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by Katherine Holland and Suzie Cro
Dr. Gentles is a Consultant Physician specialising in the care of older patients. Dr. Gentles works half in the hospital and half in the community, in a joint appointment between GHNHSFT and GHC. Her hospital time is spent mainly seeing older patients who have presented to the Emergency Dept at GRH or who are on the short-stay unit for older patients with frailty. Her community work is carried out across Gloucester city. She has an interest in patient and carer involvement and believes co-production and equal partnership of clinicians and patients is the way forward in improving services. She recently worked at the Royal College of Physicians as their Patient Involvement Officer. She is a voluntary board adviser to Healthwatch Gloucestershire.
Dr Pirie qualified at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2000. he completed his SHO training in London.
by Elizabeth Martin
The current status of our maternity services and birth options available to you.
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has today (Monday 27 September) unveiled a new piece of specially commissioned floor-to-ceiling artwork in its A&E department as part of a focus on improving the experience of patients in mental health crisis.
The NHS in the South West is today (5 September) celebrating the remarkable achievements of staff and teams who have won regional categories in the 2024 Parliamentary Awards, after being nominated by their local MPs. This includes a team from Gloucestershire who have won the Excellence in Urgent and Emergency Care Award.
Students and staff set their own personal running goals to take on and fundraise the Miles for Miles Challenge
Cellulitis is an infection that can occur anywhere in the body and the hand and wrist are no exception.
The Paediatric Gastroenterology Service in Gloucestershire is part of a clinical network of gastroenterology teams in the South West. We work closely with our colleagues at Bristol Children’s Hospital, as well as other specialist centres such as Great Ormond Street Hospital to provide treatment and supportive care for children and young people in Gloucestershire who have complex bowel problems.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recognised improvements made at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals which are having a positive impact on patient care, a report shows.
This page gives you information about Venous Thrombo-Embolism (VTE) and how to reduce your risk of developing it during your hospital stay. VTE is a collective term for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolus (PE) which are both conditions involving blood clots. This is for surgical and general medical patients - there are separate information leaflets for maternity and for stroke patients.
You can help more patients get diagnosed and treated faster by supporting the latest CT Scanner Appeal in Gloucestershire - patients such as seriously ill children and people with cancer.
by Dr Veena Aggarwal
Maternity services at Gloucestershire Hospitals have been rated very positively among the 121 acute NHS trusts that took part in the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2022 National Maternity Survey.
This page will answer some of the questions you may have about the medication (metformin) you have been advised to take to help with your condition of polycystic ovaries (PCOS).
The World Health Organisation has set a target to end Hepatitis C worldwide by 2030. To help achieve this goal, the NHS is offering free testing to those who might be at risk.
Between 10th - 12th September 2019, Gloucestershire Hospitals held their Inaugural Festival of Quality Improvement, Research & Innovation at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital.
This page has important information about Having a brother or sister in the Neonatal Unit (NNU).