Southmead Hospital NHS

18/02/2026

At NBT, we’re reminding everyone that We Do Not Accept violence, aggression, discrimination, racism, bullying, harassment or abuse of any kind.

Please be patient when seeking care – the NHS is there for you and you will get the care you need.

Please treat staff with courtesy and remember that they are working very hard to care for patients.

Sajida Bibi, Clinical Digital Specialist/Registered Nurse shares more in this short video. 🎥

Help us care for you, by caring for us. Thank you for your support.

10/02/2026

Volunteer, Sandra and Patient Access & Inclusion Lead, Ann were on Radio Bristol last Friday, talking to DJ Style about our Bristol NHS Group Power In Our Voices initiative in partnership with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, SWAG Cancer Alliance and Caafi Health.

The project seeks to reduce inequalities in cancer care and outcomes for Black women by creating a space for their voices and feedback to be heard, so that we can ensure our services reflect their needs and what matters most to them.

The team will be running a listening session this evening (10 February) at Easton Community Centre from 6:30-8pm, facilitated by a Black woman with lived experience and a member of staff. The session is open to all Black women who have received cancer treatment in Bristol or Weston in the last three years, and participants are welcome to share as much or as little as they are comfortable with.

You can listen to the interview again today on Ujima Radio or via BBC Sounds, or get in touch with the team by emailing CancerPCS@nbt.nhs.uk.

06/02/2026

North Bristol NHS Trust Hospital Medical Director Dr Sam Patel spoke to more than 200 people at the local Walkers and Talkers Group this week to tell them about his career as a doctor and answer questions from the audience.

Run by ex-cricket wicket keeper Andy Brassington, Walkers and Talkers was set up during COVID-19 as a way to help people connect and has grown from strength to strength. It now meets each Wednesday with more than 400 members in total, with monthly sessions in Worcester, Taunton and Cardiff.

Its aim is to provide companionship and a way for people to connect, share their stories - their highs and lows of the week - feel supported, hear from a guest speaker and have a walk around the cricket ground.

Sam spoke to attendees about being a doctor in Bristol for around 30 years, and shared his journey towards being a doctor of medicine, as well as a few insights from his career before answering questions from the audience.

There was also an extra special moment as Sam was reunited with Walkers and Talkers regular and former colleague Bob Lock, a former Immunology Lead in the laboratories at Southmead Hospital.

Bristol NHS Group Chief Executive Maria Kane will also be speaking to the group later this month.

The sessions were arranged as part of the Bristol NHS Group’s collaborations with local organisations. We’ve been working closely with Filton Avenue Primary School to share public health information and inspire the potential NHS workers of the future, and last year, a collaboration with Bristol Rovers Community Trust was announced, and we’ve been in conversations with Andy from Walkers and Talkers alongside this.

You can find out more about Walkers and Talkers at https://www.walkersandtalkers.org/

Photographs courtesy of Ruth Sharville.

05/02/2026

We’re delighted that Southmead Maternity Services and our teams at Cossham and in the community have been UNICEF Baby Friendly accredited for 20 years – an amazing milestone!

The team support parents and families with infant feeding and forming close early bonds, and have an unwavering passion and commitment to helping them give their baby the best possible start in life. Well done team!

04/02/2026

To mark World Cancer Day, our Cancer Services team have been in the atrium speaking to patients and staff about the support available to people affected by cancer and the new National Cancer Plan, which was launched today.

Meanwhile, Sally from our NGS Macmillan Wellbeing Centre was at Hengrove Leisure Centre, where she shared how the centre can support those living with and beyond cancer with members of the public, including participants from a community cancer exercise class.

04/02/2026

We’re excited to share that North Bristol NHS Trust is taking part in the Hunterian Museum’s national exhibition Insight: Portraits of Women in Surgery, celebrating the inspiring women working in surgery across the NHS.

Our own Miss Anusha Edwards, Consultant Renal Transplant and Endocrine Surgeon, will be featured in the exhibition through a portrait captured in her clinical setting here at NBT by Rebecca Sellick and Dawn White from our Medical Photography team.

The exhibition runs from February to April 2026 at the Royal College of Surgeons in London and will also be available to view online.

The project showcases the skill and leadership of women surgeons across the NHS and we’re delighted to see Anusha representing our Trust.💙

28/01/2026

Have you spotted the new addition to the front of The Princess Royal Bristol Surgical Centre?

Its official name was recently added to the front of the building, and we think it looks fantastic!

The Princess Royal Bristol Surgical Centre is now proudly displaying its official name, and we think it looks great!

A joint project between University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust to create additional capacity for planned operations across Bristol, North, Somerset and South Gloucestershire, supported by Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB, the centre opened to its first patients in August. More than 1,500 patients have now had their surgery at the centre.

21/01/2026

21/01/2026

Check out the amazing work our staff have been up to!

14/01/2026

At NBT, we’re reminding everyone that We Do Not Accept violence, aggression, discrimination, racism, bullying, harassment or abuse of any kind.

Please be patient when seeking care – the NHS is there for you and you will get the care you need.

Please treat staff with courtesy and remember that they are working very hard to care for patients.

Pooja Poddar, Sister for Medical Day Care, shares more in this short video.🎥

Help us care for you, by caring for us. Thank you for your support.

11/01/2026

Our Bristol NHS Group (Bristol and Weston) Adult Emergency Departments are extremely busy. If you have an urgent health concern, think 111 first. NHS 111 will direct you to the most appropriate service to use.

Visit http://111.nhs.uk or call 111 for advice.

10/01/2026

Sore throat? If needed, your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine without seeing a GP.
Think pharmacy first.
nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst