Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

07/02/2026

Have you heard of the South Wales and South West Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Network? This week is Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness week and we would like to take this opportunity to share some information with you about the Network. 👇

The CHD Network connects hospitals, services, staff, and patient/family representatives from across South Wales and the South West. Together we aim to support the delivery of high quality care for patients on their life journey, from before birth to adulthood. The CHD Network brings together many different people including: cardiologists, nurses, physiologists, pharmacists, dentists, managers, psychologists, patient representatives, families and support groups. 🗣

Did you know…? There are over 18 adult and 19 children’s centre across the South West and South West Network! 🥰

If you would like to find out more information about your local hospital you can visit our Network website www.swswchd.co.uk. Here you can also find out about how to contact the teams, how to find out about your appointment, and other local information about parking and amenities.

02/02/2026

We are now sharing the photos of the winners and runners up of our 2025 Women’s and Children’s Division Staff! These staff members and teams’ range between Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, St Michael’s Hospital and Weston General Hospital! ⭐

Here are our award winners for the categories:

Being Collaborative
Being Supportive
Being Innovative
Being Respectful

Have a look through all the images to view all the wonderful winners and runners up! 🥰

The Women's and Children’s Division Staff Awards are an awards scheme for any staff member or team whose main role benefits patients and families in the Women’s and Children’s Division, based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, St Michael’s and Weston General Hospital.

Thank you again to the wonderful Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal for providing the prizes and certificates! And thank you to all of you who submitted nominations. 💙

28/01/2026

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21/01/2026

Joseph the superstar! ⭐

A HUGE thank you from everyone here at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children for all of your hard work! To run in all kinds of weather, to raise money as a thank you, is a really kind gesture. We are so happy to hear that after your stay with us, you're doing so much better! 💙

15/01/2026

‘Professional, fast and informative’ ⭐

For our first of the year, we’re shouting out our Emergency Department! Take a read for yourself to see some recent feedback. 👇

These comments were given to us through the Friends and Family Test, which is a form given to families and patients once they finish their stay with us. We want you to know that what you write in these forms always get back to us, so please give us your feedback when prompted! 🧡

14/01/2026

'I found the Youth Forums meeting amazing!'

On Saturday, a number of our Youth Involvement Group members met with other young people from hospital Youth Forums across the UK! This virtual meeting was an opportunity to meet and talk more digital innovation and research in hospitals and to hear the experiences, ideas, questions and worries that young people have. 👇

Jay, who took part said 'I found the Youth Forums meeting amazing and a great way of young people sharing opinions and experiences about their own hospital visits. I found it very interesting how people across the UK have different digital platforms that hospitals and doctors use to communicate with patients.' 🥰

Making sure that young people's voices are heard in decision-making contexts is really important to us and these conversations will inform a presentation by young people at the Children's Hospital Alliance Conference! 🗣

07/01/2026

Youth Ambassadors have an important role in our hospitals and are involved in making sure the voice of young people is heard in decision-making contexts in the hospitals. We have had a space to be a Youth Ambassador become available and are looking to recruit - if you're aged 14-21 years old you could be one! 👇

There are lots of opportunities alongside this role - previous Youth Ambassadors have spoken at national events, shadowed staff, assessed clinical areas and been involved in judging staff awards and fancy dress. 🎉

If you’re interested in this please complete the application form here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=dlg22ethzEunZJFACjBCc8bxj7_3kXNNoJ_jVMG6P75UQVRIRlM0TzBHNE9IVjhOWVhWVE5GM01OMC4u&route=shorturl&fbclid=IwY2xjawPLTRdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEekilm4firtoVJA-C6dKUvXnL5JDFUxqDGPTi2QcKWPd17s6qwa22A47ITzxs_aem_kHDGZolqTmtvAt0FD0vgFg

You can also find out more by contacting the Young Persons Involvement Worker at Sara.Reynolds@UHBW.nhs.uk.

Read the newsletter to see more of what our Youth Ambassadors and Youth Involvement Group get up to! ♥

What are you waiting for? Go! Go! Go!

31/12/2025

Happy New Year from all of us at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children! 🥳

Thank you to our amazing patients, colleagues, volunteers, and charities for everything you’ve contributed this year.

Here’s to a brilliant 2026! 🙌

30/12/2025

*DRUM ROLL PLEASE* We are delighted to announce the winners and runners up of the Women’s and Children’s Staff Awards 2025! 🎉🏆

These awards are for staff members or teams whose main role benefits patients and families in the Women’s and Children’s division, based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, St Michael’s Hospital or Weston General Hospital.

We were so pleased to have received over 200 nominations this year and this made it a tough decision for our group of judges. BUT in no particular order, our winners and runners up! 👇

⭐𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀⭐
• Eating Disorder Team - BRHC
• Michelle – BRHC
• Dr Liz Crowne and Rebecca Broadbent - BRHC
• Stefan Kosciow - BRHC
• Katie Montague - BRHC
• Dr Paul Reavley - BRHC
• Ma’In Masarweh - BRHC
• Joshua Cottam - BRHC
• Staff on NICU - STMH
• Isabelle Powell - STMH
• Gemma Cass - STMH
• Sophie Angove - STMH
• Fay Hamilton, Trinette Moore and Elizabeth Osmond - STMH
• Eleanor Richardson - STMH

⭐𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗽⭐
• Eleanor Moore - BRHC
• Harriet Parks - BRHC
• Megan – BRHC
• Natasha Shinn - BRHC
• All Staff on Dolphin Ward - BRHC
• Tim Murphy - BRHC
• Amy Pilkington - BRHC
• Lincy Varghese - BRHC
• Lisa Cooke - BRHC
• Frances Johnson-Wynne - BRHC
• Alanna Holt - BRHC
• Jennifer Trickey - BRHC
• Martha Fagan - BRHC
• The Fetal Cardiology Team - STMH
• Hana Evans - STMH
• UHBW Newborn Hearing Screening Team - STMH
• CDS Midwifery Team - STMH
• Madeleine Holland - STMH
• Dr Ela Chakkarapani - STMH
• Andrew Wilson and Adam Parslow - STMH
• Dzhuliya Vlahova – STMH
• Iona Marechal - STMH

A huge congratulations to all winners and runners up! And a big thank you again to every patient, family member, staff and follower who nominated in the awards. This plays a huge part in recognising and celebrating the dedicated work of the Women’s and Children’s workforce. ♥

Once all the awards have been presented to the individuals, we will share the photos of the winners and runners up. Keep your eyes peeled on our page! 👀

This forms part of the programme which is delivered in partnership with Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal. 🥰

25/12/2025

On the day OF Christmas we wanted to say… Merry Christmas! 💚

From everyone at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, we wish you a wonderful day – however you get to celebrate it! 🎅

We hope you enjoyed our Christmas countdown this year – we sure have been busy here! It’s been great to see what fun festivities the hospital has been up to this month and to be able to share that with you. 🧸

One final happy Christmas, have a merry time!

24/12/2025

On the DAY before Christmas, we’re sharing our annual tradition! 🎄💚

Mr Martin Gargan, our Clinical Chair, has done a lovely reading of ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ – what a perfect way to celebrate the night before Christmas!
Happy Christmas Eve to you all – find a comfy spot and settle down to enjoy this classic story. 🥰

https://youtu.be/9nXjqGzs8CY?si=jQFP07wThPk1KsDh

Settle down for 'Twas The Night Before Christmas - a classic Christmas story read to you by Martin. A well-loved classic story to bring some Christmas cheer;...

23/12/2025

On the 3rd day before Christmas… we wanted to say a big heartfelt thank you! 💚

This is the season (as well as all year round) of passing on our thanks. We are so grateful to all our staff members across the hospitals for all the hard work they put in to providing a caring environment and service every day. 🥰

We hope you’ve been enjoying our 2025 Christmas Countdown – only 2 more posts left (including our big Christmas day post)! 🎄

Do you have anyone you'd like to thank? Let us know in a comment below 👇