North Bristol NHS Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS hospital trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | 9000 |
| Chair | Peter Rilett |
| Chief Executive | Andrea Young |
| Links | |
| Website | North Bristol NHS Trust |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
North Bristol NHS Trust is a National Health Service trust providing community healthcare and hospital services to Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, England. Medical teaching facilities are provided in association with the University of the West of England, Bristol University and the University of Bath.[1]
Hospitals
- Southmead Hospital Bristol - A+E
- Frenchay Hospital
- Cossham Memorial Hospital
- Yate West Gate Centre — Minor Injuries
- Young People's Community
- Riverside Unit
- Thornbury Hospital — Minor Injuries
- Clevedon Hospital — Minor Injuries
Until 2014 both Southmead and Frenchay were large hospitals with major Accident and Emergency facilities, but the trust decided to centralise activities at Southmead. From April to December 2014 Frenchay Hospital was progressively closed, with the majority of services moving to a new building at Southmead. Accident and Emergency was transferred on 19 May 2014. A few services relating to brain and head injuries will remain at Frenchay after December 2014.[2][3][4] The first patients moved into the Trust's new Brunel building at Southmead in May 2014.[5]
The trust ran inpatient geriatric services at Blackberry Hill Hospital until 2005, when it closed activities at the site transferring most services to Frenchay and Southmead, and eventually selling the trust's part of the site.
Performance
Between July and September 2014 the Trust had the third worst performance in the country against the requirement to treat and discharge or admit 95 per cent of A&E patients within four hours. It produced an operational resilience and capacity plan, envisaging the trust would achieve performance of 92 per cent against the A&E four hour standard by April which was rejected. The biggest reason for avoidable breaches of the target was said to be the availability of suitable beds to admit patients. The trust had a deficit of £20.1m at the end of August, £6.7m worse than planned.[6] An unnamed whistleblower claimed a lack of beds was putting patient safety at risk because small rooms designed for minor procedures, such as injections, were being used to keep patients in overnight. The Trust claimed these single rooms were entirely appropriate for safe and dignified patient care.[7]
In February 2015 it was reported that the trust had 247 patients who had waited more than a year for elective treatment, 201 of them waiting for spinal surgery.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "About Us". North Bristol NHS Trust. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Frenchay-to-Southmead hospital move for A&E cases". BBC. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ Kieran Corcoran (20 May 2014). "Devastated staff break down in tears as A&E department closes its doors for the last time after treating patients for 50 years". Daily Mail. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "Frenchay Hospital Site Redevelopment FAQs". North Bristol NHS Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "First patients to move into new Bristol hospital". ITV. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "Trust's winter cash withheld until it has 'believable' A&E plan". Health Service Journal. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ "Lack of beds at Bristol's new Southmead Hospital 'is putting patients' lives at risk'". Bristol Post. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ "200 North Bristol patients still waiting over a year for spinal surgery". Health Service Journal. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.