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New scheme encourages local people to get walking in Swindon
A parish council in Swindon has launched a new initiative to encourage residents to walk more. Central Swindon North Council’s Walking For Health Programme is looking to help local people take advantage of the 60 miles of footpaths and bridleways in the area and get out and get fit now that spring is here and…
Building a strategy for health and care in BSW
At the end of last year BSW’s Integrated Care Partnership met in public and discussed, among other things, the development of an Integrated Care Strategy. But what is the Strategy and why is it important? What is the BSW Integrated Care Strategy?The BSW Integrated Care Strategy is an important document which sets out what improvements…
People in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire to benefit from NHS@Home Virtual Wards service
People living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) are now able to receive acute clinical care from the comfort of their own home while helping to relieve pressures on local services. NHS@Home Virtual Wards is a joint initiative provided across BSW by local health and care organisations to support suitable patients…
Community Wellbeing Hub delivering support to people in BaNES
A community wellbeing support group supported by BSW ICB system partners is continuing to flourish in its role of providing much neded support to local communities in Bath and North east Somerset. Set up in March 2020 as a multi-agency response to COVID-19 pandemic, the Hub is a collaboration between HCRG Care Group, Bath and…
Get Out Get Active Programme encouraging healthy lifestyles in Wiltshire
Disabled and non-disabled people living in Wiltshire are being encouraged to enjoy being more active together this spring, thanks to a programme called Get Out Get Active (GOGA). The programme is supported by Devizes-based Community First which is part of BSW ICB’s VCSE Alliance. It is aiming to engage the least active communities and harder…
Partner Focus: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Who are the health and care organisations that make up BSW Together? Over recent issues the Triangle has featured a mini profile of each of our partners, giving you an overview of the work they do and an understanding of how they are part of our health and care partnership. This month, we take a…
BSW ICB starts 2023 with January Board meeting in public
The BSW ICB started the new year with a Board Meeting in public at the Guildhall in Bath on January 12th. In her opening remarks, BSW Chair Stephanie Elsy highlighted the unprecedented pressures the BSW system had been under over the preceding months and passed on her assurance to the public that system partners were…
Ongoing help for local people to tackle cost of living crisis
People living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire who are struggling financially due to the cost-of-living crisis are being advised where they can go for help. All three local authorities in BSW are working to provide as much help, support and information as they can this new year to help see people…
ICB Director webinar highlights professional trailblazers from black or ethnic minority backgrounds
BSW Integrated Care Board’s Executive Place Director for Swindon Gordon Muvuti has delivered a keynote speech in new webinar spotlighting professional trailblazers from a black or ethnic minority background, who are forerunners in their chosen fields. The webinar was organised by Breaking Down Barriers, a group dedicated to working with organisations across all business sectors,…
Welcome to the January issue of The Triangle
The first few weeks of 2023 have certainly already presented an enormous number of challenges for the health and care partners that make up the BSW Together Integrated Care System. We have seen our services face unprecedented pressures as we work together to address demand for services, rising covid and flu numbers, strep A infections…