The Triangle

This month at BSW Together ICS we have celebrated two important occasions, the 75th birthday of the NHS and the first anniversary of our Integrated Care Board (ICB), which formally came together as a legal entity on 1 July 2022. The 75th anniversary of the NHS is a truly significant landmark and one that gives…

Although most NHS treatment is free, there are some costs patients might need to pay. This includes NHS prescriptions, NHS dental treatment, eyecare, travel to receive most NHS treatment and NHS wigs and fabric supports. However, if you have a low income, you may be able to get help with these costs The NHS Low…

The NHS in BSW celebrated seventy-five years of the NHS with a stunning light display at a trio of iconic local landmarks in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The famous Roman Baths in Bath, Swindon’s Central Library and Salisbury Cathedral were all illuminated in a dazzling shade of NHS blue on Wednesday…

Patients who are almost ready to go home from hospital, but who require a period of recuperation to help them better prepare, are being offered a stay in a Homeward Unit at St Martin’s Hospital in Bath. The 16-bed facility will allow patients to get better through a range of therapeutic interventions including help with…

Following the publication of its Integrated Care Strategy in May, BSW ICS has published a draft Implementation Plan which outlines how the aims set out in the strategy will be delivered across BSW over the next five years. The purpose of the new implementation plan, which can be downloaded from the BSW ICS website here,…

BSW Together Integrated Care Board has celebrated its first twelve months of working together to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for local people. To mark the special anniversary, we caught up with some our executive team to ask them what they think has been the greatest achievement of BSW ICB over the past year. Watch…

Patients in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are now seeing the benefit of investment in robotic surgery across the local health system. Major investments mean that surgical robots have been purchased by the Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Royal United Hospital in Bath and are already in operation, while Salisbury NHS…

The next meeting in public of the BSW Integrated Care Board is to be held on Thursday 21 September at 10.00AM at the Function Room, Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN. Members of the public are welcome to attend to observe the meeting. Please register your interest by emailing bswicb.communications@nhs.net.  Please note, there are no…

We’ll be marking a very special occasion across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire next month when the National Health Service celebrates its 75th anniversary. The NHS belongs to us all and, although our BSW Integrated Care System is made up of health and care partners from both NHS and non-NHS organisations, we…

The BSW Acute Hospitals Alliance (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 Hospital…