“We will provide healthcare services that delight patients and satisfy commissioners by meeting or exceeding all local and national standards and providing convenient, local services.”
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital services (at Great Western Hospital) and community health and maternity services across Wiltshire and parts of Bath and North East Somerset. Services include community hospitals, community nursing, therapists, children’s and young people’s services along with hospital based maternity services from the Princess Anne Wing at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
At 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 X-ray, MRI and CT scans, outpatient clinics and 21 inpatient wards. We provide these services in a 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 2011/12 there were just two 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.
