About NHS Gloucestershire

NHS Gloucestershire is ambitious in the pursuit of excellence in health.

The organisation serves a population of approximately 602,000 people and covers the following district council areas: Cotswold, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Stroud.

NHS Gloucestershire works in partnership to improve public health - this means supporting us all to choose healthier lifestyles.

It is also responsible for commissioning (buying) high quality healthcare for local people and it buys these services from a range of providers. It also supports local GP Practices (GP Commissioning Clusters) to buy health services to meet the needs of their local communities.

NHS Gloucestershire is also a significant provider of local services through its provider arm: Gloucestershire Care Services.

Gloucestershire Care Services provides a range of services to local people such as community nursing, therapy services (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and podiatry) and community hospital services.

Gloucestershire Care Services is currently developing its own website, but for now you can view the services they provide by clicking on the ‘Our Services’ section (see left menu bar).

Other local service providers include:

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Great Western Ambulance Service

NHS Gloucestershire is committed to reducing waiting times for patients and increasing choice for patients. To support this, the organisation is buying services from an increasing range of providers.

NHS Gloucestershire has a budget of £850 million for 2009/2010 and currently employs over 3,000 staff (including Gloucestershire Care Services).

Vision and Values

NHS Gloucestershire Vision Statement was published following extensive consultation with staff and partners and this is set out below:

Our Vision

Achieving excellence in health for the people of Gloucestershire

Our Values

We should:
• Work with our patients to promote and support healthy living and self care

• Promote innovation in patient care and celebrate success

• Provide sustainable services as close to the patient’s home as possible where this is consistent with safe, quality and cost effective care

• Pay proper attention to partnerships and involve service users, carers, staff, contractors, partners, and the public in developing services

• Listen to our local communities and learn from feedback

• Communicate clearly and be honest about what can be achieved and the challenges ahead

• Treat our service users, carers and staff fairly with respect and politeness

• Trust and support our staff

• Value the diversity of our staff and our population.