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Cossham Hospital opens

Cossham Memorial Hospital in Kingswood re-opened its doors to patients on Monday January 28 after an extensive £19 million refurbishment by NHS South Gloucestershire. The building has new, modern and fully accessible facilities from which the NHS...
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Update on plans for Health and Social Care Centre at Frenchay

The local Clinical Commissioning Groups at NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) are currently reviewing the future models of care for rehabilitation and outpatient care services. This work will determine the requirements for...
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Update: New opening date for Cossham Birth Centre

Cossham Birth Centre the first free-standing birth centre in the area is now taking bookings from healthy expectant mums due to give birth towards the end of January 2013. Bristol’s first stand-alone midwife-led birth centre will open in January 2013...
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Update on the Bristol Acute Services Review: Joint statement

Joint statement issued by: Marie-Noelle Orzel, Chief Executive, North Bristol NHS Trust Robert Woolley, Chief Executive, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation...
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Independent review of implementation of new electronic record system at North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust accepts the findings of the independent review into the implementation of our new electronic patient record system between December 2011 and March 2012. Overall the implementation went as planned within our Emergency...
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Specialist centre for Motor Neurone Disease opens at Frenchay Hospital

People diagnosed with a devastating and terminal condition in the Bristol area are now able to access well co-ordinated care closer to home following the opening of a specialist MND Care Centre at Frenchay Hospital. Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a...
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Review of acute services across the city

This statement is issued on behalf of Professor Steve West, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West of England and chair of the project team. North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) have...
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New community children’s service is the largest in the country

From today (April 1), North Bristol NHS Trust is providing all community children’s health services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. This follows a procurement of community children’s health services by NHS South Gloucestershire and NHS Bristol...
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NBT – conditionally registered by Care Quality Commission

North Bristol NHS Trust’s conditional registration from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is driven by the recent receipt of an improvement notice, and we take this very seriously. We are therefore deeply disappointed at this result. It follows an...
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First look at new Cossham Birth Centre

North Bristol NHS Trust has released the first artist impressions of the new Birth Centre at Cossham Hospital. The midwife-led centre will be the first of its kind in the local area, providing low risk mums-to-be in Bristol and South Gloucestershire...