The Southmead Hospital Vaccination Hub has delivered it's 30,000th dose just over 100 days after delivering its first vaccine. The milestone was reached on Saturday 20 March 2021, with the first COVID-19 vaccine in Bristol given to 97 year old Jack...
North Bristol NHS Trust is one of 40 trusts across the country offering patients the colon capsule colonoscopy cameras as part of checks for cancer. Patients will only need to attend Southmead Hospital to swallow the "pill" camera and have a belt...
Healthcare Science Week is great opportunity to celebrate and recognise all of our NBT Healthcare Scientists, and show how science and technology is vital in modern patient care and changes lives for the better. It’s also an opportunity for our staff...
Plans have been set out today (Monday, March 15) for a public consultation on major changes to the area’s stroke services in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The area’s Stroke Programme Board – made up of stroke survivors...
Local health and care organisations are joining together to say ‘It’s not OK’ to be violent, aggressive or abusive towards their staff, in a new campaign launching today (10 March). The ‘It’s not OK’ campaign aims to highlight the impact of...
The NBT Hero Awards usually take place 6 times a year, with judges filtering through 30-40 nominations in between ceremonies. But between December 2020 and January 2021, over 100 nominations were submitted by staff for their colleagues - showing...
The Echo team of Cardiac Physiologists at North Bristol NHS Trust have been awarded British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) departmental accreditation in three different areas. Not content with being individually accredited to BSE standards, the...
Every year on 8 March, people across the world celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and pledge to take action for gender equality. The theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, to encourage everybody to challenge...
Two retired NBT Doctors have come out of retirement to help at the Southmead vaccination hub. Retired Emergency Physician Dr Jason Kendall and his wife, retired Palliative Care Lead Dr Clare Kendall have re-joined NBT as volunteer vaccinators. They...
Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol Mrs Peaches Golding OBE caught up with North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) Chief Executive Evelyn Barker to explain why she recently signed up to the com-cov vaccine research trial and why it is important for everyone to get...
