GWH healthcare support workers recognised in national awards
Two healthcare support workers have picked up national awards from the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England, Dame Ruth May. Amanda Pretlove and Colette Goodenough were recognised for their commitments to quality care, with feedback from relatives stating that they always feel listened to and are grateful to both incredible hard-workers for their clinical and…
Hospital on target to deliver Sustainable Travel Plan
Since the launch of its Non-Patient Travel Plan in 2020, The Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust is on course to successfully deliver its ambitious five year sustainable travel strategy, meeting 92 per cent of its actions. The plan informs and supports staff and visitors to travel to the Trust in a way…
Trusts awarded gold standard for work to support newly qualified healthcare professionals
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury Foundation Trusts have been awarded the National Preceptorship Quality Mark by the NHS England national workforce, in recognition of their successful preceptorship programmes. This award is a national gold standard, aimed at reducing preceptorship variation across organisations. Preceptorship provides…
Workshops held on services planning to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities
Clinicians, service transformation leads, business intelligence and estates leads from across BSW have been attending a series of workshops over recent weeks to identify where health services need to be provided to improve health and well-being and reduce health inequalities. The BSW health and care system has been chosen as a national pilot site to…
RUH Scientist wins Innovation Gold Medal
Principal Clinical Scientist Darren Hart who has led or supported several highly successful innovation projects at the Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Innovation Gold Medal by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). The Gold Medal is awarded to those who have consistently contributed at…
Service evaluation toolkits refreshed
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West has relaunched its popular evaluation and evidence toolkits which aim to give people working in the health and care sector advice on running service evaluations and using evidence to inform service development. The toolkits are now available with improved structure and…
Wanted: Career Ambassadors!
Colleagues across BSW are being asked to take part in a scheme to help encourage the next generation of health and care workers to take up careers in health and care organisations across BSW. BSW Career Ambassadors give career advice and guidance that can inspire the next generation to become our future workforce and enter…
Positive progress for BSW ICB recruitment initiative in India
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 is progressing well with fifty nurses due to take up positions with ICB partner Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) in the coming months. The newly recruited…
Put Maths anxiety in its place!
Some people love working with numbers, while for others it brings dread. If you feel anxious when presented with a maths problem and you feel this is holding you back, then help is at hand. Thanks to a new short online training session being offered by BSW Academy over the coming months, BSW Staff working…
GWH works with care homes in exercise initiative to improve outcomes
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced exercise classes to care home residents in Swindon, helping to get people moving in a fun way. The group exercise focuses on improving mobility and physical strength, aiming to keep people moving and reducing the risk of falling. It’s also a social time which brings all residents…