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...
by tobymin | Jun 1, 2020 | News
REACH has written to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to raise a number of urgent points for the Trust Board to consider at their Board Meeting on Tuesday. The questions relate to temporary service change proposals to create a COVID-free site in...
by tobymin | Apr 2, 2020 | News
Cheltenham campaign group REACH notes that the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is making changes to the provision of a wide range of services including emergency surgery. REACH (Restore Emergency at Cheltenham General Hospital) understands that the...
by tobymin | Dec 23, 2019 | News
Another example of the extreme and unsustainable pressure South West (Emergency) Ambulance Service foundation Trust and the A&E Department at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital are under. The patient, a night shift worker living and working in Cheltenham, suffered a...