The Great Western Hospital

Description

About us
The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital services at the Great Western Hospital and community health and maternity services across Wiltshire and parts of Bath and North East Somerset These services include community hospitals community nursing therapists childrens and young peoples services along with hospital based maternity services from the Princess Anne Wing at the Royal United Hospital in Bath

At the Great Western Hospital we have all of the facilities you would expect to find in a busy general hospital including an Emergency Department Delivery Suite a full range of diagnostics tests such as Xray MRI and CT scans outpatient clinics and 21 inpatient wards We provide these services in a very modern environment ensuring patients have privacy and dignity throughout their care

Our priority whether you are cared for in hospital or in the community is to provide safe high quality health services and we have an impressive track record on issues such as patient safety and infection control In fact over the past five years the number of cases of MRSA have fallen by 75 in 201011 there were just three MRSA Bacteraemia cases at the Great Western Hospital

We take a proactive approach to improving the way we provide care continually looking for ways we can do things better This means we invest in the latest technology and training for our staff so we keep up with changes in how care and treatment is given

History

Our History
The Great Western Hospital opened in 2002 following a move from the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon In December 2008 we were authorised as a Foundation Trust which means we are free to run our own affairs and invest any money we have into the frontline services we want Since becoming a Foundation Trust the freedom it has given us has led to many of the investments in services you will see at the Great Western Hospital

Following a competitive process in Autumn 2010 we were selected as the preferred provider of Wiltshire Community Health services WCHS and subsequently WCHS and GWH formally merged on 1st June 2011 Since then we have provided not only acute hospital services but a whole range of community health services in Wiltshire As a result of the merger we have become one of the largest maternity providers in the country responsible for the delivery of over 9000 babies a year

Our aim for the next stage of our journey is to work more closely with our partners to provide more joined up care between the acute hospitals community services GPs and Local Authorities and the voluntary sector helping to improve care for patients and services users at all times