South Glos is asking for your views on its draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Strategy. You can read the draft document and complete an online survey on the consultation webpage. You have until Tuesday 11th September 2018 to have your say.

Thank you to the staff at the Yate Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) who gave Claire Young and South Glos Lib Dem Health spokesperson Sue Hope a tour of the facility on Tuesday. It gave a real insight into the challenges staff face as they try to meet the ever growing demand. Originally planned to serve […]

Today marked the 70th birthday of the NHS. Happy birthday and thank you to all the staff, past and present, for their hard work. If you agree with our plan to make sure the NHS is still here for our children and grandchildren, do please sign our petition. There is also still time to have […]

At last week’s Health Overview and Scrutiny, your Focus Team once again raised local people’s concerns about the Yate Minor Injury Unit (MIU). We are still hearing reports of patients being turned way at busy times. Yate councillor Sue Walker gave the example of a resident in their seventies with a dog bite who was […]

Are you, or do you know, a young person who has experience of mental health problems and would like to volunteer to help others? If so there is still time to apply to Time to Change to become one of their new Young Champions. Successful applicants will join an 18 month programme of training and […]

Having promised community rehabilitation beds at both Frenchay and Thornbury hospital sites in 2015, last year local NHS chiefs abandoned those plans and went back to the drawing board. Your Focus Team’s concerns deepened in January when we learnt that North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) had given the nod to developer Redrow to put in […]

This week is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and a new Mind You website for children and young people (www.mindyou.org.uk) has been launched to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing in South Gloucestershire. It has separate sections for children, young people, parents and carers and professionals and was designed with input from local children and young […]

Your Focus Team was shocked to learn that North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) have given the nod to developer Redrow to put in a planning application on land previously set aside for new health facilities at the former Frenchay Hospital site. Back in November we were told that the future requirements for community health and […]

You have until 5th January to have your say on the South Glos Food Plan. The purpose of the Food Plan for South Gloucestershire is to create a more healthy, sustainable and just food system for our area. It will do this by identifying the key needs and challenges, and by providing a framework for coordinated […]

South Gloucestershire Council have released this update following a warehouse fire on the Beeches Industrial estate last month.