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Research team says 'talking bollocks' could save your life

Jun
18
UWE Bristol Social Marketing Centre, patient support group 'It's in the Bag' and Bristol Testicular Cancer Service based at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC) are working in partnership to encourage young male students to get involved in designing a campaign to build awareness of the symptoms of testicular cancer.    Read More

New BRI Welcome Centre given go-ahead

Jun
13
Full planning permission has been granted for the new Bristol Royal Infirmary Welcome Centre, which will transform the entrance to Bristol's city centre hospital, making it more welcoming for patients, staff and visitors.    Read More

Local Nurse Shortlisted for National 'Pioneers of Care' Award

Jun
11
Sue Brand, a Germ Cell Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Pioneers of Care’ Award organised by Welch Allyn, a leading global provider of medical diagnostic devices.    Read More

Bristol Heart Institute to trial new tool to combat high blood pressure

May
28
Doctors at the Bristol Heart Institute (BHI) are the first in the South West to offer patients with high blood pressure the opportunity to control their condition with a new type of treatment.    Read More

Hands across the sea to fight inflammatory eye diseases

May
23
Two of the world’s most prestigious eye health research institutions in Britain and America have joined forces to study and combat some of the most common eye diseases. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, has entered into a Consortium agreement with the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the American National Institutes of Health.    Read More