Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust was a
community health trust
As part of the English NHS programme of separating the provision of services from commissioning known as Transforming Community Services a number of community health trusts were established when these services were separated from primary care tru ...
established in 2012 under the
Transforming Community Services
Transforming Community Services was a programme in the English NHS which operated from 2008 at a national level and continued during the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Although the rhetoric of the programme was about impro ...
programme to run community services in Gloucestershire after proposals to set up a community interest company, Gloucester Care Services, were abandoned. The trust was superseded by
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Glouce ...
in 2019.
The organisation provided a range of in-patient and out-patient services to a population of about 600,000, including nursing, physiotherapy, re-ablement and adult social care services. It adopted
Medworxx Patient Flow Solution to optimise patient flow and discharge.
Katie Norton, who was working for
Deloitte
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but had been chief executive at
Neath Port Talbot Health Board and North Somerset
Primary Care Trust, was appointed Chief Executive in 2016.
Contraceptive services were provided at St Paul's Wing of
Cheltenham General Hospital
Cheltenham General Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides general hospital services including Accident and Emergency.
History
The Cheltenh ...
, while genito-urinary medicine was delivered at Benhall Clinic. In 2015, the trust set up an integrated service in a new purpose-built clinic.
Anne Frances MacCallum, the trust's head of specialist services, was awarded the
British Empire Medal for services to nursing in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015.
In September 2017 the trust announced plans to merge with
2gether NHS Foundation Trust, which also covers
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
. The merger was completed in October 2019 to form Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
See also
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Healthcare in Gloucestershire
Healthcare in Gloucestershire was the responsibility of two clinical commissioning groups, covering Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, until July 2022. The health economy of Gloucestershire has always been linked with that of Bristol.
S ...
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List of NHS trusts
This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust. , 217 extant trusts ...
References
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External links
Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
Defunct NHS trusts