Events
Come to our public Health Matters Events to find out more about
different health conditions, ask your questions, and have your say
on our services.
'Health Matters' is the Trust's programme of public information
and engagement events. They take place almost every month
throughout the year.
We are currently putting together the programme of events for
2020 - more details will be available here soon.
Thank you to those of who attended our
events in 2019:
- At Health Matters - Quality Counts on 24 January 2019 you gave
us your views on the quality of care we provide and what our
priorities should be in the year ahead. The report from the event
can be seen here.
- At our February event, 'UH Bristol - our 2025 Vision', you
looked at the Trust's emerging plans for its five-year strategy.
Your views will inform the content of the strategy, which will be
published soon.
- Around 45 people attended our March event on Arthritis Care and
enjoyed an informative presentation on the causes, symptoms and
treatments of arthritis.
- In April, we held an event on Living With Dementia, with a
talk, workshop session and Q&A panel exploring how our
hospitals provide care for people with dementia.
- May's event focussed on Pain Management - a talk from a
consultant anaesthetist and a clinical psychologist on the work of
our Pain Clinic and its approach to managing pain. The event
included a session illustrating the importance of movement in which
participants were guided to take part in gentle physical movement
by one of our pain physiotherapists.
- In June we held an event on the topic of Children's Trauma
Services - a talk from one of our consultants from Bristol Royal
Hospital for Children.
- On 16 July we held a lively event focussing on Stroke Care,
with a talk from Clare Holmes, Stroke Consultant on the impact of
strokes and how to be aware of the symptoms of a stroke.
- At our AGM/Annual Members' Meeting on 19 September, attendees
heard from our Board of Directors and Governors about the
highlights of the past year and plans for the next. This year's
guest presentation focussed on improvements that we are currently
making to our outpatient services.
- On 15 October we held a public event explaining why the Trust
had taken the decision to declare a 'Climate Emergency' and the development of
a new Sustainability Development Strategy for our
hospitals.
- At our final Health Matters Event of 2019, on 19 November, we
explored the topic of Faith in Health. Speakers from various
different faiths talked about how our hospitals could better meet
the cultural and religious needs of patients and carers.