Working together to help pregnant mums stop smoking
As part of its goal to tackle health inequalities in our communities, BSW Together has invested over £210,000 into treating tobacco dependency and helping local people stop smoking and live healthier lives. Part of that funding has been allocated to a project to help pregnant mums in Salisbury to stop smoking. Smoking is an ongoing…
Celebrating Black History Month in BSW
Partner organisations across BSW Together are marking Black History Month and taking part in national celebrations and events to honour the too-often unheralded accomplishments of black Britons in every area of endeavour throughout our history. The theme for the month is ‘Time for change: Action not words’. Addressing discrimination and disparity is essential, unfortunately, discrimination…
What is BSW Integrated Care Partnership?
Next Tuesday 25 October marks the first meeting of the BSW Integrated Care Partnership (BSW ICP), a new statutory committee which makes up part of the BSW Together Integrated Care System and has Richard Clewer, Leader of Wiltshire Council, as its Chair. We know that the formation of another health and care committee with another acronym…
Blue Light card can help tackle the rising cost of living
With the cost of living crisis becoming more of an issue for everyone, now may be a good time to sign up for a Blue Light discount card, if you haven’t done so already. The card costs £4.99 and offers 2-years access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across…
Staff mental health and wellbeing hubs offer support
NHS England has established a number of staff mental health and wellbeing hubs which have been set up to provide health and social care colleagues rapid access to assessment and local evidence-based mental health services and support where needed. The hub offer is confidential and free of charge for all health and social care staff…
New health and care Integrated Care Partnership appoints Wiltshire Council Leader as Chair
The Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Partnership (BSW ICP) has appointed Richard Clewer, the leader of Wiltshire Council, as its Chair. The BSW ICP is a statutory committee formed by the Bath and North East Somerset Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB), which became a legal entity on 1 July, and…
BSW plan to tackle climate emergency given green light
The partner organisations that make up the BSW Together Integrated Care System (ICS) have started work on a plan to reduce the environmental and carbon impact of health and care services, with a view to achieving net zero by 2040 for direct emissions, and 2045 for wider emissions. Net zero refers to the balance between…
How will being part of BSW ICS make a difference to you?
Jasvinder Sohal is Chief People Officer at BSW ICB and was previously Chief People Officer at Solent NHS Trust where she led the People and Organisational Development, Diversity and Inclusion and Health and Wellbeing teams. She has previously worked as an employment law solicitor before taking roles in the commercial sector. Her passion is for…
BSW Academy: Unlocking potential, developing together
The BSW Academy is a new initiative as part of BSW Together, enabling collaboration across health and care services for the benefit of all of those working for partner organisations across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire The BSW Academy brings together teams from across all of our health and care providers as…
ICB, ICS, ICP – What’s the difference?
Since the launch of the BSW Integrated Care Board in July, we’ve heard from a number of people that they are still confused about exactly what Integrated Care Systems are. In this very short film, BSW Together Director of Strategy and Transformation Richard Smale explains. Watch the video here You can also find out more…