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Health leaders across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are encouraging people to plan ahead with their medications before the Easter bank holiday, with many GP surgeries and pharmacies closed over the long weekend (7 to 10 April).
Riversway Nursing Home, in St. Georges Bristol, could be one of the first residential settings in the country to achieve a five-star NHS Standard of Healthcare Cleanliness rating.
A total of 145 people are set to start a career in health and care following this successful event.
Gonorrhoea cases have resurged in England, including a rise in cases in Bristol, since the easing of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in 2021.
New move is towards a community-based model.
More than 50 delegates recently attended the Local Maternity and Neonatal System’s (LMNS) safety and quality day. This collaborative event was aimed at identifying emerging safety themes and to develop strategies and objectives for the LMNS and its acute providers to work on for the forthcoming year.
In November 2020, at the outset of the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, we analysed Public Health intelligence and conducted research with our system’s Citizen’s Panel.
Health, care and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations from across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire came together on 24 February for the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Board meeting.
Bristol Bones and Joints (BBJ) HIT has developed an app to help people newly diagnosed with an inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) learn about their condition and manage the effects it has on their lives.
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) is welcoming job seekers and people looking to change their careers at the Health and Care Support Worker Event, with an opportunity to leave with a conditional job offer the same day.
Just one in five people aged 18-40 would visit their local pharmacy first for expert advice with a minor illness, new polling has found.
A new NHS campaign is urging people who are sent bowel cancer home testing kits to use and return them.