Biography
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is a large acute Trust delivering healthcare at several sites including Southmead Hospital, Cossham Hospital, Bristol Centre for Enablement, and in the community at locations across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
NBT provides a range of services to a core population of around 750,000 people, as well as specialist services for the wider South West and beyond. NBT is a tertiary centre for a number of specialist services including Major Trauma, Neurosciences, Burns, Plastics, Stroke and Thrombectomy, Nephrology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. We are experienced in delivering research for these populations, particularly neurology, nephrology, immunology and infectious diseases.
Most clinical specialties are covered either at NBT or the other large trust in Bristol (UHBW) which NBT work closely with.
We have a joint Commercial Research Function in R&D across the two Trusts which ensures that new trial opportunities get directed to the relevant teams across the hospital sites.
The City of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are served by two acute trusts – NBT and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) – which form the Bristol NHS Group and between them they deliver services for most clinical specialities. Our Group Joint Commercial Research Function operates across the two Trusts, ensuring that new trial opportunities are directed to the relevant teams across the hospital sites.
Research snapshot
NBT has a diverse research portfolio. Since 2020 we have opened over 650 research studies, around 150 of which were contract commercial studies.
There are over 170 dedicated research staff working at NBT across more than 15 specialist teams and we have a strong track record in delivering commercial research.
We have well established research delivery teams and experienced investigators in the following areas: renal, neurology, diabetes, bariatrics, respiratory, cardiology, haematology, rheumatology, emergency and critical care, trauma and orthopaedic, immunology, gastro, hepatology, urology, surgery, breast care, obstetrics and gynaecology.
Our site has extensive experience in commercial CTIMPs, device studies and observational studies, plus the capabilities and infrastructure to consider early phase and advanced therapy trials.
We adhere to the NCVR process and have completed study resource reviews as Chief Investigator site for numerous studies.
NBT works in close collaboration with the other large secondary NHS Trust in Bristol (University Hospitals Bristol and Weston) and we are establishing links with research active GP practices in the region.
The R&D team have experience in identifying external providers where assessments need to be outsourced and in setting up the required service level agreements. Our Research Delivery teams have extensive experience in working alongside GP surgeries as PICs
Our facilities
We have a dedicated Clinical Research Centre with its own reception, outpatient clinic rooms, sample processing area including centrifuges, fridges and freezers, secure document storage and monitoring rooms.
The outpatient clinic rooms in the CRC all contain examination couches, calibrated weight scales, height charts and phlebotomy equipment.
We have a specific Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team that support with IMP storage and management. The Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team have dedicated office space and ambient, refrigerated, and ultra-low temperature storage facilities.
North Bristol NHS Trust has in house clinical departments who support research activity for example on site pathology, radiology, cardiology, respiratory physiology services. NBT host an external PET-CT service, managed by Alliance Medical, and Severn Pathology, the South West regional UKHSA laboratory.
Get in touch
You can get in touch with our friendly research team by:
North Bristol NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Our R&D Department is based at Southmead Hospital in the Learning & Research Building.
Research@nbt.nhs.uk
