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scenic image of the Clifton Suspension Bridge - image credit Jarred Kyle
Weston, City, Southmead
9 September 2025

Bristol NHS Group Trusts receive high ratings in new NHS National Oversight Framework

Department for Health and Social Care rankings place Bristol NHS Group hospitals amongst the best in the South West.

scenic image of the Clifton Suspension Bridge - image credit Jarred Kyle
Weston, City, Southmead
5 September 2025

Bristol NHS Group appoints single non-executive director team

Partners North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have appointed a single Non-Executive...

The Princess Royal Bristol Surgical Centre
Weston, City, Southmead
5 September 2025

The new surgical centre at Southmead Hospital will be named in honour of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

The centre, which has seen its first patients having operations over the last week, will be known as The Princess Royal Bristol Surgical Centre.

Front entrance North Bristol Community Diagnostic Centre
Southmead
18 August 2025

More than 51,000 appointments at North Bristol Community Diagnostic Centre

More than 74,000 tests and scans were provided for patients last month in the South West's growing network of NHS community diagnostic centres (CDCs)...

group photo of the Central Outpatients team at Bristol Royal Infirmary
Weston, City
18 August 2025

UHBW hits one million digital appointment letter milestone saving £2.1 million

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) has sent 1,000,000 digital appointment letters to patients, saving an estimated £2...

scenic image of the Clifton Suspension Bridge - image credit Jarred Kyle
Weston, City
1 August 2025

Immunotherapy can extend life of people with rare form of cancer, study finds

Men with a rare form of cancer could live longer than currently expected, following a clinical trial by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS...