Op RESTORE, the Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service, provides care and treatment to those with a Service-attributable physical health condition or injury sustained as a result of service. Located in 13 major trauma centres (Plymouth, Oxford, London (three centres), Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Cambridge,... Read More
Op COURAGE, the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, provides a broad range of specialist mental health and wellbeing care and support for Service leavers, reservists, veterans and their families. Individuals can self-refer to their local service or ask a healthcare professional, charity, family member or friend... Read More
The Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) aims to encourage organisations across the UK to publicly demonstrate their commitment to support members of the Armed Forces Community. The awards recognise positive actions taken by organisations which help to ensure that members of the Armed Forces community are... Read More
There will be an Extraordinary ICB Board meeting held on 18th June 2025 from 2.00pm to 2.30m to approve the Annual Report, Health Inequalities Information Review & Annual Accounts. Papers will be accessed here. If you wish to submit a question to the Board contact either ryan.brunsdon@nhs.net or christina.gradowski@nhs.net. The... Read More
“Partnership working is essential in order to make further progress, acknowledging that many of the challenges facing urgent and emergency care services can only be overcome by working together and are a shared responsibility. We welcome publication of the national Urgent and Emergency Care Plan that supports the work... Read More
We wanted to provide a further update on organisational development affecting NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and how this impacts on Gloucestershire. As we shared in a background briefing on 12 May, we have provisionally chosen a preferred cluster partner – Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB. We... Read More
Creating the conditions for change Why is this important? What have we done? What are we doing next? Why is this important? To achieve our ambitions as outlined in our three pillars above, there are several things we need to have in place. We need to make the best use of new digital tools and our buildings to deliver... Read More
NHS Gloucestershire is working with Gloucestershire County Council and the county’s housing partners to introduce an Accessible Housing Register (AHR) to help people with disabilities find social housing which meets their needs. The Accessible Housing Register displays how accessible the available properties are, helping... Read More
Pillar 3 Improving health and care services today Why is this important? What have we done? What are we doing next? Why is this important? We recognise that, in addition to looking ahead, we need to respond immediately to the challenges facing the health and care system today. We will make the best use of the resources... Read More
Pillar 2 Transforming what we do Why is this important? What have we done? What are we doing next? Why is this important? Transforming what we do recognises that some of the improvements we need to make will take some time to deliver, but the benefits will be significant for local people. Our communities and localities... Read More