Delivering NHS healthcare at Southmead & Cossham Hospitals, and Bristol Centre for Enablement.
#NBTCares
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@SuperSouthmead
.
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Our hospital remains under significant pressure. Please help us by using more appropriate services for non-emergency conditions, such as your local Minor Injuries Unit, NHS 111, your GP surgery or your local community pharmacy.
⚠️Our hospital is currently extremely busy.
Please help us by only visiting the Emergency Department in a genuine emergency.
If you think you need medical help, but are not sure what to do, please use NHS 111 online first ▶️
⭐️FIRST COVID VACCINE IN BRISTOL ⭐️
98-year old Jack Vokes was the first to receive the vaccine this morning at Southmead Hospital.
Jack said: “I live in hope that by the middle of next year people will be living their normal lives.”
#covid19vaccine
#NBTproud
#TeamNBT
Chief Nursing Officer
@sphams
has got his shorts on, and wants all staff to know that they can wear theirs too in order to feel comfortable at work in the heat 🩳.
Please stay hydrated and look out for one another ⛲
A huge thank you to Helen and David for speaking to
@bbcrb
this morning about their son Jack. Jack was an ICU Nurse at
@NorthBristolNHS
who became an organ donor after he tragically died on his way home from work last year.💙
#OrganDonationWeek
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Maureen Ellington, a much-loved Healthcare Assistant at Southmead Hospital, has passed away. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time.
Tonight we are dedicating
#ClapForOurCarers
to Maureen Ellington, a healthcare assistant at Southmead Hospital, who sadly passed away on Sunday.
#NBTProud
A few of our brilliant staff put this together for everyone who is helping protect the NHS by staying home. Could they BE any more thankful? 👏💙
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NBTProud
#PublicHeroes
We are pleased to announce we have been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission! This is a major benchmark of high quality and effective services. Thank you to all of our amazing staff and volunteers for for helping us achieve this.
#NBTProud
#OneNBT
Celebrating our “Outstanding” for caring and “Good” overall CQC rating! Thank you to everyone who came along for our group photo really showing that
#OneNBT
spirit!
#NBTProud
We’re delighted to share that
@Giftymarkey1
, our Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Mental Health, Learning Disability & Neurodiversity has been appointed as Joint Chair of the Chief Nursing Officer & Chief Midwifery Officer Black & Minority Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group.
Vaccinators ready!
Meet some of the vaccinators and volunteers ready to welcome the first patients at the
@Ashtongatestad
Super Vaccination Centre.
We are
#NBTproud
to provide the amazing staff for this groundbreaking, lifesaving centre.
Huge congratulations to consultant geriatrician Dr Emma Mitchell who has been appointed as Associate Global Director for International Medical Graduates with the
@RCPhysicians
.
Read more here ▶️
@DrEB_Mitch
#NBTProud
We are absolutely delighted to see Southmead Hospital A&E ranked as second in the country for emergency care.🎉
"Recognition such as this is always good to receive, particularly during such a busy time” -
@MariaKaneNHS
Read the story on our website:
Local couple Andrea and Dominique Dehant are now home and well after being treated at Southmead Hospital for coronavirus. They sent this special, heartfelt message of thanks to each and every member of our staff for saving their lives 🙏👏💙
#NBTproud
Today we officially renamed one of our offices after Princess Campbell MBE; one of Bristol’s first Black Ward Sisters.
Thank you
@CllrAsherCraig
,
@PeachesTweets
,
@SandraLouiseGo1
and Princess' son Dennis for joining us on this special occasion.
#BHM
“It is a great pleasure and privilege to be part of the team for the vaccine roll-out.” 🙌
Husband and wife Dr Jason Kendall and Dr Clare Kendall are the ultimate dream team having come out of retirement to volunteer at the Southmead vaccination hub.💙
#NBTProud
Thank you to
@BBCTheOneShow
for surprising our wonderful staff member Jane with a 'One Big Thank You' on tonight's show. 🙌
As well as working at Southmead Hospital, Jane has been drawing portraits of her team to keep up morale!
We hope you like your portrait
@MissAlexjones
🖌️
To remember our colleague Maureen Ellington, who sadly passed away on Sunday, we are encouraging everyone to dedicate tonight’s
#ClapForOurCarers
at 8pm to her.
#NBTProud
Alvina Shiel has been a patient in our intensive care unit since early August following a fall from her horse Troy 🐴. On Monday staff worked with Alvina's family and friends to bring Troy 🐴 to the hospital site to see her 🤗 To find out more:
This evening we lit-up the willow tree in our Women & Children's quarter pink and blue in support of national
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek
& staff took time to remember the families they have supported through pregnancy and baby loss.
#BLAW2021
We are re-launching our zero tolerance policy against violent and abusive behaviour in our hospitals, and the 'red card to racism' campaign 🚫
Find out more:
#SayNoToRacism
#OneNBT
Keep your eyes on the sky this afternoon 👀
The
#NHSSpitfire
is due to fly over Southmead Hospital at 2:25pm today ✈️
The legendary World War Two aircraft is taking to the skies in tribute to the continued work of the
#NHS
👏
We want to wish a very warm welcome to all our FY1 doctors joining NBT today! 🩺💙
We're so pleased to have you in
#TeamNBT
and wish you all the best as you settle in.
#NBTProud
Our 2019 bloopers reel! We are so grateful to all our staff who are willing to be filmed throughout the year, and we know it doesn't always go right first time! So by popular demand, here are a few outtakes for you to enjoy ☺️
Congratulations to NBT Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant Tracy-Louise Appleyard, who has been awarded an OBE in the
#NewYearsHonours
Military Division for "changing the face of women's healthcare across Defence". 💙👏
Read more here:
102 days after delivering its first vaccine, our Southmead Hospital Vaccination Hub delivered it's 30,000th dose over the weekend.
Thank you to all the brilliant staff who have made this happen 🙏💙
Today we say a big thank you to our Medical Director Chris Burton, who is stepping down from his role after 12 years.👋
Chris will be passing the baton to Tim Whittlestone who will take over as Interim Medical Director.
Thank you and good luck to both Chris and Tim!🙌
#NBTProud
"He's an unsung hero who has led the unit extremely well during this hugely stressful period."
Meet Aidan ⭐ Aidan won a NBT Hero Award in March for his work in ICU during the pandemic. Here's what his colleague Keith said about him in his nomination. 👇
#NBTProud
We know our staff work hard all year round to provide amazing care for our
#patients
. Today we launch Thank You Week as a way of spreading positivity 😊and thanking each other 🙏 for the incredible things that we do every day
#ThankYouNHS
#OneNBT
A huge
#OneNBT
thanks to
@TheJollyHog
on their last day serving free baps to our amazing staff! 🌭
The team have served over 20,000 bacon, sausage and vegan baps over the last 10 weeks, and have been very popular with staff.
Well done to everyone involved for your hard work 👏
We are extremely saddened to share the news that Dr Gamal Osman, a long-term locum consultant in the Acute Medical Team, died on Thursday with COVID-19. Our heart-felt condolences go out to his family and his colleagues for this tragic loss.
Statement:
.
@DavidT_Arnold
received a call from HRH The Duke of Cambridge yesterday to discuss our Long-Covid research, only possible through your donations. "HRH was thankful for the role
@NorthBristolNHS
has played in understanding more about the virus. It was an honour to speak to him."
We are delighted to share that our plans with
@uhbwNHS
and
@BNSSG_ICB
for a new Elective Centre have been approved. The centre will provide capacity for an additional 6,500 operations a year to be carried out. [1 of 3]
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Sandra Hicks, a much-loved colleague and teacher in our apprenticeship team, has died. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time.
Our
#EmergencyDepartment
has been changing the way it works to better identify the needs of patients with learning disabilities, autism or both, and to make appropriate adjustments to their care.
Watch to find out more.
📢 World’s smallest Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) device on trial at North Bristol NHS Trust 📢
We’re proud to be running a clinical trial for people with Parkinson’s using the world’s smallest DBS. If successful, this could help improve Parkinson’s care across the world.
🧵👇
There are over 8,000 reasons why North Bristol NHS Trust is somewhere to be
#NBTProud
of.
We support and care for every member of staff, every carer, every visitor, and will always put the patient first.
We are OneNBT.
1️⃣💙
Meet Bonnie. She is a volunteer on Gate 28a. Bonnie is turning 90, so today we celebrated her birthday and she received her long service award for volunteering at the Trust for 24 years. Thank you Bonnie ⭐️
A round of applause for every one of our over 8,000 dedicated staff at North Bristol Trust. 👏
From the safety of their windows and doorsteps, from Westbury to Stoke Gifford and right here in Southmead, last night our community said thank you.
#ClapForOurCarers
#ClapforNHS
Today, we are announcing the decision of North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust to move to a Joint Chair and Joint Chief Executive as the first and important step on a journey to form a Hospital Group.
➡️
Looks great
@ashtongatestad
👍 special thanks to all the amazing NBT staff who have been working so hard to get this vaccination centre ready to fight the virus 💙
Bristol's Ashton Gate Stadium is ready to welcome its first COVID-19 vaccination patients next week.
Remember, when its your turn for vaccination you'll get a letter inviting you book. Please don't turn up without a booked slot.
@ashtongatestad
@BNSSG_CCG
@NHSEngland
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Kane OBE as our Joint Chief Executive Officer with
@uhbwNHS
Maria's appointment marks the next step in our journey to forming a Hospital Group and we look forward to her taking on the role. Find out more:
Our first Exceptional Healthcare Award winners for the NMSK Division..
Inspirational Leader: Sue Mallet
Team of the Year: Gates 7A & 7B
Congratulations everyone!
#NBTProud
🥳
Thank you *once again* to everyone that showed their love and appreciation for our amazing staff by coming out to
#clapforNHS
#clapforcarers
👏👏👏
Thursday nights continue to be emotional! 💙
1/2 We are currently responding to a security incident in our Emergency Department.
We’re asking all members of the public to please stay away from the Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital whilst this incident is ongoing.
A big
@NorthBristolNHS
welcome to our new Chief Executive
@MariaKaneNBT
who joined us in April. 🙌
We're delighted to welcome Maria to the Trust at this important time.
#NBTProud
More here:
🏥 | Today the NHS Nightingale Bristol was officially opened by HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Our transformed Exhibition and Conferencing Centre will provide 300 beds for
#Covid19
patients.
Well done to all that made it happen 👏
➡️
#TeamUWE
Four years ago today the Brunel Building officially opened 🎉 The new hospital has since seen 343,899 ED attendances, 309,871 inpatient admissions and 1,805,641 outpatient attendances 👍👏 To find out more about the Brunel Building visit our website:
Tonight, we’re recognising some of our incredible colleagues at the annual
#NBTStaffAwards
💙
The awards celebrate the very best of what we do on behalf of our patients, recognising all the amazing people who make up
#TeamNBT
and who go the extra mile every day.
Our neurosurgery team at Southmead Hospital was proud to be the first in UK and Ireland to use the
@Brainlab
Cirq robotic arm to perform a cranial biopsy. The procedures were carried out by surgeons Neil Barua and Venkat Iyer.
A big thank you to all our
#TeamNBT
heroes working across the Christmas bank holidays. Your continued commitment to patient care is why we're
#NBTproud
. 💙
FIRST COVID VACCINE – REUNION ONE YEAR ON 🌟
Wonderful to see 99 yr old Jack Vokes and Southmead Nurse Jude reunited, one year on from the first vaccination in Bristol.
Jack said: “I feel very lucky. I’d like to thank everyone involved very very much. God bless you all."
Our Echo Team of Cardiac Physiologists have been awarded British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) departmental accreditation in three different areas. Congratulations to the team on this fantastic achievement 👏
🔗Read more on our website:
Health and Social Care Secretary
@MattHancock
visited
#SouthmeadHospital
today to thank staff who cared for his sister last year and launch his new digital platform for
#NHS
staff engagement:
Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
joined us at Bristol's super vaccination centre at
@ashtongatestad
this afternoon. He met some of the first people to receive the vaccine at the centre - including 93 year old Marian - and thanked staff for their lifesaving work.
Today is
#InternationalNursesDay
and Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday! 🎈
Some of our nursing staff wanted to give thanks to and celebrate their amazing colleagues 🙏👏
👇
Our obstetric and neonatal teams are proud to have cared for record-breaking Rubi-Rose, Payton-Jane and Porscha-Mae after they made their early arrival at 22 weeks 5 days, and during their first months on the NICU at Southmead Hospital.
New record: Most premature triplets - Rubi-Rose, Payton-Jane and Porscha-Mae Hopkins were born at a gestational age of 22 weeks 5 days in February 2021.
Today marks the first National
#AHPsDay
. We're extremely
#NBTproud
of all
#alliedhealthprofessionals
at North Bristol Trust, supporting the delivery of exceptional healthcare 🌟 Keep an eye out this week for our videos highlighting a few of the AHP roles here at NBT
#OneNBT
Happy
#InternationalDayoftheMidwife
💙
Today we're saying a huge thank you to our amazing midwives and maternity colleagues for the outstanding care you provide to mothers, newborns and families.
#NBTProud
#IDM2021
To celebrate Diwali, yesterday staff came together to create a beautiful Rangoli in the Brunel atrium and today performed a Pooja (worship) for the prosperity of our trust and the community. 🪔
Thank you to Ajay, Harpreet and Pooja for arranging these wonderful celebrations. 💙
"We are so proud of Fi and her very special gift of life at the end of her life. As a multiple organ donor Fi went onto save four people in desperate need of new organs. That’s a very special legacy which we as a family take great comfort from."
#OrganDonationWeek
💗
"Somebody has Jack's heart, and what a lucky person that is."
Thank you to Jack's parents for speaking to
@bbcrb
about their son and our much loved colleague.💙
@NHSOrganDonor
#OrganDonation
Somewhere over the rainbow in our Emergency Department 🌈
@nbt_ed
Take a look at this wonderful thank you rainbow wall 👀
Thank you to all our
#NHSHeroes
#ThankYouNHS
💙
Congratulations to Theresa Guiry and Mike Adams, who got married on Monday at our hospital 💍💍🤵👰
Well done to staff on ward 32B for going above and beyond in helping to make the couple's day special 🤗
#NBTproud
A huge thank you to colleagues at Greenway Community Practice and our own Southmead Hospital Hub who worked incredibly hard to put on extra vaccination clinics at Greenway last weekend and vaccinate many more frontline staff 🙏
#OneNBT
#OneNHS
A huge congratulations to our fantastic Move Makers who have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 👏🏆 We are incredibly
#NBTProud
😊
Our latest news story:
Full ist of winners:
@QueensAwardVS
This is what you will see when entering the Brunel building from tomorrow (Monday 15 June). Please make sure you use the correct entrance, and keep your distance if queuing for a surgical face mask. Masks will also be available at entrances to other buildings and in staff areas.
On
#HelloMyNameIs
Day we’re also proud to support the
#TheatreCapChallenge
, where surgery staff names and roles are clearly visible on their caps. This helps
#patientsafety
by ensuring everyone's clear of roles in the operating room and helps teams bond 😊 - see the photos below!
Meet NBT Hero Award winner Dr Shailendra Deep ⭐️ Dr Deep is a Consultant Anaesthetist and was nominated for his award by colleague Dr Halder. Read more about his nomination 👇
#NBTProud
One of our much loved Emergency Department Nurses Rob Healey sadly died after contracting Covid-19 in December. 💙
Speaking to
@BBCNews
his partner Colin said "I don't want anyone else to go through what I've gone through.”
Please
#StayAtHome
Today is National Day of Reflection, marking two years since the first lockdown.
Last year, we planted spring bulb HALOs on Lime Tree Park, flowering each spring the HALOs gently remind us of those we have lost during the pandemic and create a tranquil space to sit and reflect.
In recognition of their dedication and hard work throughout the last year, we’re awarding all of our staff an extra
#wellbeing
day to use during their next annual leave year. 🗓️
This extra day off work is a small way of saying a very BIG thank you.🙌
#ThankYouWeek
John Ho is a consultant in acute medicine giving care to hundreds of people every year.
He is also a gifted artist, skilled in the fine arts of origami and needle-felting.
Take a look at some of his brilliant creations from our
@NBT_Arts
#BlackHistoryMonth
exhibition 👇
We're extremely excited to announce that our Staff Wellbeing programme has been shortlisted for an NHS Parliamentary Award! 🙌
The wellbeing of our staff is as important as our patients' so we're thrilled about this recognition 😊
More info:
We are delighted to announce that our chief executive Andrea Young has received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West of England (UWE). Find out more
Our Brunel building opened 7⃣ years ago today.
We’re
#NBTProud
of our award winning Brunel building. If you’ve ever come through our doors as a patient, carer or visitor we hope you’ll agree it's a special building with extra special staff.💙🏥
#OneNBT
Congratulations to our Operations Directorate Exceptional Healthcare Award winners! 🌟
Happiness Hero: Chris Ashworth
Inspirational Leader: Jude French
Rising Star: Hayley Taylor
Team of the Year: Clinical Site Management Team
#NBTProud
Coronavirus is still with us and likely to be for some time, but we have come a long way in the past few months.
A HUGE thanks to all our amazing staff for their continued hard work and bravery 💙
#NBTproud
#NBTheroes
Our last COVID patient leaving
@NBT_ICU
after 50 days on the unit. I messed up the clapping video of one very happy patient, but managed this short one coming down Pod B with a Consultant and nurses. It was an emotional event for many staff ...
@valentiencj