South Gloucestershire Council is improving the support it provides to the district’s carers with increased investment and a range of innovative ideas. There are an estimated 20,000 carers in South Gloucestershire and the council recognises the huge contribution they make. The council, in partnership with NHS South Gloucestershire, has developed a Joint Carers Strategy that is designed to provide the
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A topping out ceremony has been held for the new children’s locality hub for the Severnvale area in Rodway Road, Patchway. Once building work is completed in the autumn, the facility will provide a community setting where a range of vital services for children and young people and their families will be provided. Also housed on site will be a
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A brand new, purpose built day centre for people with dementia has just opened in Yate. The centre replaces the Woodleaze facility, and is located in the new, multi-million pound Cambrian Green Court extra care housing development. The new centre has been built as part of the council’s ongoing work to support the increasing number of people with dementia, and
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From Cllr Andy Perkins (Labour) Figures released by South Gloucestershire Council show that the number of complaints it has received about its home care service has risen by 47% since last year. The figures, released in its Annual Report on Customer Complaints and Representation show that the Conservative-run Council received 88 complaints about its home care service from April 2009
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Residents in South Gloucestershire are increasingly taking advantage of being able to choose individually tailored, social care services under the “direct payments” initiative. Direct payments are designed to give people who have been assessed as requiring social care, and their carers, complete control over how services are provided. Rather than the council deciding what care and support services it believes
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Stroke services for patients and their carers in South Gloucestershire have been rated as one of the best performing in England by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In 2010, the Care Quality Commission completed a comprehensive review of stroke services across England. The review looked at the services commissioned by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and local authorities across the entire
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The GP consortium in South Gloucestershire is one of four groups of GPs in the South West that will take the lead in the Government’s plans for commissioning health services. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that 52 GP consortia from across England have been selected to be the first to take on commissioning responsibilities as part of the Government’s
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A Labour councillor’s view of a recent decision by South Gloucestershire Council Plans by a local council to stop providing homes for elderly people are to go ahead despite being challenged by opposition councillors. Labour councillors on South Gloucestershire Council had challenged the Conservative-led authority’s plans to stop providing homes for elderly people. The councillors “called-in” a decision made by
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The NHS in South Gloucestershire is encouraging all patients at risk of complications from flu, particularly pregnant mothers and others under 65 years old, take up the offer of this year’s flu jab. Dr Chris Payne, Director of Public Health for South Gloucestershire, said: “Do not underestimate seasonal flu. It is not the same as getting a cold and it
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Residents of South Gloucestershire will benefit from a new NHS dental practice when Phoenix Dental opens a new surgery in Staple Hill on Monday 22nd November, 2010. The Phoenix Dental Practice on Victoria Street, just off the High Street, is fitted with the latest technology and has three surgeries. Situated in a Victorian house, it has been modernized to the
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