News and reports

Is accessing community pharmacy services becoming more difficult for you? Have recent closures or changes in staff responsibilities affected your ability to get the care or medications you need? We want to hear your experiences so that we can advocate for better pharmacy services and support in Gloucestershire.

Read our annual report for 2023/2024 and find out about how our dedicated staff and volunteers have made a difference to health and social care throughout the year.

We investigated the demands on urgent and emergency care services by
supporting our local communities to speak about their experiences.

Based on feedback from 824 people representing Gloucestershire’s diverse communities, we identified key issues affecting access to GP services.

Are you struggling to find an NHS dentist? The new dental recovery plan might help you get the dental care you need.

The new Pharmacy First scheme enables your local pharmacy to treat some common conditions with prescription-only medicines, without you visiting your GP. Find out everything you need to know.

The One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) came into power in July 2022. Since then, we have been finding out how well different health and care services are working together to provide quality joined up care for people in Gloucestershire. We will report back regularly to NHS and social care decision makers, and here on our website, on some of the stories you are sharing with us and the issues that are emerging in what we hear from local people.

Names have been changed to protect the identity of the people in this story. 

Our volunteers visited Wotton Lawn hospital, which provides mental health inpatient services, to understand what it feels like to be a patient there.

Our volunteers carried out an enter and view visit at Cirencester Minor Injuries Unit (MIU).

From 31 October 2023, GP surgeries must give patients online access to their new health record entries. Find out what information is in your record and how to access it.

Did you know you can choose which hospital you go to when referred for a test, diagnosis, or treatment? Find out how.

Our volunteers carried out an enter and view visit of the Forest of Dean MIIU.