Gloucestershire Health & 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

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 run the county’s community hospitals, which provide a range of inpatient beds, outpatient clinics, endoscopy and theatres. Our hospitals work in close partnership with acute hospitals to provide continued care in the community where people have ongoing needs. 

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.

Our community nurses care for people who can be looked after in their own home, often in partnership with a wide team of professionals. Community nurses see people recovering after an operation, in need of palliative or end of life care, and assist with management of long-term conditions.