No intention for Weston General to be Covid-only hospital
CCG chief exec Julia Ross said patients are being taken to other hospitals to create space so Weston can return to business as usual
12:06, 6 JAN 2021
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Bristol s purpose-built Nightingale hospital is still not taking coronavirus patients, despite extreme pressure on neighbouring NHS facilities.
UK Biobank has granted NHS services access to its Bristol facility for diagnostic testing.
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NHS services across North Somerset will see an increase in the number of diagnostic tests they will be able to carry out for non-Covid patients after being granted access to state-of-the-art facilities for a year.
Biomedical database UK Biobank has provided its Bristol facility to give a 15 per cent increase in testing capacity for the district s NHS services - which comes at a time where a rise in coronavirus cases has exhausted its workload.
The chief executive of the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) believes the partnership will be vital in reducing residents waiting times for MRI scans.
At least 211 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
Michael and
David Knight have formed a solid partnership at Newport Cricket Club over the past 35 years, expanding the club to be more inclusive and overseeing the return of first class cricket to the city after a 54-year absence. The pair have been involved with the club since they were schoolboys, and after their playing days took on numerous roles to stabilise the club after it lost its Rodney Parade home 30 years ago. With the club now based in Spytty Park, chairman Michael Knight said it was “really satisfying to see how it has developed” over the past three decades.