Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by:

• promoting the fact that we are an armed forces-friendly organisation
• seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old and working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), in order to establish a tailored employment pathway for Service Leavers
• striving to support the employment of Service spouses and partners
• endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting  leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment
• seeking to support our employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment where possible
• offering support to our local cadet units, either in our local community or in local schools, where possible
• aiming to actively participate in Armed Forces Day.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The Trust provides a range of services to Gloucestershire's population of around 600,000 people. We work in peoples' homes, community clinics, outpatient departments, community hospitals, schools and GP practices. We also provide in-reach services into acute hospitals, nursing and residential homes and social care settings.

We provide a wide range of community services, such as health visiting, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, speech and language therapy. We also provide a number of specialist services including community dentistry, heart failure and sexual health.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.