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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and One Gloucestershire approve reconfigurations proposed in “Fit for the Future”
The following statement appears in One Gloucestershire’s ‘Stakeholder Briefing about the proposed changes: “We share the desire to see two thriving, vibrant hospital sites with strong identities and both providing world class treatment.” REACH shares this desire too,...
REACH poses question – what would you do with Citizens’ Jury Result?
One of the most damning results from the recent Citizens' Jury commissioned by One Gloucestershire was that 17 out the 18 jurors concluded “The information or data in the consultation materials was inaccurate, incorrect, incomplete or insufficient”. They concluded...
REACH insight into the “Fit for the Future” Citizens’ Jury
Two representatives from REACH presented to the "Fit for the Future" Citizens' Jury on Friday 22 January. One of our team has shared his insight and perspective on the experience and process here. The Citizens’ Jury met from 19 to 22 January and will meet again from...
REACH Chairman’s New Year’s Message
May I take this opportunity of wishing everyone a happy, safe and successful New Year, acknowledging the challenges we all continue to face. Hopefully the Covid 19 virus and its mutations will shortly become something of the past as the vaccination programme rapidly...
Two week Pit Stop trial ended after two days
The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yesterday (Thursday 03 September) scrapped the two week "Pit Stop" trial they only introduced two days previously. The trial had been intended to help turn ambulances round more quickly whereas it reportedly "made...
So it turns out that “Pit Stops” are not just for racing cars ….
REACH has always argued Gloucestershire Royal Hospital does not have the capacity to handle all the emergency cases from across the whole county. There is insufficient space to accommodate all the ambulances in peak periods. The waiting room in A&E is not big...
“To have a fully functioning, fully staffed A&E Department operating 24/7 re-instated at Cheltenham General Hospital, which serves a population of at least 200,000 in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury Borough, and the North Cotswolds, at the earliest possible opportunity.”
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