Clinical Equipment Services (CES) provides a comprehensive medical equipment technical support service to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and a number of community health organisations.
This service is provided by a team of clinical technologists and technicians, specialising in various engineering fields related to reusable medical devices. The team is based within the Clinical Engineering Services (CES) department at the Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
The department also runs a medical equipment library that holds commonly used medical devices for use by NBT equipment users.
The department maintains a Quality Management System based on the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.
This ensures operations are carried out in a controlled, consistent, and professional manner, employing proven methods and competent staff who are fully aware of their responsibilities and expected contribution to the excellence of the service.
CES Management Team
- Aggie Dimunge - CES Department Manager
- Paul Derman - CES Deputy Manager and Medical Device Safety Officer
- Gareth Lewis - Electronic Service Head
- Craig Wheeler - Mechanical & Optical Service Head
- Kevin Brooksby - Bed & Mattress Service Head
- Lisa Smith - Clinical Equipment Training Coordinator
- Emma Broom - Quality & Community Manager
Contact us
For more information about our department, please email cessupport@nbt.nhs.uk.
For repairs or service please call the Clinical Equipment Services reception telephone 0117 4146060 (Internal extension: 46060).
We are located in the Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital at Gate 10 on level 6.
Community Services
As well as providing support to North Bristol NHS Trust, we also offer services to other community locations.
The services we can offer include:
- Acceptance checks on newly purchased medical devices.
- Annual servicing/calibration checks on medical devices.
- Repair service.
If you have a large number of items, then we can visit your location and carry out the checks onsite.
Alternatively, you can post your devices to us and we will carry out the work here in our workshop.
Your items will then be couriered back to you or returned using our NHS internal post service.
Examples of the equipment we can check include:
- Scales - adult and baby
- T34 Palliative care syringe drivers
- Manual and electric BP monitors
- Thermometers
- Pulse Oximeter
Need more information on community services?
If you would like more information on our services and costings, please email cescommunity@nbt.nhs.uk.
Alternatively, please complete the Clinical Equipment Services Community Work Request Form and we will get back to you.