefordshire mental health and learning disability services
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust will take over responsibility for the delivery of Herefordshire’s mental health and learning disability services from April 2020. The decision follows a strengthening of relationships and links across Herefordshire and...
Student Nurse Recruitment Event
If you're a student nurse who will qualify this year, come along to our open day on Saturday 18 January, and find out more about mental health nursing and learning disability nursing roles within Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust...
MBE for Jane Melton
A senior allied health professional from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the MBE. Professor Jane Melton is Director of Therapies with the Trust, as well as Professional Lead for Allied Health Professionals with the One...
New catch up clinics announced for school-aged flu vaccine
New catch up clinic dates have been announced for school-aged children who missed their school session date for the flu vaccine. Please contact us to book an appointment slot at one of our community catch up clinics, listed below. Our booking telephone line is 0300...
Ed’s biography documents first leg of his mental health journey
Expert by Experience, Ed Boait, has turned published author with the release of his first book – an autobiography documenting the first four years of his journey through mental illness. Schizophrenics Dream in Colour: Volume One is 37-year-old Ed’s personal account of...
National award win for innovative work around patient data
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s innovative work to understand the impact and value of healthcare costing on patient care has won them a prestigious national award. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) was awarded the...
Norovirus and Flu Information for Visitors
We have confirmed cases of patients with flu at Cirencester Hospital, and norovirus at the Dilke, in the Forest of Dean. If you have relatives in those hospitals, you may be asked not to visit to reduce the spread of infection. If you are planning to visit patients at...
Trust Signs Armed Forces Corporate Covenant
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) has affirmed its support to the armed forces community by signing the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. The Covenant is a promise by the nation, ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the armed...
16 Days of Action: Putting an end to domestic and sexual violence and abuse
Monday 25 November marks the start of 16 Days of Action - an international campaign to end domestic and sexual violence and abuse. Domestic and sexual violence and abuse can affect anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The theme for...
Severn and Wye Recovery College Graduation 2019
Famed as being the seat of learning for Harry Potter and his fellow Hogwarts alumni, Gloucester Cathedral witnessed the graduation of a new set of students last Friday (15 November). There to receive their certificates were the 2019 Severn and Wye Recovery College...
Play your part this winter to stop the spread of Norovirus in the South West – just Think NORO
We can all play a role in stopping the spread of this unpleasant infectious bug Alcohol hand gels DON’T kill the virus – handwashing is the best way to protect yourself against norovirus Laboratory reports of norovirus in the South West for week 44 were higher than...
Melanie Triumphs at Apprenticeship Awards
Senior Community Health Care Support Worker Melanie Woodman has been crowned Healthcare Apprentice of the Year. Melanie was presented with her award at the recent Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards. She completed her apprenticeship ahead of schedule despite working...
New Reflective Space at Wotton Lawn
Patients and visitors to Wotton Lawn Hospital have a new quiet space for meditation, reflection or prayer to help their recovery during their stay. Bishop of Tewkesbury Robert Springett and Imam Hassan of Gloucester’s Masjid-e-Noor Mosque were guests at the official...
Health and Wellbeing Hub launched at GL1 leisure centre
Dozens of guests descended on GL1 leisure centre in Gloucester last Wednesday (16 October) to celebrate the official launch of the Aspire Community Health and Wellbeing Hub. The first of its kind in Gloucestershire, the Hub is the result of a three-year collaboration...
Site announced for new Community Hospital in the Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce that a site for our new community hospital in the Forest of Dean has been identified, following a year of joint work with Cinderford Town Council. The Trust plans to acquire and build on the...
Secretary of State Learns More About Mental Health Trailblazer Project
Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, visited pupils at Chosen Hill School on 10 October to talk about mental health support for pupils and the mental health trailblazer pilot project. In December last year, NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning...
Herefordshire Mental Health Strategy – Have your say
Worcestershire CCGs, on behalf of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sustainability Transformation Partnership (STP) are interested to hear your opinions on mental health, so they can ensure local strategy better meets the needs of Herefordshire and Worcestershire...
South West Schools and children affected by flu last year urge parents to take up offer of free flu vaccinations at school
ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN NOW ELIGIBLE Public Health England is urging parents and guardians to take up the offer of a free childhood flu vaccination in school this year. The Flu vaccine is offered in the school setting from Reception to Year 6 and is given as a...
World Mental Health Day 2019
World Mental Health Day takes place on Thursday 10 October and this year has a theme of suicide prevention. Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership (GSPP) and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are working together to raise awareness of...
Trust Expert by Experience shares his story for World Mental Health Day
Ed Boait, an expert by experience with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, has had a short story included in an e-book published to coincide with World Mental Health Day. Ed has been working with the Trust as an expert by lived experience for several...
Citizens’ Jury recruitment gets underway
The search is underway for members of the public to sit on an independent Citizens’ Jury which will identify advantages and disadvantages of ‘potential solutions’ for delivering specialist hospital services in Gloucestershire in the future. Citizens Juries CIC* are...
Hundreds of pupils to learn life-saving skills on Restart a Heart Day
More than 500 school children in Gloucester will learn life-saving resuscitation techniques in October as part of ‘Restart a Heart’ day. Clinical trainers will be at Barnwood Park, Sir Thomas Rich’s and Ribston Hall schools on Wednesday 16 October to give classes of...
Significant New Mental Health Funding Announced For Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire are one of only 12 areas across the country that will benefit from significant additional funding for community mental health as part of the implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan. Announced nationally on Sunday 29 September, the...
Trusts to Merge on 1 October
The two NHS trusts providing community mental health, physical health and learning disability services in Gloucestershire are set to merge. Plans to join both Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust and 2gether NHS Foundation Trust were first announced in September...
Rugby stigma around mental ill health
A Gloucestershire rugby club is tackling stigma around mental ill health. Dursley Rugby Football Club has joined forces with the Gloucestershire Tackling Stigma partnership, a multi-agency group which works to reduce the stigma around mental illness. The Tackling...
Volunteer transforms garden at Oak House
A volunteer gardener has transformed the garden at Oak House, our 10 bed residential rehabilitation unit, in Hereford. Joe worked alongside staff and service users over a 6 month period, to turn the completely bare garden into an oasis of peace and calm. Joe has...
Working together to prevent suicide – World Suicide Prevention Day 2019
Every year there are 4,500 suicides in England, and around 13 people end their life every day. Men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women, and it is the leading cause of death in men under 50. It also affects many young people. Gloucestershire’s...
