The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has announced the return of its self-led fundraising event, Brew for the Crew. This initiative offers an easy and inclusive way for people to show their support to this air ambulance charity from a variety of locations. The campaign encourages people to come together and host coffee mornings or…
Patients being cared for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being given a reason to smile thanks to new mouth care boxes that have been rolled out across wards to support their oral hygiene. Mouth care is an integral part of a person’s health and wellbeing. Often staff are required to…
The next steps for a wide-ranging transport project benefitting much of Bath & North East Somerset are outlined below. Following a six-week public consultation in February and March this year, Bath & North East Somerset Council received many responses from communities across Bath & North East Somerset providing vital feedback on the Somer Valley Links…
The Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Gavin Heathcote and Karen Walker (Independents), will be holding their next Advice Surgery on Saturday 7th June, at Peasedown St John Community Library, located in The Hive Community Centre. It will be an opportunity for residents to discuss issues and any concerns they have about the community….
Revised plans for the extension and refurbishment of Odd Down Sports Ground are on view in an online consultation that launched today (May 30). Bath & North East Somerset Council appointed a new design team after the initial plans were refused at Planning Committee last year and the revised plans aim to address previous concerns….
Single-use vapes are being banned by the Government from June 1 due to their environmental impact and fire risks. Vapes are made of plastics that do not break down in the environment, are often littered and introduce harmful substances into the ecosystem. They can also cause fires if not recycled properly. Research by Material Focus…
More than 5,000 patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been helped to get home earlier and supported with care in the community thanks to the hard work of the Trust’s Hospital at Home team. Since starting in 2021, the Hospital at Home service has helped the people we care for…
On Tuesday 27 May, a state-of-the-art new specialist surgical centre located just outside of Bath opened its doors to NHS patients from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW). The Sulis Orthopaedic Centre (SOC) will perform an additional 3,000 planned orthopaedic operations on suitable NHS patients in BSW every year. This will help…
Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are involved in a national study to develop a tool to guide clinicians when they are assessing people suffering symptoms which could be caused by both migraines and transient ischaemic attack, also known as ‘mini-stroke’. The new assessment tool will help to predict whether a…
Councillor Liz Hardman has been elected as the new Chair of Bath & North East Somerset Council. Councillor Hardman has been the ward councillor for Paulton ward since 2011 and served as Vice Chair last year. She was elected to the role of Chair at the Annual Meeting of the Council yesterday (May 22). The…
