Skip to content
left end
left end
right end

News

Showing 5 of 517 news items

Become a governor - help decide the future of healthcare services in Bristol and North Somerset
Mar
31
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) is holding governor elections, with successful nominees joining the Council of Governors for a three-year term from June 2014. This year, there are two vacancies for Public Governors to represent our North Somerset members.    Read More

Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services
Mar
27
NHS England, the national body that commissions paediatric congenital cardiac services for patients in England, is reviewing how these services should be developed in the future to ensure they continue to deliver care and treatment that is world class. As part of this, NHS England wants to hear from the children and families who use these very specialist services to understand what you think is really important.    Read More

Doors open on new BMT unit at extended Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Mar
06
From next week patients will be treated in a new specialist unit for adults needing a bone marrow transplant (BMT) at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC). This is the region’s first dedicated adult BMT unit, which has been built as part of the £16 million redevelopment and extension of the building. A total of £2.4 million is needed for improved facilities for this new unit – which is being fundraised by hospitals’ charity Above & Beyond through its biggest ever Golden Gift Appeal.    Read More

Non-invasive Prenatal Testing is becoming a primary screening method in pregnancy, states paper exploring the issues behind the new technology
Mar
05
Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is likely to become a primary screening method for chromosomal abnormalities (such as Down syndrome) in pregnancy in the future and so greatly reduce invasive testing and the associated risks, says a new Scientific Impact paper published today (5 March) by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).    Read More

Paediatric Cardiac Services
Feb
20
Sir Bruce Keogh confirms that NHS England has examined in detail all the data on mortality following children's heart surgery that is available from the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and found that the service in Bristol has comparable outcomes compared with the other units in England. He clearly says that he would allow his own child to be operated on in Bristol today.    Read More
<< Prev 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Next >>