A personal health budget is an amount of money to support someone’s health and wellbeing needs, which is planned and agreed between the individual or their representative, and the local Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire). The following people in Gloucestershire may be offered a personal health budget, in line... Read More
We want children and young people to have the best possible start in life. We are working together to reduce inequalities (reducing the differences in health, care and life chances based on where people live or social circumstances) and looking at how we can improve outcomes for our most vulnerable children, including those... Read More
Frailty describes how our bodies gradually lose their in-built reserves, leaving us vulnerable to dramatic, sudden changes that may be triggered by seemingly small events such as a minor infection or a change in medication or environment. Frailty can also be influenced by a person’s wider determinants of health such... Read More
We want to make sure that every woman and her family has access to safe, high-quality maternity care, giving babies the best possible start in life. Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (or LMNSs) were created in 2016 following the recommendations made in the Better Births report. Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal... Read More
We believe that mental health should be seen as important as physical health. This means ensuring early access to support and services from childhood through to the end of life, with a focus on prevention and promoting good mental health and wellbeing for everyone. On this page… Adult mental health services Help... Read More
Patient choice is at the heart of the NHS. The NHS is offering more and more options to enable you to make choices that best suit your circumstances and giving you greater control of your care. If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have the legal right to choose the hospital... Read More
Community Minor Injury and Illness Units across the county treat adults and children with a variety of injuries and illnesses. It is likely that you won’t need to wait long to be seen and no appointment is needed. You can get treatment for things like: Sprains Cuts and wounds Skin problems, such as rashes, bites, stings... Read More
Getting help from a dentist Dental surgeries are open for urgent and routine treatments. If you have an NHS dentist, you should contact the surgery by phone or in person. If you don’t have a dentist, you can search for one here. Unfortunately, most of the 62 practices in Gloucestershire are not taking on any new NHS... Read More
On this page… Prevention Self-Management Treating malnutrition using a Food First approach Useful Links Prevention We believe that prevention is better than cure. Prevention is about helping people to stay healthy, happy and independent for as long as possible. Decisions we take every day can help us improve... Read More
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) publishes and responds to requests for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If you can’t find what you need on our website, you can contact us in writing to make a request for information and, subject to the exemptions... Read More