Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation, providing acute services in Swindon.

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Happy Easter from all of us 🐰🌷 We want to thank our incredible staff and colleagues across the NHS who continue to provi...
05/04/2026

Happy Easter from all of us 🐰🌷

We want to thank our incredible staff and colleagues across the NHS who continue to provide care during the bank holiday.

Show your support by treating our staff with kindness and respect, and by using health and care services wisely.

🐣 https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/which-nhs-service-should-i-use/

We want to thank all of our staff who are giving up time with their families to help others during what is proving to be...
04/04/2026

We want to thank all of our staff who are giving up time with their families to help others during what is proving to be an extremely busy Easter weekend.

Please do show your support for our hard-working staff, by treating them with kindness and respect, and by using health and care services wisely.

🐣https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/which-nhs-service-should-i-use/

Our dental team run an out-of-hours service from community sites across Wiltshire, for patients needing urgent dental ca...
03/04/2026

Our dental team run an out-of-hours service from community sites across Wiltshire, for patients needing urgent dental care on weekends.

The clinics are located in the Swindon Health Centre, Chippenham Community Hospital and Salisbury Central Health Centre.

Call NHS 111 if you need dental care out-of-hours.

Many GP practices will have limited opening hours between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, so it’s important to consider o...
02/04/2026

Many GP practices will have limited opening hours between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, so it’s important to consider other healthcare settings should you need it - including pharmacists who can now treat seven common conditions.

🔎Search ‘find a GP NHS’ online to find an open GP near you.

If your GP is closed, head to 111.nhs.uk or call 111 for urgent healthcare advice.

Help us get your loved ones home for Easter. 🏠Whilst we arrange the patient's ongoing care package, we want to ask relat...
02/04/2026

Help us get your loved ones home for Easter. 🏠

Whilst we arrange the patient's ongoing care package, we want to ask relatives, friends and carers to support us by collecting their loved ones as soon as they are well enough to leave hospital and to provide some basic care in the meantime.

By supporting your loved one's recovery, you will also be helping us to free up our beds for other patients in need of hospital care.

🔗Read more about how you can help us on our website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/leaving-hospital/

📣 We’re pleased to welcome Paul von der Heyde as our new Chair of the BSW Hospitals Group.Paul brings over 40 years of l...
01/04/2026

📣 We’re pleased to welcome Paul von der Heyde as our new Chair of the BSW Hospitals Group.

Paul brings over 40 years of leadership experience across the NHS and commercial sector - expertise that will help us improve care, strengthen services and deliver better outcomes for the communities we serve across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The BSW Hospitals Group brings together Great Western Hospitals, Royal United Hospitals Bath and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trusts to improve patient experience, join up services and make the best use of our people and resources across the region. Appointing a joint Chair is a major step in helping us deliver these benefits. 💙

In taking on the role, Paul will oversee a combined budget of £1.6billion and workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, providing care to over one million people across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Swindon and beyond.

Welcome to the team, Paul!

👉 Find out more on our website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/news/posts/2026/march/bsw-hospitals-group-announce-group-chair/

As we head into a busy bank holiday, it’s important that you know what healthcare options are available to you and choos...
01/04/2026

As we head into a busy bank holiday, it’s important that you know what healthcare options are available to you and choose right, before turning up to hospital.

Check the opening times of your local GP and pharmacists, who might be working under different times over Easter.

🔗https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/local-healthcare-services/

31/03/2026

We know your little ones will be out and about this spring half-term, playing with friends and celebrating Easter.🐣

It's important that they spend time in the fresh air and take a well-earned break from school, but we are urging parents and carers to keep an eye on your youngsters - and know what to do if they do become injured or unwell.

🏥Here's Dr Peacock with some top tips that could save you a trip to hospital.

You can now access an online health resource to help manage illness and injury in your children.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦The Healthier Tog...
31/03/2026

You can now access an online health resource to help manage illness and injury in your children.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

The Healthier Together website offers trusted healthcare advice and is designed to support decision-making when children are unwell.

The site has been reviewed by local paediatricians, GPs, and clinicians and aims to boost confidence in managing children’s health at home and knowing when to seek professional help.

The site also includes a traffic light guide to help identify the severity of a child’s symptoms.🚦
🔗https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/healthier-together-across-bsw/

☀️With half term upon us, we are asking parents and carers to refresh their knowledge of where to go for the right healt...
30/03/2026

☀️With half term upon us, we are asking parents and carers to refresh their knowledge of where to go for the right healthcare service, and to log the details in a free family planner.

Ideal for fridge doors and family noticeboards, the planner signposts households to where they can go for everything from self-care to minor illnesses and injuries.

It also has space for parents to jot down important contact details for their GP practice and nearest urgent and emergency care services.

🔗The planner can be downloaded at https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/document/back-to-school-toolkit/

Get your repeat prescription request in as soon as possible, to ensure you have enough medication to last over the Easte...
30/03/2026

Get your repeat prescription request in as soon as possible, to ensure you have enough medication to last over the Easter bank holiday weekend.💊

Getting requests in early will enable busy pharmacy teams to order what is needed and have the medicine ready well in advance of when some pharmacies will close for the weekend.

Missing medication could have potential consequences for people of all ages who are living with either a long or short-term condition, but the impact is often worse for those who are older or vulnerable.

If you need urgent medical help, use NHS 111 online to get assessed and directed to the right place for you. 💊 Visit you...
29/03/2026

If you need urgent medical help, use NHS 111 online to get assessed and directed to the right place for you.

💊 Visit your local pharmacist for clinical advice on many minor illnesses.

📍 Minor Injuries Units in Cirencester, Chippenham and Trowbridge can help if you need treatment for a non-life-threatening injury.

🦷 For urgent dental care contact your dentist or NHS 111

🔗 For information on all the local services available, visit: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/patient.../local-healthcare-services/

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