The Triangle

Local charities tackling inequalities and helping communities affected by Covid areto receive a share of £400,000 in grants from funding raised by NHS Charities Together (NHSCT). Locally, NHSCT has delegated responsibility for managing the funding to RUHX, the charity of Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bath.  RUHX is leading the programme with help…

BSW Together is working together as a collective to improve the health and wellbeing of local people, tackle inequalities and reach better outcomes and access to services for everyone. To help us achieve this, we have collaborated with clinicians, staff, patients and carers from across BSW to develop our Care Model. It describes how we…

Local health leaders are urging people across BSW who are eligible for covid and flu vaccinations to book their appointments as soon as possible. As it stands, vaccine uptake among people aged 65 and over is generally quite good, but considerably less so for those in the 50 to 64-years-old age group. There have also…

A temporary ward has opened at St Martin’s Hospital in Bath to support people who are well enough to leave hospital but not ready to go home. The ward has opened to help relieve pressure on local acute hospitals and free up beds for the most ill patients. The community ward, which also opened to…

BSW Together is all about helping to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and a new initiative recently launched by Swindon Borough Council is aiming to do just that by encouraging the people to be more active in their daily lives. Experts have found that one in three Swindon adults are not active…

Welcome to the October edition of The Triangle, our newsletter about the work of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Together, our Integrated Care System (ICS). Although it seems that the summer has only just finished, colleagues across BSW have been planning for the coming winter for some time. Indeed, it may…

A new coordination centre at Great Western Hospitals (GWH) NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon is bringing a wide range of health and care staff together to better coordinate patient care. The new Swindon Integrated Care Alliance Coordination Centre will physically integrate colleagues from the BSW health and care system, removing organisational boundaries so that they…

In August, Richard Clewer – the Leader of Wiltshire Council – was appointed as Chair of the BSW Integrated Care Partnership, a new statutory committee which makes up part of the BSW Integrated Care System. Here at the Triangle, we’re only too aware that the formation of another health and care committee with another acronym…

Susie Kemp is the Chief Executive for Swindon Borough Council and sits on the BSW ICB Board. Susie joined the Council in February 2017 as Corporate Director of Resources. Holding previous senior posts at Surrey County, Barnet Council and Hillingdon, Susie has been involved in Local Government for the past 22 years, including 10 as an elected…

Who are the health and care organisations that make up BSW Together? Over the coming months the Triangle is featuring a mini profile of each of our partners in every issue, giving you an overview of the work they do and an understanding of how they are part of our health and care partnership. This…