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News

• Bristol emergency departments rank in the top 15 nationally for patient experience
• Mum-of-one who thought she had seen her last Christmas is raising awareness of pancreatic cancer five years after diagnosis
• Bristol Royal Hospital for Children’s newest neurosurgery robot needs a name
• UHBW shares Clinical Strategy 2025-2030
• Thousands of people tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C at two of Bristol’s emergency departments
• Bristol Royal Infirmary CQC urgent and emergency care rating remains unchanged
• Two-year-old becomes 300th recipient of consultant’s innovative surgery
• UHBW supported service celebrates education award
• Community-led HIV programme Common Ambition Bristol wins national award
• Thousands more diagnostic tests available in Weston-super-Mare
• St Michael’s Hospital first site in country to screen newborns for 200 genetic conditions as part of world-leading study

• September 2024

  • Inexpensive drug, pioneered at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, can prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies
  • Bristol Royal Hospital for Children contributes to study which shows Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children doubled in a decade
  • North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust appoint Hospital Managing Directors

• August 2024

  • Freddie becomes first in UK to benefit from new state-of the-art ECMO technology
  • UHBW Receives Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award
  • BEH patient who gets eye drops made from blood meets donors
  • ‘One-shot’ liver cancer treatment now available in South West
  • Teen left unable to move limbs makes remarkable recovery after emergency surgery at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
  • Bristol Royal Hospital for Children becomes first paediatric centre to install new equipment which recycles waste anaesthetic gases
  • New £49 million surgical centre at Southmead Hospital takes shape
  • New animated characters helping families navigate common illnesses and injuries
  • Healthier Together partnership message: zero-tolerance for racism

• July 2024

  • Global IT outage - Impact on NHS services
  • NBT and UHBW announce Joint Chief Executive
  • Duchess of York helps celebrate 10 years of BHOC Teenage and Young Adult unit

• June 2024

  • Bristol midwife wins award for bereavement care
  • Weston Arts + Health Festival returns for fifth year
  • National industrial action update
  • UHBW launch new Experience of Care Strategy
  • UHBW celebrates exceptional contribution of colleagues at annual awards ceremony

• May 2024

  • Martha's Rule to be rolled out across three UHBW hospitals
  • Paediatric patient receives three surgeries at once thanks to multiple teams' collaboration
  • Critical incident - power outage update

• April 2024

  • North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust announce Joint Chair
  • Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre receives top cancer award for the second time
  • Children’s doctor adds head injury advice to free app

• March 2024

  • UHBW and local partners win gold awards at national HSJ Partnership Awards
  • New mpox vaccine trial looking for volunteers
  • Work starts on new £49 million Elective Centre
  • Improving accessibility in the Bristol Royal Infirmary
  • UHBW and NBT set out their shared clinical vision
  • Healthcare Science Week 2024
  • UHBW maternity services rated as Good

• February 2024

  • Temporary closure of the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) front entrance
  • National industrial action update
  • UHBW receives funding to expand urgent and emergency care services in Weston
  • New opt-out HIV programme coming to UHBW emergency departments

• January 2024

  • BRISTOL neuromuscular centre recognised for outstanding care
  • Specialist service which uses artificial lung to treat critically ill patients marks one year at UHBW and NBT

• December 2023

  • Nick, and family support transplant campaign
  • Weston-super-Mare Community Diagnostic Centre to open in 2024
  • National industrial action update
  • UHBW staff experience harassment at work
  • UHBW launches digital appointment letters
  • UHBW consultant wins BHF Research Story of the Year for work on children’s heart plaster
  • NBT and UHBW to move to Joint Chair and Joint Chief Executive
  • UHBW signs up to Bristol Women in Business Charter

• November 2023

  • UHBW staff shine on national stage at Our National Stories performance
  • UHBW to host new NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network
  • UHBW nurse attends special event hosted by His Majesty The King on his birthday
  • New ground-breaking research facility opens at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
  • Immersive sound experience launches in Bristol with 100 voices from hospital staff, patients and visitors
  • UHBW to perform robot-assisted surgical procedures for six specialities with new Da Vinci XI robot
  • UHBW CEO announces decision to step down from role in New Year

• February 2023

  • Mayor and councillor get tested for National HIV Testing Week
  • National industrial action update
  • UHBW CEO appointed Visiting Professor at UWE Bristol

• October 2023

  • Alright My Liver, but how is yours? 3,000 people in the South West know thanks to lifesaving screenings
  • Volunteers needed for study to look at whether shingles with COVID-19 or flu vaccines can be given at same time

• September 2023

  • National industrial action update
  • UHBW Chair Jayne Mee to step down from role
  • New digital maternity system launches at UHBW
  • UHBW takes home four CRN West of England awards
  • Scheme to support ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments in the West of England wins national patient safety award
  • National doctors’ industrial action update
  • Weston Arts + Health Weekender Celebrates NHS 75th Anniversary

• August 2023

  • National industrial action update – consultants
  • UHBW offers England’s first perinatal bereavement service for patients
  • National doctors’ industrial action update
  • Diagnostics test boost coming to Weston and North Somerset

• July 2023

  • UHBW Emergency Department helping eliminate Hepatitis C in Bristol
  • National industrial action update – radiographers
  • UHBW nurse stars in BBC Casualty’s special NHS75 episode
  • National industrial action update – consultants and radiographers
  • UHBW celebrates NHS 75 at Westminster and 10 Downing Street
  • National doctors’ industrial action update
  • Street art celebrates NHS 75th birthday
  • Double celebrations: UHBW officer and NHS celebrate 75th birthdays
  • UHBW recognised for digital excellence at the HSJ Digital Awards 2023

• June 2023

  • UHBW is celebrating NHS’ 75 birthday – how can you get involved?
  • National junior doctors’ industrial action update

• May 2023

  • New ground-breaking research centre for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
  • Major changes to stroke services to go live this week
  • Director of Midwifery and Nursing Sarah Receives Prestigious Award for Excellent Contribution to Midwifery
  • Weston General Hospital receives award for excellence in myeloma healthcare
  • UHBW colleagues attend royal Coronation festivities

• April 2023

  • UHBW celebrates exceptional contribution of colleagues at annual awards ceremony
  • Royal College of Nursing industrial action update
  • Live training exercise with Avon Fire and Rescue Service at Bristol Royal Infirmary helipad
  • Weston General Hospital derogations - Trust statement from Chief Executive
  • National junior doctors’ industrial action update

• March 2023

  • UHBW marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month with UK leading service
  • Bristol Eye Hospital Assessment Service moves to The Galleries, Broadmead
  • Bristol Clean Air Zone - Changes to patient exemptions from Saturday 1 April 2023
  • National junior doctors’ industrial action update
  • Retrieve wins second national award
  • UHBW awarded ‘Veteran Aware’ status
  • Become a governor at UHBW and help make a difference in your community

• January 2023

  • NEST set to help save more lives with England’s first helicopter incubator
  • Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies – Elly’s story
  • Study finds programme to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies is effective
  • Ambulance staff Industrial action update for Wednesday 11 January
  • Virtual tour launches so families can look inside Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• December 2022

  • Local NHS pressures - Issued by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
  • How to access urgent healthcare support this Christmas and New Year
  • Mesenchymal cell plasters to stop children needing repeated heart surgeries
  • Industrial action and local NHS pressures - Issued by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
  • National industrial action update for Tuesday 20 December
  • National industrial action update
  • Double win for Bristol’s NHS Trusts at the Energy Management Awards

• November 2022

  • The Bristol Clean Air Zone is now live
  • Bristol Clean Air Zone - starts 12am Monday 28 November 2022

• October 2022

  • Sexual health test vending machines launch in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
  • NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre funded for another five years
  • Weston Arts + Health Festival ends with a splash!

• September 2022

  • Feel good at Weston Arts + Health Festival (5 - 9 October 2022)
  • Study to assess impact of national scheme to reduce head trauma injuries in babies

• August 2022

  • UHBW oncology volunteer receives Queen’s Platinum Champion volunteer award
  • Still time to have your say on plans for Weston General Hospital
  • Make AIS work films premiere at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

• July 2022

  • NHS Race and Health Observatory Announces New Board Member
  • Stay safe in the sun

• June 2022

  • Help secure a bright future for Weston General Hospital
  • Bristol Eye Hospital team honoured in NHS Parliamentary Awards 2022
  • Launching Common Ambition Bristol - working with African and Caribbean heritage communities to reduce HIV stigma and infections
  • Proposal for sustainable future at Weston General Hospital gets green light
  • Proposed changes to some services at Weston General Hospital take next step forward

• May 2022

  • Bristol Network one of six new NHS brain tumour centres awarded Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence status
  • Health and care services are ‘here for you’ throughout the Jubilee bank holiday weekend
  • NHS and Indeed to host Bristol recruitment event with hundreds of jobs and on-the-day offers
  • Your Accessibility Guide to UHBW NHS Foundation Trust is now available

• April 2022

  • Bristol City Centre BID delivers art inspired makeover project at Marlborough Hill Steps
  • Weston General Hospital proposals reviewed at council health scrutiny meeting
  • Survey shows strong support for improvements at Weston General Hospital
  • Local NHS sets out vision for sustainable future at Weston General Hospital alongside favoured option for change
  • Don’t go hunting for medication over the Easter weekend – plan ahead and order your repeat prescriptions early
  • New service launched to tackle age inequality in ovarian cancer outcomes
  • Improvements completed for BRI emergency department (ED) waiting room and reception

• March 2022

  • Bristol clinicians involved in extensive genetic study which gives new insights into severe Covid-19
  • “It was the best day of my life” – Complex, high risk cancer surgery gives Bristol man a second chance
  • Bristol Clinical Research Facility receives national funding to deliver major increase in early stage clinical research

• February 2022

  • New spin-out company developing wound infection tests with Bristol Royal Hospital for Children clinicians

• January 2022

  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust appoints new chief executive
  • Seven top tips for staying well this winter
  • Improving our dermatology department at the BRI
  • Local health and care system steps up contingency plans
  • Changes to visiting from 7 January 2022
  • BRI consultant recognised in Queen’s New Year Honours list

• December 2021

  • South West clinicians urge Westcountry residents to make the right call during the festive season
  • Message from our partners: Joint statement from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire’s Directors of Public Health
  • Open letter to everyone in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust appoints Jayne Mee as new Chair of UHBW
  • ‘It’s not OK’: healthcare staff stand together against unacceptable behaviour

• November 2021

  • First child in the UK to have keyhole surgery using ‘mini’ 3D system at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
  • Spread awareness, stop resistance
  • Help us help you in extraordinary times - fresh call to public as health and care system faces ‘incredible pressure’

• October 2021

  • Bristol’s NHS Trusts tackling climate change together
  • Landmark adult critical care transfer service covering the South West wins prestigious national award
  • Introducing your new hospitals charity - Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity
  • It is safe for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza at the same time, study shows

• September 2021

  • Speech and language therapist at UHBW selected to joint the Healthcare Leadership Academy as Scholar
  • UHBW supports Hepatitis C micro-elimination status at HMP Leyhill
  • Regional collaborative reducing infections after surgery wins national patient safety award
  • Com-COV vaccine mix-and-match study expands to 12-to-16-year-olds
  • Improving our BRI emergency department waiting room and reception
  • Bristol NHS Trusts host national aortic dissection conference
  • Specialists in Bristol co-create invaluable resource for Deep Brain Stimulation patients and their families
  • Your experience of cancer care – join the conversation

• August 2021

  • National first as relationship between Academic Health Science Centre and local Integrated Care System is confirmed
  • Weston Arts + Health Week programme goes live!
  • Last chance to have your say on proposed changes to stroke services
  • Healthcare over the August Bank Holiday
  • Terrell Street entrance to BRI and BRHC re-opens after temporary closure
  • New study aims to improve healthcare for pregnant women with multiple health conditions
  • Temporary partial closure of a section of St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, from 23 August 2021
  • UHBW NHS FT chief executive to retire
  • Local health and care leaders call on public support to manage pressures as patient numbers surge

• July 2021

  • Consultant who completed her PHD while receiving chemotherapy for cancer said the illness was ‘her tool’
  • Open letter: Easing of national lockdown restrictions
  • Guidance on face masks at our healthcare services continues
  • NHS staff call for respect as abuse incidents rise
  • One of the first patients in the South West treated with ‘life changing’ Zolgensma on the NHS
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) staff shortlisted for national NHS Parliamentary Awards

• June 2021

  • COVID-19 variant vaccine begins recruiting in Bristol
  • Local people urged to use the right health services for their needs after rise in people attending A&E with colds, headache and hayfever
  • An open letter from Healthier Together
  • UHBW staff members recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours List
  • Young infants produce strong immune response to SARS-CoV-2, study finds
  • Temporary road closure on Terrell Street main entrance to the BRI and BRHC

• May 2021

  • Plan ahead for holiday healthcare
  • Bristol neonatologist is prize winning finalist at international poetry award
  • Trust response to CQC inspection report on medical care services at Weston General Hospital
  • ROAD CLOSURE

• April 2021

  • Volunteers needed for latest UK COVID-19 vaccine study launched in Bristol
  • Bristol documentary photographer captures some of the faces behind COVID-19 research
  • Pioneering newspaper for the NHS supports wellbeing
  • Bristol Health Partners AHSC sets out priorities to tackle health inequalities and improve mental health and children and young people’s health

• March 2021

  • Local GPs' 'five-step-check' for Bank Holiday care
  • Volunteers needed for study looking into whether COVID-19 and flu vaccines can be administered at the same time
  • Children still needed for study on how immune systems respond to COVID-19
  • ‘It’s not OK’: healthcare staff stand together against unacceptable behaviour
  • Interim study shows effectiveness of one dose of COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalisations in over 80s
  • Bristol hospital’s Message to My Loved One service ‘a lifeline’ for families

• February 2021

  • Oxford University extends COVID-19 vaccine study to children
  • Covid stories from the frontline
  • More than 130 computers to be donated to help those most in need
  • Open Letter to everyone in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
  • Oxford coronavirus vaccine shows sustained protection of 76% during the 3-month interval until the second dose

• January 2021

  • Media statement relating to the small fire at St Michael's Hospital on 21 January 2021
  • People urged to do their bit to protect their local NHS
  • Common Ambition Bristol officially launches
  • New Oxford vaccine rolled out in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG)
  • NHS warns people eligible for Covid-19 vaccine to be aware of scammers targeting vulnerable groups
  • Partial closure of Marlborough Hill from Wednesday 13 January
  • Local hospitals boosted by extra diagnostic capacity

• December 2020

  • BRI staff recognised in Queen’s New Year Honours list
  • Celebrate safely at New Year to stop the spread of COVID-19
  • Oxford University welcomes UK regulatory emergency use authorisation of coronavirus vaccine
  • STOP campaign launched to tackle abuse of staff
  • Bristol consultant joins ICU colleagues across the UK in the race for Christmas Number One
  • New COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in Bristol
  • New campaign of short films bring to life the stark reality of coronavirus pandemic statistics
  • Plan ahead for bank holiday healthcare
  • Local Healthier Together Partnership becomes ‘Integrated Care System’
  • Urgent call for volunteers across the West of England to take part in a new COVID-19 vaccine study

• November 2020

  • The arts playing pivotal role in getting young cancer patients through lockdown
  • Landmark critical care transfer service launches in the South West
  • Hospitals launch new Carers Charter
  • Robert Woolley is new chair of Bristol Health Partners AHSC
  • Achievements of UHBW staff recognised by MPs at regional South West NHS Parliamentary Awards
  • UHBW staff and teams shortlisted for the 2020 HSJ Awards
  • NHS calls on people and communities to do their bit in the fight against coronavirus
  • Thank you for doing everything you can to keep yourselves and each other safe
  • Changes to visiting guidance for maternity services
  • Hospital Trust introduces messaging service to keep families in touch with loved ones
  • Visiting restrictions to be introduced from 5 November 2020

• October 2020

  • Local health and care leaders take action in response to recent rise in coronavirus cases
  • Major 3 year project secures nearly £500k in funding to tackle HIV inequalities in the African and Caribbean communities of Bristol
  • UHBW part of national study into COVID-19 heart muscle damage
  • Damien Hirst donates artwork to UHBW as part of national collaborative hospital arts project
  • Two UHBW staff members awarded MBEs in Queen's Birthday Honours List
  • “I want to bust the stigma of having a stoma” – Specialist nurse’s work recognised nationally
  • Bristol receives funding to roll out HIV transmission prevention drug
  • Poet in residence role expands as nation marks National Poetry Day

• September 2020

  • Landmark clinical trial shows effectiveness of oral antibiotics in treating CF condition
  • Findings of the investigation into the outbreak of COVID-19 at Weston General Hospital in May 2020 and helpline details for patients and families

• August 2020

  • Researchers extend recruitment to COVID-19 vaccine trial
  • Five tips for health care this bank holiday weekend

• July 2020

  • Play team awarded the Bristol Standard Quality Improvement for Play
  • Children’s consultant thanks colleagues after COVID-19 recovery
  • International recognition for speech and language therapists
  • Acclaimed artists contribute to new ‘Boredom Buster’ newspaper
  • Hospital launches new mobile service for children
  • BRI Welcome Centre entrance refurbishment
  • Staff at Weston General Hospital create tranquil garden
  • Pioneering brain haemorrhage treatment reduces long-term disability in premature babies
  • Wildlife presenter Kate Humble unveils children’s hospital mural

• June 2020

  • UHBW Porter photographed by Rankin
  • Bristol hospital staff name Bristol Zoo’s kangaroo joey
  • Armed Forces Day: meet two of our reservist colleagues
  • Weston General Hospital is now fully open to new patients
  • Use of face coverings when coming to hospital
  • Local NHS poets showcased in online event
  • 10.06.20 Update on temporary changes at Weston General Hospital
  • 04.06.20 Update on temporary changes at Weston General Hospital
  • New sign to be installed at Bristol Royal Infirmary

• May 2020

  • 29.05.20 Update on temporary changes at Weston General Hospital
  • Update on temporary changes at Weston General Hospital
  • Temporary changes at Weston General Hospital
  • Researchers to begin new phase of COVID-19 vaccine trials
  • Family reunite at a distance to make special donation
  • Health and care leaders issue open letter to residents
  • Vital coronavirus research to track healthy frontline NHS staff
  • BHP one of only eight Academic Health Science Centres

• April 2020

  • Staff applaud as recovered COVID-19 patient goes home
  • Researchers set to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials
  • Rheumatology team win national Best Practice Award
  • Partial closure of Horfield Road, Bristol, from 17 April
  • Join the ‘Heart to Heart’ campaign
  • Hospital takes origami online
  • Arts + Health event goes digital
  • NHS hospital trusts merge

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