From 7am on 11 August until 7am on 15 August 2023, junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) will be taking national strike action at a number of NHS trusts...
Southmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s (NICU) supportive approach to breastfeeding has been recognised with the Baby Friendly Award from UNICEF UK. This prestigious award recognises the feeding support mothers and families receive from...
Working in partnership with local partners, North Bristol NHS Trust will open a Community Diagnostic Centre to increase capacity for patients. Thousands more scans and investigations are to be offered to NHS patients in Bristol, North Somerset and...
On Tuesday 1 August 2023, from 7am until 6pm , the main public and staff pedestrian entrances to the emergency department (ED) at Southmead Hospital (accessed from the ED car park) will be temporarily closed to allow for essential works to take place...
The temporary suspension of births at Cossham Birth Centre will remain in place until Spring 2024. We took the difficult decision to temporarily pause births at Cossham due to workforce challenges so that we can maintain safe care for all women and...
New figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) show that Southmead Hospital was among the hospitals where most patients donated their organs after death. The figures have been released to mark the publication of the annual Organ Donation...
As part of Plastic Free July we are highlighting staff members and teams at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) doing things a little differently in order to reduce our plastic waste. Operating theatres are energy and resource-intensive environments and...
This article is part of our Plastic Free July series, in which we are highlighting North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) staff members and teams doing things a little differently in order to reduce our plastic waste. By nature, emergency departments are fast...
“I am ever so grateful for every single day more of life that Nik has given me.” These are the words of 60-year-old Jay-Jay Martin, whose life changed after he had a pioneering neurosurgery procedure overseen by Mr Nik Patel, consultant neurosurgeon...
Working with the West of England Academic Health Science Network (WEAHSN), North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) has been able to assess patient benefits of innovative cardiac monitoring technology. The WEAHSN evaluation of NBT’s implementation of iRhythm’s...
