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Mothers & babies group photo at Bump2Baby gestational diabetes study tea party

Bump2Baby and Me research study aims to prevent maternal and child diabetes

After nearly 20 months’ involvement in the Bump2Baby and Me study, the research team in Bristol invited our Mums and babies to a tea party at Southmead Hospital to say a big ‘thank you’ for their involvement. Held on 21 September, it was a wonderful...
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Black History Month 2023: 'Yes You Can' project

The 'Yes You Can' project is about celebrating the diverse career journeys of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.ME) staff, and the obstacles they have overcome to get where they are now as part of Black History Month 2023. We asked B.A.ME...
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National doctors’ industrial action update

Consultant doctors and junior 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, in October 2023. The industrial action is a national...
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Plans for new Bristol Elective Centre receive green-light

Plans have been approved for a new £49.9 million Elective Centre at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, which will provide capacity for an additional 6,500 operations a year to be carried out. The new state-of-the-art centre will benefit patients across...
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Scheme to support ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments in the West of England wins national patient safety award

The West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) is a winner in the 2023 HSJ Patient Safety Awards for its work with local hospital trusts to improve outcomes for ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments. The SHarED (Supporting High...
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New digital maternity system launches at NBT

Maternity service users in Bristol will benefit from a new system launched at hospitals across University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and North Bristol Trust (NBT). In a bid to transform how maternity service users access...
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Volunteer-led project to make health accessible for blind and partially sighted people

West of England Sight Loss Council (SLC) developed a high impact partnership with North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) to make health accessible for blind and partially sighted (BPS) people. In this blog, West of England SLC member, Heather Armstrong...
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National doctors’ industrial action update

Consultant doctors and junior 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 in September and October 2023. The industrial action is...
Photo of the flower garden next to Southmead Hospital

Maddy Lawrence inquest statement

North Bristol NHS Trust Chief Medical Officer, Tim Whittlestone, said: “Firstly, on behalf of the Trust I would like to say how deeply sorry we are to Maddy’s family, friends and teammates, and offer our unreserved, heartfelt apologies. As a parent...