by tobymin | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog
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,...
by tobymin | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog
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...
by tobymin | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
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...
by tobymin | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog
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...
by tobymin | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog
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...
by tobymin | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog
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...