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The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2013, published today, has highlighted University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust as having significantly lower than expected mortality rates over the past three years and as having lower than expected 28 day emergency readmission rates for patients treated on weekdays and weekends.    Read More

This winter University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) is reminding visitors who have relatives or friends in hospital to avoid visiting the Trust if they have had symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting in the previous 48 hours.    Read More

Natalie Godfrey, lead dementia nurse at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded ‘Best Dementia Nurse Specialist/Dementia Lead 2013’ at the 4th National Dementia Care Awards. The awards acknowledge and reward those who have excelled in their work with people with dementia.    Read More

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust will be holding an event for those interested in hearing about how we care for patients with dementia. The event will be held at the Trust’s Education and Research Centre, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8AE on Monday 18 November 2013, from 3pm to 5pm.    Read More

Toshiba Medical Systems Ltd today announced a three-year research partnership with the University of Bristol and the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust‘s Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol). The first research study of its kind in the UK sees a collaboration with the Bristol Heart Institute (BHI) and the University of Exeter’s Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre to investigate the effects of exercise on children with congenital heart disease - one of the most common types of birth defects that affects up to nine in every 1,000 children born in the UK today.    Read More