Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
North
Bristol NHS Trust is a regional centre of excellence in plastic and
reconstructive surgery.
The service at Frenchay Hospital is one of the largest in
England providing a highly specialised team experienced in the most
complex cases in adults and children.
Its core specialities are:
- Burns
- Cleft lip and palate
- Hand surgery
- Lower limb
- Breast reconstruction
- Skin cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Head and neck cancer
- Laser Centre South West.
The co-location of regional specialties of neurosurgery and
orthopaedics alongside plastics makes Frenchay Hospital a key
centre for trauma with access to experts in complex cases.
Patient care is a focus for the department with five clinical
nurse specialists offering support for patients following surgery
as well as a rehabilitation programme.
The core team of 52 clinical staff includes a clinical
psychologist for patients with disfigurement through the Outlook
service as well as speech and language therapists.
The service sees around 8,500 inpatients a year and 37,000
outpatients from across the region.
It carries out more than 150 micro-vascular reconstructions a
year.
The Skin Cancer Centre provides an integrated service under the
same roof, providing high quality care to more than 2,000 patients
a year.
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