Please click on the links below for more information on conditions.

Acromegaly*

Addison's Disease*

Craniopharyngioma

Cushing's Disease*

Diabetes Insipidus

Graves Disease - Also see Antithyroid drugs

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperthyroidsim

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypopituitarism

Klinefelter's syndrome

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-1 (MEN-1)

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-2A (MEN-2A)

Non-functioning Pituitary adenoma

Paraganglionoma

Phaeochromocytoma

Prolactinoma*

Rathke's Cleft Cysts

Sick Day rules for Adrenal insufficiency/Addison's or Steroid dependence - Also see Video for emergency Injection

Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery

Thyroid Eye Disease

Thyroid Nodules and Swellings

Turner's Syndrome

*also see https://www.yourhormones.info/

Society for Endocrinology

Pituitary Foundation

British Thyroid Association

NICE  (choose the diabetes topic)

Welcome to the NBT Library and Knowledge Service.

We are located on the first floor of the Learning & Research Building, which you can access 24/7 with your staff ID badge.

We can support your learning and professional development by providing access to the latest evidence and resources to support your role. Whether you're seeking information for clinical decisions, research, or professional development, we have a wealth of resources to help. The Library and Knowledge Service offers:

• Extensive collections: Access to a wide range of journals, books, and databases.
• Research support: Assistance with literature searches, systematic reviews, and research projects.
• Training and workshops: Regular sessions on literature searching, critical appraisal, and reflective writing.
• Study spaces: The main library offers a quiet working space for focused study and research. We also have a hotdesking area for collaborative working. 
• IT facilities: We have computers for work and study and a multifunction device for printing, scanning, and photocopying. 

We look forward to welcoming you during your induction and supporting your journey at North Bristol NHS Trust. Please get in touch if you have questions - southmead.library@nbt.nhs.uk.

The Language Explorer Study

Investigators: Yvonne Wren, Miriam Seifert, Sam Harding, Lydia Morgan, Jen Chesters, Rebecca Bright, Swapnil Gadgil (Therapy Box), Cristina McKean
(University of Newcastle), Geraldine Bates (Sirona Care)

Funder: NIHR i4i Scheme

We are now in the final year of the Language Explorer study, where we are developing and assessing a new app to semi-automate language transcription and analysis. The app will assist speech and language therapists with clinical decision making for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). 

BSLTRU are leading the clinical evaluation of the app, which has involved coordinating the assessment of children with DLD across clinical sites in Bristol, Hackney in East London, and Newcastle. We are currently using the data from these assessments to compare how children with DLD perform on the Language Explorer app, with data from 600 children with typically developing language collected in an earlier phase of the study.

Our clinical evaluation report will be completed in May 2022.

Exploring access to Speech and Language Therapy for Welsh speaking survivors of stroke

Investigator: Katherine Broomfield & Carys Williams

Funder:Stroke Association, Wales

This project is being funded by the Stroke Association, Wales and being carried out in collaboration with Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU). The aim of the project is to explore the lived experience of people who need speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke to inform further research and service development.  

Katherine Broomfield (BSLTRU) and Carys Williams (CMU) are recruiting people who have aphasia following stroke and who use Welsh as their language of choice for everyday interactions. They will interview people to find out about their experiences of speech and language therapy (SLT) provision and intervention following stroke in individuals who require provision and intervention in Welsh. 

This project will help to identify barriers and facilitators to receiving support speech and language therapy for aphasia in Welsh following stroke from the reported experience of individuals and their families/carers/communication partner.  

Chin Tuck Against Resistance with Feedback: Swallowing Rehabilitation in Frail Older People (CTAR-SwiFt) - A feasibility study a Research for Patient Benefit 

Investigators: Lydia Morgan, Aoife Stone, David Smithard 

Timescale: September 2021- May 2023

Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit

Swallowing problems are more common in the frail population. Many frail older people admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) will have aspirated saliva or food (90%).  
If the swallow can be improved by a simple exercise thereby improving nutrition and reducing aspiration, it may be possible CAP, loss of independence, infection and death and hence reduce health care costs will be reduced.

This is a feasibility randomised control study of two types of rehabilitation exercises using Chin Tuck against resistance with feedback (CTAR-SwiFt), using a device called ExerPhager (a rubber ball with pressure gauge, linked to a tablet via Bluetooth) to improve swallowing, eating and drinking.  BSLTRU have with the main study site (Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust) to recruit patients with pneumonia to this study.

Lydia is Principle Investigator for North Bristol Trust as well as the research associate for this study.

Recruitment has closed for thus study and analysis is ongoing.

Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for children with Speech Sound Disorders (SSD) (The MISLToe_SSD Study)

To date, the work to develop MISLToe_SSD has been funded by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) grant. The Chief Investigator for the study was Dr Yvonne Wren. In this study, Yvonne led an international, multidisciplinary team of academics, SLTs and PPI members to work together to establish a Core Outcomes Set (COS) and minimum dataset for children with SSD. This prioritisation and design of this study is informed by our PPI members, who include children and young people with, or who have a history of, SSD, as well as parents of children with SSD.

The work undertaken so far consists of three work streams:

• Firstly, an umbrella review of existing evidence will help us identify a comprehensive list of potential content for the COS and minimum dataset, including outcomes, interventions and assessments for SSD.
• Secondly, SLTs from five NHS sites, and parents of children with SSD, across the UK will join participatory workshops to discuss the processes by which children with SSD are currently assessed and diagnosed in NHS services. These discussions will lead to an agreed process for SSD diagnosis. An online survey and card sorting activity will be undertaken by SLTs in clinical practice to determine a full list of SSD interventions in current practice to be included in the COS and minimum dataset.
• Thirdly, the results of the umbrella review, workshops and surveys will be presented for discussion to an expert panel of SLTs, academics and PPI members.

Then next steps (funding pending) will work with ten NHS SLT teams to begin collection of the COS and minimum dataset. We will determine what barriers may exist to collection of data and how these may be overcome in order to establish a process for collection of a large dataset which, subject to consent, can be used to address a wide range of questions relevant to this population. These data will be used to compare outcomes across different care pathways.

The MISLToe_SSD Study

 

Diagnostic Protocol for SSD & List of Interventions

The Core Outcome Set and Minimum Dataset for Speech Sound Disorder

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Annual Leave & Sickness

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Southmead Hospital Charity

North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to ensuring it delivers inclusive health services for all. Respect, dignity, civility, compassion and care are at the core of how we treat each other and all our partners at NBT as patient safety, experience and outcomes are all improved when staff are valued, empowered, and supported.

Staff equality groups

Come and join our staff equality groups. Email us in confidence to get details of meetings, training events and more.

• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
• Disabled & Neurodivergent
• LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, + Represents other sexual identities, including pansexual)
• Women

Additional Support

The Social Model of Disability has been adopted by the Trust - North Bristol NHS Trust Adopts the Social Model of Disability | North Bristol NHS Trust

Information to promote our positive policies at NBT for neurodivergent staff, includes contacts for managers and staff.

NBT also welcomes Disability Reasonable Adjustments to support staff be their best at work.

Declare your equality information

All staff are encouraged to tell us who they are through ESR (electronic staff record), as this helps us to develop targeted support initiatives for different staff groups.

For any Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters, you can contact the Staff Experience & Culture Team by emailing: Inclusion@nbt.nhs.uk

NBT’s Declarations of Interest Policy is in line with NHS England guidance and it is important that all staff are familiar with the principles set out.

All relevant interests should be declared, even where no conflict currently exists or is anticipated.

It is an NHS Constitution Key Principle that ‘All NHS staff must seek to ensure that they are not placed in a position which risks, or appears to risk, conflict of interest between individuals and the interests of the Trust’.

The Joint Union Committee (JUC) consists of representatives from all of the Trade Unions recognised and based at North Bristol NHS Trust.

There are a number of Trade Unions and Professional Associations that negotiate on a regular basis with North Bristol NHS Trust on behalf of all staff. A full list of those representatives is available on the Unions page of LINK, our intranet, once you have computer access. Whatever your role, and where ever you work, there are trained trade union representatives who can support you over a wide range of workplace issues.

The JUC meets monthly to discuss issues that affect all staff within the Trust.

In addition, a monthly meeting of the Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee(JCNC) takes place, where members of the JUC meet with management representatives to negotiate on certain issues. 

Union representatives are involved in individual staff issues, as well as a range of various matters that affect all staff.

Any member of staff is welcome to contact the Trade Union Office on 0117 414 8550 or email TradeUnions@nbt.nhs.uk for further advice on which union is best for you.

On behalf of Joint Union Committee Members, Welcome to NBT.