Your GP will submit an electronic referral to North Bristol NHS Trust and your X-ray will be considered for priority booking at the Community Diagnostic Centre at Cribbs Causeway: 

North Bristol Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC)
Asda Patchway Super Centre
Highwood Lane
Patchway
Bristol
BS34 5TL 

Open Monday to Sunday, 08:00 to 19:45. 

The InHealth booking team will phone you to organise a date and time for your X-ray. 

Patient choice is important to us, so please let the caller know if you would like your X-ray to take place at one of the other North Bristol NHS Trust Imaging departments. 

You only need to contact the North Bristol NHS Trust Imaging team if:

• You are under 18 years of age.
• You need to use a hoist at your appointment. 
• You need hospital transport to attend your appointment. 

If any of these apply to you please phone the appointment line on 0117 414 5175 (Monday to Friday, 08:45 to 16:15). 

For more information about the CDC visit: North Bristol NHS Community Diagnostic Centre - InHealth (inhealthcdc.co.uk)

Please call the North Bristol NHS Trust Appointment Line

0117 414 5175 

Calls are taken between 08:45 and 16:15, Monday to Friday (closed on bank holidays). 

Appointments are available at the following locations and times:

Cossham Hospital

Monday to Friday, 08:15 to 16:30.

Yate West Gate Centre

Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 19:20.
Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 to 17:30.

Southmead Hospital

Monday to Friday, 08:15 to 16:30.

North Somerset Community Hospital, Clevedon

Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 16:00.
Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 to 17:30. 

If you are interested in donating an artwork, please contact us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk. We can offer guidance on what is suitable. It is not possible to accept every item.

The Fresh Arts team curates exhibition spaces on site. These are usually programmed 2 years in advance.  At present we are unable to accept speculative enquiries relating to public exhibition spaces.

The Fresh Arts team has very limited capacity to host guest performances from community groups. If you are interested in performing in public spaces at Southmead Hospital please contact us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk. 

If you are a member of staff at NBT please contact us at piano@nbt.nhs.uk to ask about becoming a Volunteer Musician. 

Members of the public need to apply online. Find out about all volunteer roles currently available at NBT.

Fresh Arts distributes the following knitted items to adult patients in our care: 

• Knitted teddies 
• Twiddlemuffs
• Lap blankets 
• Cannula sleeves 

We also provide small numbers of the following sewn items: 

• Drain bags 
• Syringe-driver bags 
• Wheelchair bags 

If you would like to knit, crochet or sew for our patients please contact us for more information at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk  

If you would like to make a donation to Southmead Hospital Charity to support the work of Fresh Arts please contact the fundraising team at www.southmeadhospitalcharity.org.uk/contact-us or place a donation in our piano spinner in the Brunel building at Southmead Hospital.

Fresh Arts is a small part time team with limited capacity. We plan our programme of activity 6-12 months in advance. Where capacity exists, requests for support are considered on a case-by-case basis.

For post 16 students, we have capacity to host up to two placements per year for suitable candidates. To find out more about work experience opportunities within North Bristol NHS Trust, please email workexperience@nbt.nhs.uk 

We currently work with University of the West of England to host MA Music Therapy trainees. If you are a student who would be interested in a placement please contact us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk 

Arts on Referral is a social prescribing programme offered to patients under the care of these clinical teams: 

• Pain Management 
• Cancer 
• Respiratory
• Neuromuscular
• Weight Management 

Patients take part in a 6 week long programme delivered in the Community Arts Room and / or online.  The aim is to help patients improve how they manage living with a long term chronic health condition.

On completion of Arts on Referral, patients can be referred to our community and cultural partners to continue to support their health and well-being through a range of follow on groups and peer-led groups. 

Programmes are:

• Led by professional practising artists trained in facilitating groups
• Currently visual arts and / or creative writing
• Inclusively facilitated - we make every effort to ensure programmes are accessible to patient need 

No experience is necessary to take part

All materials are provided

The programme is evaluated by University of the West of England.

Referrals can be made at any time via your clinician or supporting healthcare professional.  Please ask them to email us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk 

Dance for Parkinson's is delivered by The Original Spinners for patients with Parkinson's Disease and their carers on Friday mornings in Patchway. 

Sessions run during term time and include a range of warm up and cool down activities, face and voice work, taught choregraphed techniques, and fun and engaging activities both seated and standing. We currently have more than 20 regular participants. 

No experience is necessary to take part and sessions are free to attend.

Referrals can be made at any time via your clinician or supporting healthcare professional.  Please ask them to email us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk

Fresh Arts has a YouTube Channel where you can find lots of engaging resources for patients, visit www.youtube.com/c/NBTFreshArts. 

Dance for Dementia takes place on Elgar House Wards 1 & 2 Monday afternoons.   Three professional dancers offer an invitation to enjoy movement, dance, and music to enhance well-being. 

Dance for Dementia was Runner Up in the Patient Experience Network Awards 2023 in the Environment of Care Category. 

These are the resources we can provide for inpatients: 

Colouring Book & pens
Suitable for all: Yes
Dementia friendly: Yes
Learning Disability and Autism Friendly: Yes

Twiddle Muffs
Suitable for all: No
Dementia friendly: Yes
Learning Disability and Autism Friendly: Yes

Knitted teddy
Suitable for all: Yes
Dementia friendly: Yes
Learning Disability and Autism Friendly: Yes

Lap blankets
Suitable for all: Yes
Dementia friendly: Yes
Learning Disability and Autism Friendly: Yes

Cannula Sleeves
Suitable for all: Yes
Dementia friendly: Yes
Learning Disability and Autism Friendly: Yes

Stock of knitted items can vary as it is dependent on our team of Volunteer Knitters. 

To request items please contact us by emailing fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk 

Fresh Arts works together with national charity Live Music Now to bring high quality, paid, trained, and supported professional musicians into clinical spaces at Southmead and Cossham Hospitals. You can learn more about Live Music Now by visiting their website www.livemusicnow.org.uk

Visiting musician usually come to site on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Once a month on a consecutive Tuesday and Wednesday artists visit Cossham Hospital performing on wards for dialysis patients, and for the whole hospital community in the League of Friends Café.

If you would like to request a visit or ask for an on-call artist to visit a specific patient, please contact us at fresh.arts@nbt.nhs.uk 

Fresh Arts has a YouTube Channel where you can find lots of engaging resources for patients, visit www.youtube.com/c/NBTFreshArts 

You can find art displayed in a wide range of public and clinical spaces at Southmead Hospital. 

• The Sanctuary Gallery: Blue atrium behind the piano.
• Schools and Community Gallery: Pink atrium gate 36 near the League of Friends café. 
• North Bristol Artists: Blue atrium gate 18. This space is managed and curated by a group of local artists.
• A Different Vu: Level 5 outside the Vu staff restaurant (accessible to the public with a Carer's pass).

Visiting exhibitions are changed three times a year in these gallery spaces. 

 

• Percy Philips Family Room: a collection of works from The Sensing Spaces of Healthcare Project in collaboration with University of Bristol and GOSH (clinical space accessible by patients and their families).

You can find a selection of works from our permanent collection in waiting areas and public spaces.

North Bristol NHS Trust owns a permanent collection of artworks, paintings and sculptures which can be found in the grounds, the atria and in individual patient bedrooms. 

One way to explore the artwork on public display is to use the Southmead Hospital Explorer Map, details can be found in the atrium of the Brunel building. 

Soon after you arrive in hospital, we will discuss and plan with you how you will be able to leave hospital at the earliest appropriate opportunity. 

We can involve your carers, family, and/or friends in these conversations if you would like. They will be asked to advise what they may be able to do to support you both in preparation for discharge once you are home.

As soon as you’re admitted you will be given an “expected date of discharge.” This is the date we expect you will leave hospital and you will be updated if this changes. 

You are likely to move wards whilst you are with us- we will do all we can to make this a smooth process. This may include moving to other buildings on the Southmead site such as Elgar Re-enablement Unit or Cotswold ward.

Staying active in hospital can help you return home more quickly and help prevent loss of strength and independence (this is known as deconditioning).

• Communicate with the ward team: let them know your normal activity levels and ask how they can support you to stay active.
• Move around: walk to the bathroom and around your room, this can be alone or with help if you need it. Ask your family/friends to bring in your usual toiletries.
• Sit up for meals and visitors: sit in a chair or at the edge of your bed during meals and when you have visitors.
• Exercise gently: do gentle exercises throughout the day. 
• Do small amounts and often: to avoid you getting tired.
• Dress in your everyday clothes: If possible, wear your regular clothes during the day. Ask your family/friends to bring them in for you, along with your usual footwear.
• Actively participate in discharge planning: Stay involved in planning your discharge and share your thoughts with us.

On the day of your discharge, you will be provided with a discharge summary, which will also be sent to your GP, and the medication you need when you leave. The ward staff will explain your medication and you should read the written instructions on the packaging which tell you how to take it. This includes how often and at what time. Your GP will be able to prescribe more medication is needed.

As early as possible on the day of your discharge, you can expect to be transferred to the Discharge Lounge. This could be as early as 7am. Staff will work closely with the ward teams, pharmacy, and the person collecting you to make sure you safely depart from hospital.

In the Discharge Lounge, the final parts of your care will be provided by the nursing team, including giving you medications, snacks and drinks. You will have access to a television, radio, and garden area.

Some people may leave directly from the ward and you will be told if this is what will happen to you. This may happen if you are discharged later in the evening.

Where possible, we will help you to get home as early as possible, so please ask your family and friends to make sure everything is ready for your arrival, including having food available. If this isn’t possible, we will ask Voluntary Services colleagues to help.

If you need support from community services, this will have been agreed before you are discharged, and they will visit you at home. If you require a follow-up appointment or investigation, we will arrange this and send you a letter with the details.

If you are being transferred to a community bed, the process is the same as returning home, except that hospital transport will be arranged for you.

The location of your community bed will be shared with you as soon as possible before you are discharged.

Your GP

Help with non-emergency illnesses or injuries.

NHS 111 

Help if you have an urgent medical problem and need to get advice and treatment.

Sirona Care and Health

For adult’s and children’s community health services in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. 
0300 125 6789 
Home - Sirona care & health (sirona-cic.org.uk)

Age UK Bristol

Working in the community to support older people, their families, and carers. 
0117 929 7537 
Age UK | The UK's leading charity helping every older person who needs us

Alliance NS

Providing housing related support to the North Somerset community. 
0300 012 0120 
Alliance Homes: Alliance Homes Homepage

Southern Brooks SG

Providing community support in South Gloucestershire. 
0117 403 4238
Southern Brooks Community Partnerships – We’re a community development organisation, which brings people together to build strong communities

Councils and local authorities

For information and support for adult care in your area. 

Bristol City Council: 

0117 922 2700
Bristol City Council 

South Gloucestershire Local Authority: 

0145 486 8007
South Gloucestershire Council (southglos.gov.uk)

North Somerest Council: 

01934 888 888
Home | North Somerset Council (n-somerset.gov.uk)