North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust Monitored 9-5 Mon-Fri. Please note we aren't able to respond to DMs. We provide NHS healthcare at Southmead & Cossham Hospitals, & Bristol Centre for Enablement.
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An NHS centre of excellence in the South West and beyond for a range of services and specialties, providing healthcare at Southmead & Cossham Hospitals, & Bristol Centre for Enablement. An NHS centre of excellence in the South West and beyond for a range of services and specialties.

Together with Bristol Memorial Woodlands Trust and Gentle Dusk, we've created two new resources to support families and ...
08/05/2026

Together with Bristol Memorial Woodlands Trust and Gentle Dusk, we've created two new resources to support families and individuals during an incredibly difficult time - facing their own death, or that of a loved one.

The booklets were created with input from Gentle Dusk's service users, those navigating their own grief, and our Specialist Palliative Care team to provide guidance, support and compassion. They've also been translated into five languages so they can be accessed by those who need them, regardless of their background - they can be found on Bristol Memorial Woodland's website: https://www.bristolmemorialwoodlandtrust.org/resources/

We're incredibly proud to have been part of this project - a huge thank you to all those involved. šŸ’š

Today is VE Day, which marks the end of the Second World War in Europe.As an organisation, we honour the courage and s...
08/05/2026

Today is VE Day, which marks the end of the Second World War in Europe.

As an organisation, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who served during the war and remember all who gave so much for peace and freedom.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces community, and dedicated NHS care and support is available for those in military service or veterans.

Find out more at https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/armed-forces-community/

Our maternity team celebrates as OdonAssistā„¢, an innovative birth device first used at Southmead Hospital NHS, is now ap...
06/05/2026

Our maternity team celebrates as OdonAssistā„¢, an innovative birth device first used at Southmead Hospital NHS, is now approved for routine care across Europe.

Parents and babies in Bristol led the way in bringing OdonAssistā„¢ into practice, with Southmead Hospital making history in 2018 as the site of Europeā€™s first assisted vaginal birth using the device.

Since July 2025, it has already been used to safely deliver more than 300 babies across Europe.

This achievement is a proud milestone for Bristol, bringing together midwives, obstetricians, neonatologists, researcher and partners across the city to improve care for parents and families worldwide šŸŒ

To learn more, visit our website. (Link in comments)

In partnership with Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB, Sirona care & health, and Avon and Wiltshire Me...
06/05/2026

In partnership with Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB, Sirona care & health, and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP), weā€™re holding a Service of Thanksgiving for nurses and midwives on Monday 11 May to celebrate International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day.

This special civic service provides a moment to recognise and reflect on the incredible dedication, care and compassion of nurses and midwives across the region. All are welcome to attend, including current and retired nurses and midwives.

Link to register in the comments.

We're celebrating our Midwifery colleagues on International Day of the Midwife 2026! Thank you to all of our midwives ac...
05/05/2026

We're celebrating our Midwifery colleagues on International Day of the Midwife 2026!

Thank you to all of our midwives across Bristol NHS Group for all you do to support families across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Your amazing work makes such a difference and today weā€™re proud to celebrate you.

Young patients under the care of the prosthetics service at Bristol Centre for Enablement were treated to a special part...
01/05/2026

Young patients under the care of the prosthetics service at Bristol Centre for Enablement were treated to a special party. šŸŽ‰

The event at the centre was a chance for the children to have fun together in a safe space alongside others who understand the challenges they face, and for their parents to meet and chat with others in a similar situation. šŸ’™

There were arts and crafts, face-painting, games and a visit from Pets as Therapy dog Freddy. šŸ¶

Families also got the chance to take a look at the centre's workshop where prosthetic limbs are made.

How do we make sure peopleā€™s voices are truly embedded in service change?Following a meeting led by our Community Partic...
01/05/2026

How do we make sure peopleā€™s voices are truly embedded in service change?

Following a meeting led by our Community Participation Group (CPG) members last month, yesterday we held another positive and engaging session focused on a Group Clinical Service.

This session highlighted the CPG's influence, bringing members together with clinical colleagues to ask critical questions and challenge thinking. The focus was on ensuring that peopleā€™s voices are genuinely embedded in service development ā€“ not just heard, but helping to inform discussions and decisions. CPG members encouraged reflection on who has been engaged so far, and what else needs to be considered to remove barriers and make services more inclusive, accessible and equitable.

Creative and inclusive approaches supported these conversations, including capturing thoughts on tablecloths and using specially designed ā€œlistening spoonsā€ to guide discussion. These spoons, co-produced by a CPG member, include hand carved tactile features and are inscribed with shared principles that guide how we work together in CPG sessions.

The principle was simple: the person holding the spoon speaks, and others listen. This created space for open, respectful dialogue and reinforced the CPGā€™s role in influencing how clinical services are shaped and transformed, with lived experience and community insight at the heart of the conversation. ā¤ļø

We were very pleased to welcome Sadik Al-Hassan, MP for North Somerset, to the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) recently.Sa...
29/04/2026

We were very pleased to welcome Sadik Al-Hassan, MP for North Somerset, to the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) recently.

Sadik met with our Chair Ingrid Barker to hear about Bristol NHS Group, before being given a tour of the Pharmacy departments at the BRI.

Jon Standing, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Director of Pharmacy, and Matt Kaye, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) Director of Pharmacy, led the tour and talked about the closer working between the UHBW and NBT Pharmacy departments.

Sadik had some great conversations with Pharmacy colleagues in Radiopharmacy, Stores and Distribution, Digital Medicines, Procurement, Homecare, Clinical Trials, and Dispensary and Clinical Services, hearing about their departments, opportunities and ways we can strengthen services even further in the future. Sadik also took time to answer questions from the Pharmacy colleagues he met.

Thank you to Sadik for visiting us and to all of the colleagues who were involved in the visit.

Such a huge honour for Katharine to have been chosen as one of this year's Lamp Escorts, and a testament to the work she...
29/04/2026

Such a huge honour for Katharine to have been chosen as one of this year's Lamp Escorts, and a testament to the work she's done to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for her patients.

Congratulations Katharine, Richard and Debbie!

We were pleased to welcome Bristol North West MP Darren Jones MP to Southmead Hospital last week. Darren got to see one ...
24/04/2026

We were pleased to welcome Bristol North West MP Darren Jones MP to Southmead Hospital last week.

Darren got to see one of Bristol NHS Groupā€™s six surgical robots carrying out a robotic-assisted operation. Using surgical robots is helping to reduce hospital stays for patients.

The visit also included a tour of the Princess Royal Bristol Surgical Centre, a joint project with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, which has created capacity for an additional 6,700 procedures to be carried out each year.

A planned simulation of a mains electrical failure will take place inside the Brunel building at Southmead Hospital on T...
20/04/2026

A planned simulation of a mains electrical failure will take place inside the Brunel building at Southmead Hospital on Thursday 23 April.
The building will lose power for approximately 60 seconds at 6am. We are not expecting any disruption to essential services during this time and have robust back-up plans in place to manage the situation.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Read more ā€“ https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/about-us/news-media/latest-news/simulated-mains-failure-test-inside-brunel-building-southmead-hospital

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