Welcome to #BSWTogether
Welcome to the latest edition of #BSWTogether, a newsletter for everyone working in partner organisations in the BSW Integrated Care System (BSW Together). As always, there’s plenty of exciting news and developments taking place across the BSW Together Integrated Care System, so why not take five minutes to read more about them and how they…
New mandatory Learning Disabilities and Autism training to be rolled out across BSW
In July 2022, the Health and Care Act introduced a requirement for health and social care employees to receive training on learning disabilities and autism at a level appropriate to their roles. As a result, a new ambitious and wide-reaching training initiative, called The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, is being rolled out across England…
Initiative supports career development for Allied Health professional Support Workers
The BSW Academy is helping Allied Health Professional Support Workers (AHPSWs) in the area to boost their careers through supporting a development framework recently introduced by Health Education England. AHPSWs work with and alongside allied health professions (AHPs) and provide high quality, life changing care across a range of acute and community services. Health and…
New Inclusive Training offer from BSW Academy
Want to know how to create an inclusive workplace? Then these bitesize sessions are for you. The training is part of the BSW Academy and in partnership with Wiltshire Council who will be delivering the planned sessions. The training is available to all staff and partners. Creating an Inclusive workplace, (14 March 2-4.30pm, 20 April…
ICB launches integration courses in India to attract nurses to work in BSW
BSW ICB has launched a new recruitment initiative to attract nurses from India to come and work in health and care roles in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The new recruitment drive has seen the launch of an integration course which will be available across India and delivered in both Kerala in…
NHS England backs BSW hospital alliance through new support scheme
The BSW Acute Hospitals Alliance in (BSW AHA) has seen hospitals in Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire work closely together to tackle local challenges, improve patient outcomes, and enhance resilience. The Alliance is made up of Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon, the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bath and Salisbury District…
New surgical robot starts work in BSW
Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has made a major investment into a surgical robot which will enable the hospital to provide better care to patients. The investment is part of the hospital’s commitment to deliver more operations using the most modern equipment and part of a wider plan to invest in the latest technology…
The Body Coach app: free access for NHS Workers
Celebrity fitness coach Joe Wicks is offering free access for NHS workers to his Body Coach fitness app for three months. The app offers guided, real-time workout programme based on ability, more challenging HIIT workouts and progress to get fitter, healthier and stronger. It also offers advice on nutrition, recipes, live workouts, planning tools, event…
Welcome to the latest edition of #BSWTogether
Welcome to the latest edition of #BSWTogether, a newsletter for everyone working in partner organisations in the BSW Integrated Care System. There’s plenty going on across the BSW Integrated Care System at the moment, so why not take five minutes to find out more? Innovation is central to the growth of our ICS and it’s…
Sharing electronic patient records across hospitals in BSW – get involved
Hospitals in BSW have completed a significant step in their journey to develop single Shared Electronic Patient Records across all three hospitals in the area. Working together as the Acute Hospitals Alliance, the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bath, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have…