Patients attending Southmead Hospital and other North Bristol NHS Trust sites can now view their appointment letters online. This change, delivered through a patient engagement platform called DrDoctor, aims to enhance patient experience, reduce...
To raise awareness of the importance of testing, buildings across the West Country were lit up to mark World Hepatitis Day on Monday 28 July. These included City Hall in Bristol, The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Gloucester Quays and Forest Green...
A breast cancer screening study is investigating whether a new, faster magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, FAST MRI, could detect breast cancers earlier for women in their early fifties. Led by North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), the FAST MRI DYAMOND...
We were delighted to recently welcome the Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to Southmead Hospital to see our surgical robots in action. The Secretary of State saw how we’re using technology to transform...
Resident Doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will be taking national strike action at a number of NHS trusts, including North Bristol NHS Trust. The industrial action is a national dispute between the Government and...
We were very pleased to welcome Professor Meghana Pandit and Dr Trevor Smith to NBT and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust this week. Prof. Pandit, Co-National Medical Director – Secondary Care, NHS England, and Dr Smith...
Bristol NHS Group, a partnership between North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is hosting a first joint public and annual meeting and health fair on Tuesday 16 September 2025, from 16:30...
A group of six children who all have an inherited metabolic disorder called phenylketonuria (PKU) put on lab coats and became scientists for the day! The young patients from the patients from the Southwest Regional Paediatric Metabolic Service at...
More than 50,000 people who have attended emergency departments in Bristol and Weston have been tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C since the launch of a scheme for blood-borne virus testing. More than 120 people across the three emergency...
Partners North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) to pursue becoming a single organisation. Following the successful formation of the Bristol NHS Group by NBT and UHBW in April 2025, the...
