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Staff pose outside Weston Community Diagnostic Centre for the ribbon cutting, with balloons
Weston, City
4 October 2024

Thousands more diagnostic tests available in Weston-super-Mare

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and InHealth celebrated the availability of thousands more diagnostic tests at the...

Newborn baby being examined with a stethoscope by a clinician
City
3 October 2024

St Michael’s Hospital first site in country to screen newborns for 200 genetic conditions as part of world-leading study

St Michael’s Hospital was the first hospital in England to introduce screening for The Generation Study led by Genomics England in partnership with...

scenic image of the Clifton Suspension Bridge - image credit Jarred Kyle
Weston, City
27 September 2024

Inexpensive drug, pioneered at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, can prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies

Giving women at risk of premature birth a simple magnesium sulphate infusion (or ‘drip’) can prevent their babies from developing cerebral palsy, a...

Baroness Merron with NBT colleagues outside NBT Trust Headquarters
Southmead
25 September 2024

Government Minister meets staff and service users during tour of maternity and neonatal services at Bristol’s Southmead Hospital

Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health, met staff and service users during a...

Side-by-side portraits of Glyn Howells and Stu Walker
Weston, City, Southmead
2 September 2024

North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust appoint Hospital Managing Directors

Glyn Howells and Professor Stuart Walker appointed to new positions.

Freddies sister visits him in his hospital bed
City
28 August 2024

Freddie becomes first in UK to benefit from new state-of the-art ECMO technology

A three-year-old boy, who fell critically ill after contracting multiple viruses, has become the first patient in the UK to benefit from a new state...