The University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is a National Health Service foundation trust in

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and

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, England. The trust runs

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, Bristol Heart Institute,

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, St Michael's Hospital,

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and, since 1 April 2020,

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Leadership

Eugine Yafele, a former mental health nurse, was appointed chief executive in 2022, moving from the same positions at

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. He topped the ranking of the

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's rating of NHS chief executives

Performance

UHBW did well in the 2014 cancer patient experience survey and agreed to pair with

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, which did badly, in a scheme intended to "spread and accelerate innovative practice via peer-to-peer support and learning". In September 2016, the trust was selected by

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as one of twelve

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s. In March 2017, the

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(CQC) rated UHBW as 'outstanding' and praised it for its strong culture of safety. It was the first NHS trust in England to jump from 'requires improvement' to 'outstanding' between two inspections. The CQC's chief inspector of hospitals,

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, hailed this as a "tremendous achievement". , the CQC rates UHBW as outstanding overall.

Children's heart surgery

The care of children receiving complex cardiac surgical services at the Bristol Royal Infirmary between 1984 and 1995 was the subject of a public enquiry chaired by Professor Ian Kennedy, The inquiry, which was announced in 1998 and reported in 2001, resulted from whistle-blowing by Dr Stephen Bolsin.

Reconfiguration

The trust agreed in 2011 that breast and urology services would pass to North Bristol during 2012, while in 2013–14 children's services, paediatric burns and neurosciences would transfer from North Bristol to the Trust. In January 2018, it was announced that the trust was to merge with Weston Area Health NHS Trust, which runs the district general hospital in

, southwest of Bristol. This was formally completed on 1 April 2020.

Hospitals charity

Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity (BWHC) fundraises for all UHBW hospitals, to provide additional facilities for patients, their families and staff. It was formerly known as Above & Beyond. BWHC has existed since 1974 and raises around £2M each year, funding a wide variety of projects including equipment, ward refurbishments and additional extras. In 2009, BWHC raised £850,000 towards the opening of the Bristol Heart Institute. In 2013, the charity launched the Golden Gift Appeal, which went on to raise £6M. The money was used towards a range of projects at the

and

. The charity's Funny Bones comedy night in 2018 featured performances from

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and John Richardson. The night raised £100,000.

Wales

The trust decided in February 2014 that it would stop undertaking all "non-specialised, elective activity" for Welsh local health boards, unless covered by an existing contract, because of continuing payment issues.

References

External links

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust on the NHS website

Inspection reports
from the

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