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New Brunel building car park opens to patients and visitors

Patients and visitors at Southmead Hospital can now use the new multi-storey car park. The new car park is part of the extension to the Brunel building, which was handed over to North Bristol NHS Trust by developers Carillion in July. Patients and...
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Dementia Awareness Week: Care praised by CQC

People with dementia receive “sympathetic and knowledgeable” care and treatment within North Bristol NHS Trust, according to Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors who visited services. The most recent CQC report for the Trust, which was published...
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North Bristol NHS Trust’s response to CQC report (April 2016)

We welcome the publication of today’s report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Although we are still rated overall as “requires improvement”, the significant progress that has been made across the Trust over the past year has been recognised -...
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Patients set to benefit from new genomics medicine centre

Patients in the West of England are set to benefit from a new NHS Genomic Medicine Centre. A partnership made up of NHS provider organisations in Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham and Gloucestershire, universities in the region, the West of England Academic...
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Renal Interventional Unit opens at Southmead Hospital

A Renal Interventional Unit has opened at Southmead Hospital following a donation from a Bristol kidney patients group. The two-bedded room within the renal inpatient ward in the Brunel building has been funded by the Bristol Area Kidney Patients’...
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NBT response to CQC report into emergency services at Southmead

Providing a safe and high quality emergency service for our patients is our number one priority. Therefore we very much welcome the latest report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which positively reflects the many changes and improvements that...
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Bristol Brain Centre officially opens at Southmead Hospital

The new Bristol Brain Centre, which brings together expertise from North Bristol NHS Trust and the University of Bristol, was officially opened yesterday. The centre is the first of its kind in the country to bring together research teams in the...
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Major Arterial Centre at Southmead Hospital celebrates first anniversary

The Major Arterial Centre at Southmead Hospital Bristol is celebrating its first anniversary. Centralising major arterial surgery at the hospital has meant that emergency patients have access to both Vascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology, 24...
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Old Southmead Hospital buildings given new lease of life in second phase of Brunel redevelopment

The old buildings of Southmead Hospital are being given a new lease of life as part of construction on the second phase of the Brunel building. Demolition of the old Southmead wards has now been completed. And more than half of the stone from the...
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North Bristol NHS Trust launched as one of England’s first training Excellence Centres

North Bristol NHS Trust has launched as one of England’s first Excellence Centres as part of an initiative to improve training for healthcare support staff. The National Skills Academy for Health North Bristol Excellence Centre is one of six...