News
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
A new “knot-free” approach to shoulder surgery has been trialled and researched at Spire Bristol Hospital over the last three years.
Leading Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr Neil Blewitt has successfully completed this three-year study at the hospital, looking into patient-reported outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with a new knot free technique.
Mr Blewitt said, “this surgery is used to...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Nicole Cooke: Jonathan Webb helped me to realise my Olympic dream Olympic Gold medallist Nicole Cooke has thanked Bristol-based orthopaedic surgeon, Jonathan Webb, for surgery that helped her to reach her Olympic dream. The 25-year-old from South Wales achieved Britain’s first gold in the Beijing Olympics in August when she won the women’s cycling road race, despite having suffering a...
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Spire Healthcare is delighted to announce plans to invest £10.5million in Spire Bristol Hospital. Existing facilities are to be expanded to advance patient care at the hospital.
The hospital has been offering medical care to patients since 1988 and fulfils an important role in the provision of medical services in Bristol and the surrounding area in the south west. This expansion of the...
Thursday, 03 April 2008
It’s an invention capable of withstanding the toughest scrutiny by Dragon’s Den and which neatly tackles one of the most urgent issues facing UK hospitals today, the risk of superbug contamination among patients and staff.
The brainchild of Spire Bristol Hospital’s Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, John Hardy, the Clinicon Lavage Tray is a wonderfully simple way of reducing the risk of...
Monday, 17 March 2008
Facial pain is one the most distressing neurological symptoms and has many causes. It may be due to a tooth infection or sinusitis which is easy to treat. Some people however experience severe, intractable facial pain whose causes are often hard to diagnose. These people are sent from ‘pillar to post’ in a bid to establish a cause and effective remedy.
Which is why, Spire Bristol Hospital is...
Monday, 25 February 2008
Spire Bristol Hospital now offers a new vaccine to young girls that would protect them from most forms of cervical cancer. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a common virus passed on through sexual contact. There are many strains of this virus and they can cause such conditions as cervical cancer in women and genital warts in both men and women.
The new treatment won’t be available...
Tuesday, 09 October 2007
Surgery to help treat obesity now available at Spire Bristol Hospital
In the UK, an estimated one fifth of men and a quarter of women are obese and 24 million adults are overweight – in 1980 only 8 percent of women and 6 percent of men were classified as obese. Surgery can be a successful way of treating obesity for some people who have failed to lose weight by any other method. It is major...
