Gloucestershire NHS trust repeats temporary service suspensions as nearby councils issue planning lists

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has extended the suspension of its home birth service for at least six months, the trust announced on 18 November 2025 [1]. The same trust said its Cancer Prehabilitation Service would be temporarily suspended from 1 August 2025 because of ongoing staffing challenges and wider service pressures [2].

The notices are the latest in a series of temporary changes to services run by the trust [1][2][3][4][5]. In November 2023 it temporarily moved SACT (chemotherapy) outpatients at Cheltenham General Hospital from Avening Ward to Prescott Ward from Monday 27 November [3]. In December 2022 it cancelled home births because of heavy snow [4], and in October 2022 it issued an update on staffing challenges affecting maternity services at Stroud Maternity and Cheltenham Aveta [5].

Elsewhere, public bodies published planning lists for the week beginning 2 August 2026: North Somerset Council made planning decisions and received applications for Weston-super-Mare [6][7], Somerset Council made decisions for Taunton [8] and Bridgwater [9]. An employment tribunal decision was also published in a case brought against the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (case 3200347/2025) [10].