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showed that 34 of 188 CCGs who responded had restricted access to some services. Restrictions were usually introduced by a number of CCGs acting together across an area. Gloucestershire and Bristol CCGs were proposing restricted access to acupuncture, adenoidectomy and post-operative physiotherapy.

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Gloucestershire CCG supported an "arts on prescription" service, known as Artlift, to prevent chronic conditions from becoming acute. Patients with long term conditions such as depression or chronic pain were referred for ten weeks of arts activity. The scheme had better completion and attendance

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said, "These plans shed light on just how seriously patient care in South Gloucestershire could be affected. They also begin to paint a picture for how services in other areas of England are likely to be hit too – with cancer treatment and children in need affected."

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in the county was controversial. The transfer to the community interest company Gloucester Care Services was challenged in the courts by local resident and service user Michael Lloyd on behalf of a well organised campaign, Stroud Against The Cuts, which claimed that

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QC that while services could be commissioned from NHS providers without the need for a procurement process, it had been unlawful for them to be transferred to a social enterprise without competition. It was therefore decided to set up a new NHS trust,

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It was reported in 2017 that NHS cuts in South Gloucestershire would increase delays to cancer treatment and include cuts to care for children with complex needs. Patients would wait longer for non-urgent operations. Holly Maltby of

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In 2021, Gloucestershire Integrated Care System decided to centralise emergency general surgery, vascular surgery and acute medicine at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, and to move orthopaedic and gastroenterology services to

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established in the county in 2002: South Gloucestershire PCT, West Gloucestershire PCT, Cotswold & Vale PCT, and Cheltenham & Tewkesbury PCT. They were managed by the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

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and in 2006 three were merged into Gloucestershire PCT while South Gloucestershire PCT remained a separate organization. In 2013, PCTs were abolished and replaced by

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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire formed a sustainability and transformation plan area in March 2016 with Robert Woolley, Chief Executive of

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were a stepping stone to privatisation, allowing the private sector to compete for contracts after only a few years. It was successfully argued in court by

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as its leader. The remainder of Gloucestershire formed a separate area under Mary Hutton, the Accountable Officer of Gloucestershire CCG.

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The CCGs for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire merged in April 2018. Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust merged with

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provide most of the county's acute care. Specialist stroke services in the county were centralised at

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provides mental health and learning disability services throughout Gloucestershire and

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From 1947 to 1974, NHS services in Gloucestershire were managed by the South-West

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rates than other health referral programmes such as exercise schemes.

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People living in the most deprived areas of the city of Gloucester –

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As of 2020, there are 27 GP surgeries in South Gloucestershire.

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covering the county. From 1982 it was split into two

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