The Triangle

This month at our Integrated Board meeting in public we looked at plans to address two pressing and critical areas: mental health and dentistry. We know that mental health conditions have been rising across BSW, particularly among our children and young people, with mental health worsening due to factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic and…

Medvivo and BSW ICB have won a prestigious Health Service Journal award for a project to coordinate health and care services so that patients receive the best possible care to meet their needs, at the right time and in the right place and avoids emergency admission. The project, which has been running across BSW since…

Wiltshire Council and BSW ICB has announced a new partnership to support unpaid carers in the county. Wiltshire has thousands of people who provide help as an unpaid carer to those needing additional support. The council and the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) have a role to…

Planning permission has been granted for a new £20m unit in Bristol providing specialist mental health care for people with a learning disability and autistic people across the south west. The new 10-bedded unit will be built on the Blackberry Hill site and run by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP). It…

The BSW Integrated Care Board met in public on 28 March. The meeting was held at the STEAM museum in Swindon and was attended by board members as well as members of the public and other interested parties. The agenda,  papers and full presentations from the meeting can be found in the Meeting agenda and…

The BSW Integrated Care Partnership came together recently to discuss how health and care partners across the area can work effectively together to increase the focus on prevention of ill health and early intervention. Prevention and early intervention is one of BSW ICB’s three objectives and reflects a shared commitment to ensuring people are able…

Maternity services at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are in the top three per cent in England following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which saw the team retain its ‘outstanding’ rating. Following the inspection in November 2023, inspectors found examples of outstanding practice relating to the RUH’s commitment…

Wiltshire Police is working with partners to roll out a national operational model aiming to ensure vulnerable people get the right support from the right agency when they need it. Right Care Right Person was initially instigated by Humberside Police in 2019 following an increase in health related calls which did not fall within the…

The next meeting of the BSW Integrated Care Board (ICB) takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 10.00am. This meeting in public will be held in person at DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way, Swindon, SN5 8UZ Members of the public are able to attend to observe the meeting. Please register your…

Independent health and social care champions Healthwatch have launched a new campaign to help address health inequalities across England and are asking local people to share their views. Healthwatch’s Share For Better campaign aims to help more people give feedback about their care, especially if their community experiences poor health outcomes. The ‘Share for Better…