VULNERABLE MUM SIMPLY WALKED OUT WITH BABY
INQUIRIES are being held as to why a vulnerable mother was able to simply walk out of a maternity ward with her baby before the pair were found dead in the Avon Gorge.Managers at St Michael's Hospital...
View ArticleThree wards closed at Weston General Hospital due to Norovirus...
THREE wards at Weston-super-Mare General Hospital have been closed due to an outbreak of Norovirus.Otherwise known as the 'winter vomiting bug', Norovirus is highly infectious and easily passed from...
View ArticleNorovirus alert for Bristol area - new warning over seasonal...
THE festive season brings with it lots of family fun, frosty mornings, delicious food … and all too often the highly infectious Norovirus.This is why health chiefs have issued new warnings for anyone...
View ArticleWards to re-open following Norovirus outbreak at Weston General...
THREE wards at Weston General Hospital, closed following an outbreak of Norovirus, are expected to re-open this week.Hospital bosses were forced to close three wards – Uphill, Berrow and Cheddar – last...
View ArticleWeston General Hospital's plea to help keep norovirus in check
HEALTH chiefs are asking visitors to Weston General Hospital to remain vigilant to help prevent further outbreaks of norovirus.Three wards at the hospital had to be closed earlier this month after an...
View ArticleWeston General Hospital services stretched to limit after...
SERVICES at Weston General Hospital are being stretched to the limit after a busy Christmas and New Year period, as well as a recent outbreak of Norovirus.Three wards at the hospital remain closed due...
View ArticleThree wards closed at Weston Hospital due to Norovirus outbreak
THREE wards at Weston Hospital are closed following a second outbreak of Norovirus.Kewstoke, Uphill and Berrow wards were closed to new admissions on Friday evening due to the winter vomiting and...
View ArticleMore staff brought in to cope with A and E influx
DRASTIC measures have been taken to deal with the unprecedented influx of patients attending the Bristol area's accident and emergency departments.Sixteen maternity and stroke beds at Weston General...
View ArticleBlack alert: Bristol area's hospitals are almost filled to...
HOSPITALS in the Bristol area have been put on black alert – meaning they are running at almost full capacity. The alert is the highest of all hospital categories before a major incident is declared.To...
View ArticleYate Minor Injuries Unit is next Bristol health service to feel...
YATE's Minor Injuries Unit is the latest health service in the Bristol area to struggle with the unprecedented number of patients walking through its doors.Last week accident and emergency departments...
View ArticleTwo wards re-opened at Weston General Hospital following...
TWO wards at Weston General Hospital have reopened after a Norovirus outbreak forced health chiefs to close the beds for nearly a month.Uphill and Berrow wards are now receiving new patient admissions....
View ArticleNo spike in patients attending Bristol area's accident and...
THE latest figures for the Bristol area's accident and emergency departments have revealed there has not been a spike in patients attending over the last couple of weeks.A black alert – the highest...
View ArticleMore than 9,000 people miss hospital appointments across the...
MORE than 9,000 people missed appointments at hospitals across the Bristol area in just one month. Figures obtained from health trusts across Bristol and North Somerset revealed a total of 9,329 people...
View ArticleCash raised by Weston prom walkers given to three causes
NEARLY £2,000 was handed over to three charities yesterday thanks a fundraising walk held in September.Paul Hobbs decided to split the cash from Weston-super-Mare's family prom walk between three...
View ArticlePeople were bleeding from their eyes: Weston nurse's tales from...
Malcolm Chalk has just returned from a harrowing trip to West Africa. The nurse was working on the frontline saving the lives of some of the most critically ill patients infected by Ebola. The...
View ArticleWard closed at Weston Hospital due to outbreak of Norovirus
A WARD at Weston Hospital has been closed to new admissions following a further outbreak of the winter vomiting bug Norovirus.Hospital bosses have closed Hutton ward to new admissions and are urging...
View ArticleWard at Weston General Hospital closed after another outbreak of...
A ward at Weston General Hospital has been closed to new admissions by another outbreak of winter vomiting bug norovirus.Hospital bosses have closed Hutton ward to new admissions and are urging people...
View ArticleBusy town hospital to get new x-ray equipment
NEW x-ray equipment is to be installed at Clevedon Cottage Hospital.The new equipment has been funded by North Bristol NHS Trust which runs radiology services at the community hospital and will be...
View ArticleVisiting restrictions in place at Weston Hospital due to...
VISITING hours at Weston Hospital have been restricted following an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug Norovirus.Three wards at the hospital – Uphill, Kewstoke and the stroke ward – are closed to new...
View ArticlePensioner died after heart attack following surgery
A PENSIONER died of a cardiac arrest less than an hour after undergoing a procedure to put a stent in her artery.Retired housewife Irene Davis, of Wareham Close, Nailsea, was rushed to Bristol Royal...
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