NBT was awarded £1.56m Research Capability Funding (RCF) from the NIHR for 2025/26. This allocation puts NBT in third position out of 258 NHS Trusts and organisations in England.
Blocked leg arteries – often caused by diabetes or smoking – are very common, but if left untreated can lead to amputation, or even death. To improve blood flow, a procedure called an angioplasty is usually carried out, with patients given blood...
Suriya Kirkpatrick is at the forefront of Nurse-led research, currently serving as Assistant Chief Nursing Officer for Research and Genomics at North Bristol Trust (NBT). She is also a Senior Research Leader with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and a PhD student at Oxford Brookes University.
The Pharmacy Clinical Trials and Research Team play an essential role in the successful delivery of clinical trials, ensuring research studies are conducted efficiently and safely. Meet the team, learn about their roles and hear how they’ve had a successful year.
Corina is a Senior Research Assistant in the Bristol Knee Group. She started her career as a healthcare assistant and has been supported in her training to join the Clinical Research Practitioner registry.
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a very rare genetic condition. It affects around 1 in 50,000 people*. We interviewed Chloe to find out about her experience of taking part in a drug study. My body does not recognise when to stop swelling Living with a...
Dr Jo Crofts, Consultant Obstetrician and Lead for Obstetrics at North Bristol NHS Trust, has been awarded £25,000 funding from the Southmead Hospital Charity Springboard Research Fund for the Cell-SAVE Study. The Cell-SAVE Study The Cell-SAVE Study...
Laura Hanley, a Clinical Psychologist specialising in Neuropsychology, is about to embark on a research project funded by a £25,000 grant from the Southmead Hospital Charity Springboard Research Fund. Her work aims to uncover sex-based differences in...
David Woodstoke, a Research Associate and Clinical Psychologist has been awarded £24,000 from the Southmead Hospital Charity Springboard Research Fund to undertake his latest project. We interviewed him to learn more about his work. David’s 18-month...
Mary Lynch, Senior Midwife Co-ordinator at NBT, has recently been awarded an MSc. She highlights the realities of pursuing a Master’s while working and balancing her personal life. My Master's was on non-pharmacological strategies for coping with...
