Posts by Medico

The NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire is working with its partners from across the region to support frontline health and care staff in caring for patients following an incredibly busy and pressurised start to the new year. A sustained increase in seriously ill coronavirus patients, set against a backdrop of…

Twelve months on from the very first local case of Covid-19, health and care leaders in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have paid a heartfelt tribute to staff who went the extra mile during the pandemic. Last March saw thousands of NHS workers across the region, along with their colleagues from local…

All people living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire who fall into one of the top four priority groups for the coronavirus vaccine have now been offered a first dose. As of Monday 15 February, more than 220,000 people – mostly those who are over 70 or clinically extremely vulnerable – have…

NHS staff working across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire to deliver the lifesaving coronavirus vaccine have been given a helping hand on the frontline by local fire crews, volunteers and military personnel. Uniformed and volunteer colleagues have been lending support to the vaccine teams based at the new large vaccination centres in…

Health and care organisations in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) are set to work in an even more joined up way after NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) said they had met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care…