Gloucestershire Hospitals restaurants open to the public https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/news/gloucestershire-hospitals-restaurants-open-to-the-public/
From Monday 19 July, Gloucestershire Hospitals will be reopening its restaurant doors to visitors and patients after more than a year since the start of the COVID pandemic.Fosters restaurant at…
International Women in Engineering Day https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/news/international-women-in-engineering-day/
For International Women in Engineering Day we asked some of our GMS engineers (and those with associated roles) about their job and what it's like to work in a hospital…
GMS apprentice of the year 2021 https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/news/gms-apprentice-of-the-year-2021/
Kate Trouse, Medical Engineering Apprentice, has been recognised as Gloucestershire Managed Services Apprentice of the Year 2021. We spoke to Kate about what it means to be an apprentice with…
£13.7 million funding boost for Gloucestershire NHS environmental projects https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/news/13-7-million-funding-boost-for-gloucestershire-nhs-environmental-projects/
Gloucestershire Managed Services has secured £13.7 million to carry out a range of environmental projects at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The project will help in achieving NHS carbon reduction…
Gloucestershire hospital caterers launch Christmas in a Box https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/news/gloucestershire-hospital-caterers-launch-christmas-in-a-box/
Christmas is coming and Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS) catering team have come up with a new innovative solution to this year’s traditional Christmas lunch – Christmas in a Box.Every year…
A day in the life of Medical Engineering https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/a-day-in-the-life/a-day-in-the-life-of-medical-engineering/
Hospitals use a wide-variety of medical equipment every day in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. From the basic thermometer to cutting-edge equipment such as ventilators which keep people alive,…
Sterile Services vital role in hospital surgery https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/a-day-in-the-life/sterile-services-vital-role-in-hospital-surgery/
Every day, roughly 230 patients have an operation at Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. It’s a figure that has been reduced during COVID-19, but surgery hasn’t stopped. People…
Responding to COVID-19: A Day in the life of the Estates Department https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/a-day-in-the-life/responding-to-covid-19-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-estates-department/
Often never seen or heard, or thought of until something goes wrong, the Estates Maintenance team are always there to provide service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,…
A day in the life of Portering Services https://www.gms-facilities.co.uk/a-day-in-the-life/a-day-in-the-life-of-portering-services/
Right on the frontline, our porters are essential in transporting patients and goods to where they need to be at the right time. But that’s not all they do. Operating…