Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust was a community health trust established in 2012 under the Transforming Community Services programme to run community services in Gloucestershire after proposals to set up a community interest company, Gloucester Care Services, were abandoned.[1] The trust was superseded by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in 2019.
The organisation provided a range of in-patient and out-patient services to a population of about 600,000, including nursing, physiotherapy, re-ablement and adult social care services. It adopted Medworxx Patient Flow Solution to optimise patient flow and discharge.[2]
Katie Norton, who was working for Deloitte but had been chief executive at Neath Port Talbot Health Board and North Somerset Primary Care Trust, was appointed Chief Executive in 2016. [3]
Contraceptive services were provided at St Paul's Wing of Cheltenham General Hospital, while genito-urinary medicine was delivered at Benhall Clinic. In 2015, the trust set up an integrated service in a new purpose-built clinic.[4]
Anne Frances MacCallum, the trust's head of specialist services, was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to nursing in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015.[5]
In September 2017 the trust announced plans to merge with 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, which also covers Herefordshire.[6] The merger was completed in October 2019 to form Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.[7]
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- ^ "Gloucestershire Community Services to Remain with the NHS". Commissioning GP. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Medworxx Patient Flow Solution Expands Beyond the Hospital Environment With Adoption from Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust (GCS)". Businesswire. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Katie Norton appointed chief executive of Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "New sexual health clinic set to open in Cheltenham". Gloucestershire Echo. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Birthday honours for selfless unsung community heroes in Gloucestershire". Gloucester Citizen. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Trusts to appoint joint chief ahead of merger". Health Service Journal. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 28 December 2019.