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NBT rated Outstanding for care and Good overall by CQC

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) has been rated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as “Good”, a major benchmark of high quality and effective services. This is the first time the Trust has achieved this rating since moving into its new hospital in...
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World Patient Safety Day at North Bristol Trust

The first ever World Patient Safety Day was marked at North Bristol Trust on Tuesday 17th September with an array of events taking place for patients and staff in the Atrium. The World Patient Safety Day is a global campaign and has been launched by...
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Exceptional Healthcare Awards 2019: shortlisted nominees

The nomination process for North Bristol Trust's annual Exceptional Healthcare Awards has closed for this year, with over 350 members of staff being nominated over 12 categories. The judging panel, comprising of divisional, union and patient...
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Health minister visits Southmead Hospital

On Friday (6 September) we welcomed Chris Skidmore MP and Minister of State for Health and Social Care to Southmead Hospital. The Kingswood MP had a tour of our emergency department and spoke various members of staff about recruitment and retention...
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Exceptional Healthcare Awards 2019: the nominees

The nomination process for North Bristol Trust's annual Exceptional Healthcare Awards has closed for this year, with over 350 members of staff being nominated over 12 categories. The judging panel, comprising of divisional, union and patient...
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July's cohort of NBT Heroes celebrated at Chief Executive's afternoon tea

The latest cohort of winners were celebrated today in the third quarterly NBT Hero Awards of 2019. The awards are a way for staff to recognise their colleagues for the small but amazing things that they do, or the caring, compassionate ways that they...
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First new police station in Bristol since 2012 opens in the grounds of Southmead Hospital

This week North Bristol NHS Trust and Avon & Somerset Police celebrated the official opening of the new Westgate House Police enquiry office on the Southmead Hospital site. The new centre, which is now the base for 40 members of policing staff, was...
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HRH The Duke of Gloucester visits Southmead Hospital in first Bristol visit of 2019

Today (Tuesday 30 July) North Bristol NHS Trust welcomed HRH the Duke of Gloucester to Southmead Hospital to meet the Move Makers who recently were given the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The popular Move Maker volunteers were initially...
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Cossham Birth Centre to reopen

Babies will be born at Cossham Birth Centre again from the autumn. A temporary closure of Cossham Birth Centre has been in place since October 2018 due to increasing inductions of labour at Southmead Hospital and a shortage of midwives. A major...
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Southmead Hospital site roadworks beginning 22 July

We are continuing with the programme of improvement works to our pedestrian crossings and roundabouts on the Southmead Hospital Site. To allow us to safely complete these works we are implementing a number of one way systems on site. This will impact...