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Health and care leaders will hear what local people and communities expect from services over the coming years at a public meeting of the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System (BSW ICS) Partnership Board on Friday 25th February. The feedback has been gathered as part of the Shaping a Healthier…

People living across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being invited to join leaders of local health and care organisations in shaping a healthier future for the region at two upcoming virtual events. Taking place at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8 December and at 1.30pm the following day, the two online sessions will…

Members of the public are invited to attend the next meeting of the BSW Partnership Board on Friday 19 November from 9am to 12pm. The meeting will see officials from health and care organisations across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire meet virtually to discuss a number of issues. Items being discussed at…

People across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire can stay on top of niggling winter illnesses by practicing effective self-care at home according to the region’s leading healthcare experts. Seasonal minor illnesses, such as colds, sore throats and upset stomachs, tend to circulate more frequently during the winter as colder outside temperatures lead…

The BSW Partnership Board will hold its meeting in public on 19 November 2021. Members of the public are welcome to attend as observers to find out more about the BSW Partnership, our progress, and our plans for the future. The meeting will be from 9am to 12pm and will be held virtually via Zoom.…

Sue Harriman, CEO of Solent NHS Community and Mental Health Trust in Hampshire, has been appointed designate Chief Executive of the NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board which is due to be established in April 2022. The BSW Integrated Care Board will be the new statutory NHS organisation…

Health and care organisations from across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are working together to shape a healthier future for the region, and local people have been asked to get involved.  For some time, health and care leaders have been working collaboratively on plans for how local services, such as hospitals, care…

Leading GPs from across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have issued an open letter to local people detailing the pressure currently affecting primary care services. The letter, which has been signed by the CCG’s three locality clinical leads, Dr Bryn Bird, Dr Amanda Webb and Dr Edd Rendell, offers an insight into…

Health officials are asking people across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire who are currently eligible for a Covid-19 booster vaccination to wait to be contacted by the NHS. It was announced by the government earlier this month that people most at risk of falling seriously ill from coronavirus, including all those aged…

Health and care staff across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have been praised as large numbers of them come forward to have the Covid-19 vaccination. The percentage of NHS workers across the region, which includes staff from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, the Royal United Hospital in Bath and Salisbury District…