North Bristol NHS Trust

13/06/2026

Three current and former Bristol NHS Group colleagues have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 🙌

🎖 Professor Andrew Mumford, UHBW Professor of Haematology received an MBE for services to Genomic Medicine

🎖 Professor John Sparrow, former consultant ophthalmologist at the Bristol Eye Hospital received an MBE for services to Ophthalmology

🎖 Professor David Gunnell, former honorary NBT consultant and epidemiologist and public health physician received a CBE for services to Public Health and Su***de Prevention

We're immensely proud of their recognition for their outstanding contributions to the health of people in Bristol and beyond 💙

Read more about their work on our website 🔗https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/about-us/news-media/latest-news/bristol-nhs-group-colleagues-honoured-kings-birthday-honours-list

12/06/2026

Update 13 June 2026: planned strike action by resident doctor members of the BMA has been called off.

Some services may be affected by the upcoming national strike action taking place from 7am Monday 15 June, ending at 7am on Friday 19 June. Please continue to come forward for the care you need. Unless you hear from us directly, you should attend your appointment as normal.

12/06/2026

Treating to***co dependency in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Did you know?

Smoking is one of the top causes of preventable deaths and inequalities in our area.

Our treating to***co team presented at NHS Confed Expo, with North Somerset Council and Caafi Health, showcase our learning from our innovative and prevention focused treating to***co partnership work alongside Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB, South Gloucestershire Council and Bristol City Council.

Together, we have helped support 3,016 people to quit smoking across acute and community settings last year.

For the 600 quits supported in acute care it is estimated to have prevented an estimated 33 deaths, 7 preterm births and 63 readmissions in the first 12 months alone.

11/06/2026

We all had a wonderful time celebrating our fantastic nursing and midwifery colleagues at the Celebration of Brilliance service at Bristol Cathedral last month. 💙

It was a beautiful and uplifting service organised jointly with Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB, Sirona care & health and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP), along with partners from St John Ambulance St Peter's Hospice, social care and Military nursing.

Now we are excited to share some of the photos 📸 from the event with you, taken by our official photographer Lee Pullen Photography. Some shots have also been added into an extended video by Ed Shot it! 🎥 capturing the thanksgiving service, link in the comments below. 👇

08/06/2026

“I'm incredibly grateful because if it had been another three years until my next mammogram and if I hadn’t noticed any changes in my breast myself, I don't know how advanced the cancer would have been by that point.”

Clare's story shows the benefits of getting involved in research. She had her breast cancer detected early thanks to research at Southmead Hospital.

The FAST MRI DYAMOND study aims to find out whether special shorter MRI scans will pick up smaller aggressive tumours that can't always be seen by mammograms in women with average breast density.

Clare’s fast MRI showed a small lump which hadn’t been identified during her mammogram, which a biopsy showed was cancer. She went on to have surgery and radiotherapy and is now clear of cancer.

The study team are recruiting women aged 50-52 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Cornwall and south London, who have had their first mammogram. If their mammogram shows they have average breast density and they have not needed a follow up assessment, then they are invited to have a fast MRI scan.

FAST MRI DYAMOND is led by Dr Lyn Jones, Consultant Radiologist at North Bristol NHS Trust, and funded by a Medical Research Council (MRC) and NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) partnership.

We're grateful to BBC Bristol for covering Clare's story as part of their Wake Up Call.

A study participant who had her breast cancer detected early thanks to research at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, has told her story as part of BBC Bristol’s Wake Up Call.

06/06/2026

We have had a wonderful time celebrating Volunteers' week! 💙

Across the Trust, more than 400 volunteers contribute their time in a wide range of roles. From our Move Makers to League of Friends, our Pets as Therapy 🐶 volunteers to our wide range of peer support, volunteers are an essential part of our hospital community. Currently, they contribute across 30 different roles and together they donated an incredible 47,000 hours over the last year 👏

If you want to say thank you to one of our amazing volunteers, or a team, please fill in our online form: 🔗https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/patients-carers/feedback/how-say-thank-you-offer-a-compliment

05/06/2026

Bristol NHS Group were providing free health checks and liver screening in Weston-super-Mare with BBC Radio Bristol’s Wake Up Call this morning 📻

The North Bristol NHS Trust health checks team offered tests, screening and advice to help people look after their health and wellbeing.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust's Alright My Liver were offering liver screening to identify and help people who may be living with unknown liver disease.

The Wake Up Call is a special health roadshow event run in partnership with BBC Bristol and Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB.

03/06/2026

Did you see our 3D Medical Centre on the The One Show yesterday? 📺

Katie Piper visited the centre to see Ella having her face scanned by Senior Reconstructive Scientist Amy for a face guard to enable her to return to playing hockey.

The centre in Frenchay is the first of its kind in the UK, offering 3D scanning, design and printing of bespoke prosthetics and devices under one roof. The majority of the equipment within the centre is funded by generous donations to Southmead Hospital Charity.

Ella has been supported by the centre following reconstructive surgery after a car accident.

You can watch back and see the centre online - it features from five minutes into the programme: 🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002x7nv/the-one-show-02062026

Read more information about the 3D Medical Centre on our website (link in comments 👇)

29/05/2026

The Health Checks team are up bright and early providing free health checks at Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership until midday.

Tune in to BBC Radio Bristol to hear all about it! 📻

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_bristol

28/05/2026

🎥You can watch Consultant Radiologist, Rebecca Geach, and patient, Clare Down, discuss the innovative Fast MRI DYAMOND Study on the BBC Points West sofa on iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002wz95/points-west-evening-news-28052026 (this link will be available until 7pm on Friday, 29 May).

🏥Carried out by clinicians at North Bristol NHS Trust and with the support of charity, BUST, the DYAMOND study uses rapid MRI scans to detect early signs of breast cancer alongside routine mammograms.

📻You can also follow their discussion from BBC Radio Bristol's Wake-Up Call programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002whk8 See less