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Front of Weston General Hospital entrance
Weston
13 February 2024

UHBW receives funding to expand urgent and emergency care services in Weston

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded almost £5million from NHS England to expand urgent and emergency...

Steve Hams with two preceptorship team members holding up their certificates
Southmead
29 January 2024

Preceptorship programme achieves national Quality Mark

Our preceptorship team has successfully achieved the National Preceptorship Quality Mark for nursing.

Muscular Dystrophy UK team smile for group photo
Southmead
24 January 2024

NBT's neuromuscular centre recognised for outstanding care

North Bristol NHS Trust has received a prestigious Centre of Excellence award from leading national charity Muscular Dystrophy UK.

Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, Jenny Wookey, and Maria Kane pose cutting the BUST thank you cake
Southmead
11 January 2024

New £1.5 million charity-donated scanner increases breast screening capacity

Women waiting for breast MRI scans in the Bristol area will be scanned sooner thanks to a new £1.5 million MRI scanner donated by Bristol-based...

BRI ICU consultant at UHBW, George Townsend, ECMO patient Bethany King, and ECMO Nurse Specialist at UHBW, Carly Smith group photo
City, Southmead
11 January 2024

Specialist service which uses artificial lung to treat critically ill patients marks one year at UHBW and NBT

Critically ill patients whose lungs have stopped working properly are being treated using an artificial lung outside the body in Bristol, through a...

scenic image of the Clifton Suspension Bridge - image credit Jarred Kyle
Southmead
8 January 2024

Statement on cancer care coverage

Statement in response to media coverage on Monday, 8 January about cancer surgery cancellations