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CQC lifts restrictions on North Bristol

The restrictions placed on North Bristol NHS Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following the Improvement Notice issued in April, have been lifted. This means that North Bristol will be unconditionally registered with the CQC (which replaced...
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North Bristol NHS Trust – 2008/09 CQC Annual Health Check

North Bristol NHS Trust has been rated ‘good’ for its quality of financial management and ‘weak’ for the quality of its services in the 2008/09 Care Quality Commission (CQC) Annual Health Check. As part of the quality of services rating, the CQC...
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Council grants planning permission for new super-hospital

All quotes attributable to Sonia Mills, Chief Executive, North Bristol NHS Trust At a special meeting held last night, Bristol City Council granted planning permission for the new state-of-the-art super-hospital at Southmead. This is excellent news...
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Department of Health approves Appointment Business Case for new super-hospital

All quotes attributable to Sonia Mills, Chief Executive North Bristol NHS Trust heard earlier this week the excellent news that the Department of Health and Treasury have approved the Appointment Business Case for the development of the new PFI super...
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Project to document development of new hospital at Southmead

North Bristol NHS Trust has appointed two Bristol-based artists who will work with staff, patients and local people throughout the development of the new hospital at Southmead, right up until its opening in 2014. Eleanor Wynne Davis and Deborah...
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Work starts on new hospital at Southmead

Local people and staff members will celebrate the start of building work on the new hospital at Southmead on Friday, August 13 with a special turf-cutting ceremony. Over the past few months, developers, Carillion, have cleared part of the site...
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Bristol Urological Institute formally joins North Bristol NHS Trust

The Bristol Urological Institute has formally joined North Bristol NHS Trust to enhance its vital research into urological conditions and prostate cancer. The integration of the BUI, based at Southmead Hospital, will allow it to access more funding...
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Dialysis at home offers patients greater freedom

For the past 30 years, the Richard Bright Renal Unit at Southmead Hospital has been at the forefront of offering its patients the option of receiving their dialysis treatment at home. The Trust installs the equipment – including the plumbing – and...
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NBT welcomes community services from South Gloucestershire

NHS South Gloucestershire and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) have agreed to the transfer of the PCT’s community services provider arm: South Gloucestershire Community Health Services, into NBT. From April 1, the 550 staff previously employed by NHS...
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Breast Care Centre moving

North Bristol NHS Trust are moving all Breast services, including outpatient clinics, day case operations, inpatient operations and mammography from Frenchay Hospital to Southmead Hospital at the end of May 2011. The new Breast Care Centre will be...