The Major Incident at Southmead Hospital has now been stepped down

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Updated: 15:42

We can confirm that a suspect package discovered this morning (10 March 2022) in our Emergency Department has been declared safe by Police.

We’d like to thank the public for their support during this time and their help in keeping our staff and patients safe. We’d also like to thank staff for their quick actions and responsiveness.

Our Emergency Department and surrounding areas have now reopened, and visiting has been reinstated.

Outpatient appointments remain cancelled for the remainder of the day in order for us to deal with the knock-on effects of today’s incident. We apologise for this disruption and thank the public for their patience.

There are exceptions - outpatient appointments will continue in:

  • Women’s and Children’s
  • the Breast Centre
  • Dialysis
  • Chemotherapy in the Medical Day Unit and
  • the Rosa Burden Brain Centre.

Bristol Donor centre has not been impacted and donors are asked to attend their appointments as normal.

Thank you to our local healthcare partners, Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire & Rescue Service for their help in manging this incident.

Anyone needing urgent medical help should contact NHS 111.

Thursday 10 March 2022 - 12:14

We’re asking all members of the public to please stay away from the Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital whilst this incident is ongoing. This means that we have had to cancel all outpatient appointments and visiting today. We are unable to comment further at this time but will issue updates as soon as possible.