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Review of acute services across the city

This statement is issued on behalf of Professor Steve West, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West of England and chair of the project team. North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) have...
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New community children’s service is the largest in the country

From today (April 1), North Bristol NHS Trust is providing all community children’s health services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. This follows a procurement of community children’s health services by NHS South Gloucestershire and NHS Bristol...
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NBT – conditionally registered by Care Quality Commission

North Bristol NHS Trust’s conditional registration from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is driven by the recent receipt of an improvement notice, and we take this very seriously. We are therefore deeply disappointed at this result. It follows an...
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First look at new Cossham Birth Centre

North Bristol NHS Trust has released the first artist impressions of the new Birth Centre at Cossham Hospital. The midwife-led centre will be the first of its kind in the local area, providing low risk mums-to-be in Bristol and South Gloucestershire...
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CQC lifts restrictions on North Bristol

The restrictions placed on North Bristol NHS Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following the Improvement Notice issued in April, have been lifted. This means that North Bristol will be unconditionally registered with the CQC (which replaced...
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North Bristol NHS Trust – 2008/09 CQC Annual Health Check

North Bristol NHS Trust has been rated ‘good’ for its quality of financial management and ‘weak’ for the quality of its services in the 2008/09 Care Quality Commission (CQC) Annual Health Check. As part of the quality of services rating, the CQC...
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Council grants planning permission for new super-hospital

All quotes attributable to Sonia Mills, Chief Executive, North Bristol NHS Trust At a special meeting held last night, Bristol City Council granted planning permission for the new state-of-the-art super-hospital at Southmead. This is excellent news...
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Department of Health approves Appointment Business Case for new super-hospital

All quotes attributable to Sonia Mills, Chief Executive North Bristol NHS Trust heard earlier this week the excellent news that the Department of Health and Treasury have approved the Appointment Business Case for the development of the new PFI super...
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Project to document development of new hospital at Southmead

North Bristol NHS Trust has appointed two Bristol-based artists who will work with staff, patients and local people throughout the development of the new hospital at Southmead, right up until its opening in 2014. Eleanor Wynne Davis and Deborah...
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Work starts on new hospital at Southmead

Local people and staff members will celebrate the start of building work on the new hospital at Southmead on Friday, August 13 with a special turf-cutting ceremony. Over the past few months, developers, Carillion, have cleared part of the site...