GMC Number: 4652621

Year of first qualification: 1996, MA Oxon

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical interest: Cognitive Neurology

Secretary: Helen Oaten

Telephone: 0117 414 7296

 

 

GMC Number: 6025704

Year of first qualification: 2001, Bristol

Specialty: Respiratory Medicine

Clinical interest: Severe Asthma and Emphysema. Unexplained breathlessness. Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Integrated care. 

Respiratory research interests: Cognitive function and brain pathology in COPD. Digital technologies in the assessment of lung function and interdisciplinary assessment of breathlessness.

Secretary: Lata Luchmun
Telephone: 0117 414 2016
Email: Respiratoryadmin@nbt.nhs.uk

Dr Dodd is clinical lead for complex airways disease at the North Bristol Lung Centre. He trained throughout the south west region, before completing a PhD at St George's University of London. He returned to the south west in 2013 as NIHR clinical lecturer at the University of Bristol. He was appointed consultant & honorary senior lecturer in Respiratory Medicine North Bristol Trust in 2015.

He is a member of the British Thoracic Society and advisor to the British Lung Foundation. He is on the evidence review group of the BTS/SIGN Asthma guideline and is a member of the South Gloucestershire CCG community Respiratory Group.

Dr Dodd has been awarded research grants from the British Lung Foundation and Wellcome Trust and is principal investigator on a number of clinical trials for patients with COPD & Asthma.

GMC Number: 4743219

Year of first qualification: 2000, Kings College London

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Trauma, vascular and education

Secretary: Anaesthetic department

Telephone number: 0117 414 5114

 

GMC Number: 6061078

Year of first qualification: 2002, Chennai India

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical interests: Epilepsy

Secretary: Paula Davies

Telephone: 0117 414 6685

GMC number: 6093356

Specialty: Anaesthetics

General Practitioners should phone the GP Support Team (GPST) on 01172449283 to refer acutely unwell medical patients to the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU).
The GPST will record the clinical details and advise you of where to send the patient.
This will be Gate 31b, Gate 31a (Ambulatory Emergency Care), Level 0, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital or in certain circumstances to the Emergency Department, Level 0, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital.

If you wish to speak to the on call medical Consultant please phone the hospital switchboard on 0117 9505050 and ask to be connected to them.

All acutely unwell medical patients can be referred to the Acute Medicine service. Referral letters should be faxed to the Acute Medical Unit.

There are specific community pathways for patients with suspected DVT accessed via GP Care.

 

Medicine Consultants
Dr Ella Chaudhuri
Dr Ishita Dasgupta
Dr Kiaran Flanagan
Dr John Ho
Dr Nigel Lane
Dr Sam Patel
Dr Louise Powter
Dr May Samways
Dr Madhu Wickremaratchi

Ward Managers
Gemma Stafford
George Duffield
Emma Stedman

Pharmacist
Natasha Mogford

Patients might be referred by their GP or the Emergency Department for assessment to the Ambulatory Emergency Care area on Gate 31a, Level 0, Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital.

 

This is a seated assessment area where the patient’s story can be detailed, investigations arranged and treatment started if needed.

Some patients will be discharged at this point with a detailed plan for follow-up or outpatient investigations if required. It is here that other patients will see a medical Consultant.

 

 

 

 

 

On arrival to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) nearly all patients will undergo a triage assessment in Gate 31b while some patients will go straight to Gate 31a (Ambulatory Emergency Care) which is a seated assessment area.

After triage by an Acute Medicine nurse you will have a primary assessment by a doctor. This assessment ensures that the sickest patients have investigations such as a chest x-ray and treatment can be started as soon as possible. Many of these very unwell patients will be moved to the Enhanced Care Area for closer monitoring and secondary assessment on Gate 31a. It is here that these patients will be reviewed by a medical Consultant.

For the majority of patients a more detailed secondary assessment will take place in one of the Assessment beds on Gate 31b. This will involve detailing the patient story, arranging investigations and starting treatment if needed. Some patients will be discharged out of hospital at this point with a detailed plan for follow-up and outpatient investigations if required.

It is here many patients will see a medical Consultant. The medical Consultant will decide if you need to stay in hospital or if you can be discharged out of hospital.

If you are discharged out of hospital further investigations may be needed and you may be referred to another Specialist or back to the care of your General Practitioner (GP).

If you need to stay in hospital you will either be admitted to a Specialist bed or moved to Gate 31a Short Stay. It is anticipated that most patients who require a short hospital stay of a few days will be discharged from Gate 31a.

Back Pack is for patients who experience recurrent acute back pain episodes that have caused disruption and incapacity. They are at risk of decline towards more severe effects and this course aims to reverse the deconditioning and to build knowledge and confidence in reducing the risks for future back problems. 

Back Pack accepts referrals from

• GPs, physiotherapists
• Musculoskeletal Assessment and Treatment Service (MATS)
• spinal surgery services at Southmead Hospital Bristol
• Pain Clinic at Southmead Hospital Bristol.

Please include within the referral letter details of the patients’ history, previous treatments, current medication, and any relevant medical or social history  that would help our service to assess and support your patient effectively.

Once we have received the referral, we will invite your patient to attend an introductory meeting so that they can find out more about Back Pack. After this there is then an individual assessment with the specialist physiotherapist prior to starting the course.