Southmead Hospital

About

Southmead Hospital is a large, modern teaching hospital located in Bristol, UK. It provides a wide range of services to the local community, including emergency care, surgery, maternity care, and outpatient clinics. The hospital is committed to providing high-quality care to all patients, and its staff are dedicated to ensuring that each patient receives the best possible treatment. The hospital has a number of specialist units, including a cardiac unit, a stroke unit, and a cancer center. It also has a large emergency department that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The hospital is well-equipped to deal with a wide range of medical emergencies, and its staff are highly trained in emergency care. Southmead Hospital is also a teaching hospital, which means that it is involved in the training of medical students and other healthcare professionals. This means that patients at Southmead Hospital may be seen by medical students or other trainees as part of their training. However, all trainees are supervised by experienced doctors and nurses, and patients can be assured that they will receive the same high-quality care regardless of who is treating them.

Legal name

Southmead Hospital

Governance

Board of directors · CEO appointed annually

Employees

3,000

• Trauma centre — Level II
• Stroke: Primary Stroke Centre
• Door-to-balloon: 59 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
• Door-to-needle (stroke): 34 min

Subspecialty centres

Transplant programmes

• Cornea

All departments

• Internal Medicine
• Surgery
• Emergency

Quality metrics

Photos

Patient experience

Room categories

ward · semi-private · private

Meals

standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric

Chaplaincy

Christian · Muslim · Jewish

Private bathroom

private + suite rooms

Wi-Fi

Free in all rooms

• Top hospital — Bristol

  EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

Services