NHS Trusts are required to self-certify against the NHS provider licence and are specifically required to publish the declaration for general condition 5.

The Board considered the evidence to support compliance against this condition at its meeting held on 30 May 2024 and confirmed that it was compliant.

For more information on the self-assessment please contact the Trust Secretary via email on trust.secretary@nbt.nhs.uk

GNC Number: 6088952

Specialty: Orthopaedics

GNC Number: 6128297

Year of first qualification: 2005, University of Leeds

Specialty: Trauma and Orthopaedics

Clinical interests: Adult and Paediatric Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery; surgical treatments for cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal deformities, fractures, tumours, infections and degenerative conditions of the spine

Secretary: Sarah Balmire

Telephone: 0117 414 1619

Mr Neil Upadhyay was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children in June 2017.  His training included Basic Surgical Training in Leeds and Specialist Orthopaedic Training in the Bristol region.

In 2015, after completing his orthopaedic training he spent 12 months at Musgrove Park Hospital as a spinal fellow followed by 12 months at the Leeds General Infirmary as the senior spinal fellow.  His interests are adult and paediatric deformity, spinal trauma treatments, cervico-thoracic fixations, reconstructive spinal surgery for congenital, trauma, infection or tumour conditions of the spine, spinal fusions via anterior, posterior and lateral approach techniques and use of Navigated surgery and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery techniques.

GNC Number: 7040583

Year of first qualification: 2009, The Queen's College, University of Oxford

Specialty: Dermatology

Clinical interests: General Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Laser and Dermatological Surgery

Secretary: Carole Wathan

Telephone: 0117 414 7621 

Dr Daniel Keith is a member of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), British Society for Medical Dermatology (BSMD), British Society for Dermatological Surgery (BSDS), British Medical Laser Association (BMLA), The Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP Lond) and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).

GMC Number: 7005628

Year of first qualification: 2000, Cairo University, Egypt

Specialty: Urology

Clinical Interests: Kidney, Testis Cancer, Retroperitoneal Surgery

Secretary: Amy Wheeler

Tel: 0117 414 5002

E-mail: urologykidneyoncologyadminteam@nbt.nhs.uk

GNC Number: 6154941

Specialty: Neuroradiology

Secretary: Claire Nurse

Telephone no: 01174149012

GNC Number: 6156757

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interests: Breast

GNC Number: 6120942

Year of first qualification: 2005, London

Specialty: Renal transplant surgery 

Clinical interests: Adult and Paediatric Renal Transplantation, Live Donor Nephrectomy, Renal Vascular Access and PD catheters, Surgical management of Polycystic disease

Secretary: Karen Parker

Telephone: 0117 41448000

Royal College of Surgeons

General Medical Council

Medical Protection Society

Regional KQUIP lead, Year 3 North Bristol academy lead, local Principal Investigator for 2 national studies in transplant and access.

To make a referral to SAU contact the Ops Centre on 0117 4140700 

Download :

• General Surgery Algorithms - Route of admission.pdf606.87 KB
• Urology Algorithms.pdf857.73 KB

Common surgical Problems:

• Gallbladder problems. We are currently involved in a quality improvement project to try and improve treatment of patients who require urgent surgery.
• Pancreatitis
• Problems that might require emergency abdominal surgery (emergency laparotomy) such as bowel obstruction or perforation. We are involved in a quality improvement project to improve outcomes from emergency laparotomy. We are also working on a project looking at frailty in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy. 
• Rectal bleeding. Most patients with bleeding do not require admission to hospital.
• Appendicitis
• Diverticulitis (inflammatory condition of large bowel)
• Non-specific abdominal pain. We see a lot of patients with abdominal pain where we do not find a specific cause. Our intention is to exclude a serious cause for the pain by performing investigations. If no cause is found, the treatment is pain killers and reassurance.

Common Urological problems:

• Renal Colic
• Haamaturia (blood in urine)
• Urinary retention
• Obstructed kidneys

Common vascular problems:

• Acute, or acute on chronic, limb ischaemia
• Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm- if there is concern regarding rupture patient must be assessed in ED resus first
• Symptomatic carotid stenosis
• Acute diabetic foot problems (ischaemia and/or infection)
• Proximal upper or lower limb DVT for lysis
• False aneurysm (IVDU or post cardiology procedure)
• Readmission for wound complication following arterial surgery

Please note:

• Renal access complications admitted via renal team
• Acute dissection admitted to CCU or ICU jointly with Cardiology

Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC) emergencylaparotomy.org.uk

Emergency Laparotomy and Frailty (ELF)  nwresearch.org/our-projects/emergency-laparotomies-frailty-as-a-predictor-of-outcome-in-the-elderly-elf/434-2

Cholecystectomy Quality Improvement Collaborative (Chole-QuiIC) www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/service-standards/emergency-surgery/cholecystectomy-quality-improvement-collaborative