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Southmead spend £250,000 on 'unreadable clock'

NHS bosses have been criticised after spending £250,000 on a clock which staff claim is impossible to read.

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NHS criticised for spending quarter of a million on clock

NHS managers have been criticised for spending a quarter of a million pounds on a clock at a hospital in Bristol. It doubles as an art installation - and hangs inside the new multi-million pound building at Southmead.

It shows the time by illuminating a series of rings and bars, but many people have told us it's too complicated to read. The NHS Trust says art can help with patients recovery, but the local MP has today said it's a waste of money. Our Health Correspondant Katie Rowlett reports.

North Bristol NHS Trust says it has now responded to Charlotte Leslie's concerns.

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