With experienced children's nurses and doctors, we provide a range of clinics for children at Westgate House Children's Centre Southmead Hospital. Clinics are run by both North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

Paediatric Diabetes 

Run by Dr Burren and Dr Bowen with Paediatric diabetes specialist nurses, dietician and psychologist as members of the multidisciplinary Paediatric diabetes team. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Paediatric Respiratory 

Run by Deb Marriage Nurse Consultant
For more information on the Paediatric Respiratory clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Paediatric Allergy

Run by Dr Mark Gomples, Dr Nick Sargant, Dr Anna Thursby-Pelham and specialist Nurses Myriam Kanchanatheera and Kathryn Hogarth.
For more information on the Paediatric Allergy clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Paediatric Surgery

Run by Miss McNally, Miss Bradshaw Miss Skeritt and Mr Garrett-Cox.
For more information on the Paediatric Surgery clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Surgery

Paediatric Urology 

Run by Mr Woodward and Mr Awad.
For more information on the Paediatric Urology clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Urology 

Paediatric Renal Medicine 

Run by Dr Carol Inward and Dr Jan Dudley.
For more information on the Paediatric Renal Medicine clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric Nephrology

General Paediatrics 

Run by Dr Sharon Lim Kong and Dr Ann Eggers.
For more information on the General Paediatrics clinic visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Paediatric medicine

Baby Vaccination Clinics 

We run BCG clinics every Wednesday mornings to protect babies from TB . We also run specialist vaccination clinics run by the NICU community team (Nikki Yeoman , Lisa Ramsey and Nazzi Farzinkia) for premature babies.

For more information on the TB Vaccine visit TB, BCG vaccine and your baby - GOV.UK

Neonatology Baby Clinics with the Neonatal Consultants 

For babies who've been in NICU, or need to be followed up by the neonatologist after birth.

Baby development clinics / neuro development (Neonatal Team)

For babies who needed NICU due to being unwell or very premature, this clinic is to check they are developing and passing their milestones.

Children's venepuncture clinics (blood tests) 

Run by the nurses. We accept referrals from community doctors or GP's. We also see babies who need blood tests after birth.

Blood test and your child | North Bristol NHS Trust

Newborn screening clinics/ blood spot (Nurses)

For more information on newborn screening and blood spot visit Blood spot testing and your child | North Bristol NHS Trust.

At your child's Outpatient appointment, at Westgate House Children's Centre you will be greeted by our receptionist who is very experienced with children. She will book you in on the computer and show you to the waiting areas including our brightly decorated playroom. 

Within the playroom, there are lots of toys to play with, some donated or bought for us by Southmead Hospital Charity. All toys are regularly washed.  We have a television to keep various ages of children entertained.

The toilet facilities are child friendly with a baby changing unit.

We encourage breastfeeding and have a dedicated feeding room for all needs

All the consulting rooms are bright and friendly with toys to play with.

We have a fridge with bottled water (donations welcome) and tap water available.

If your child is under five years old please make sure you bring their red book with you to your appointment(s) as it contains important information about your child.

If your child is unwell or you/your child have been in contact with or had any symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting in the 72 hours prior to your appointment please do not attend your appointment/clinic. Instead, please telephone us and cancel the appointment, we will arrange another appointment as soon as possible.

If your child needs to be weighed and measured or needs any investigations, this will be done in the nurses' room. We sometimes need to do blood pressure checks, urine tests or occasionally a blood test.

All the doctors' rooms are named after animals. You may be seen in Lion room, Tiger room, Hippo room, Flamingo room or Zebra room. The doctor will come to the playroom to call you into the consulting room.

If you need to visit the pharmacy it is in the Brunel building.

The X-ray department is also in the Brunel building or there is one at Cossham Hospital if you live near there.

After your appointment is finished we will organise your next appointment and check out at reception. Lots of children are sad at having to go home as they've had such a lovely time playing!

Please feel free to ask the nurses anything and let them know all about your child's needs and concerns. We are here for you and want you to feel happy and cared for.

You have been invited back to the breast assessment clinic because we need more detail about an area we have seen on your mammogram (breast x-rays). Therefore, you need a more detailed examination before we can decide on a result.

This additional appointment is part of routine screening and for most women invited back nothing of concern will be found.

Our assessment clinics are held at Bristol Breast Care Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB.

Can I speak to someone for more information before I come?

How many women are invited back?

What will happen at the clinic?

When will I get the results?

How long will I be at the clinic?

If you are between 50 and 70 years old you will receive an appointment once every 3 years, inviting you to have a breast screening mammogram. You do not have to contact us to make an appointment, we will ensure that you receive your invitation at the appropriate time.

The screening programme also offers women over 70 a free breast screen every 3 years. Women over 70 will not be sent an invitation but are encouraged to call the unit on 0117 414 7070 to make an appointment that suits them.

If it has been over three years since your last breast screening appointment then please contact us.

Please note: screening is strictly by appointment only.

We have a range of different locations where you can be screened and a range of appointment dates and times. We try to invite you to a screening clinic that is convenient for most women in your GP practice but we appreciate that this may not always suit you.

When you receive your invitation letter you will see that we have already allocated you a specific screening location, appointment date and time. If you find this appointment inconvenient then please contact us so we can arrange an alternative location, date or time.

Screening takes place at our static unit in Bristol City Centre or at one of the mobile units. The mobile units move around the area staying at each site for a few months. You will normally be invited to a location within the area of your GP’s surgery.
If you have difficulty in climbing up steps and have been invited to a mobile unit, please contact the Screening Office on 0117 4147070 and they will rearrange an appointment for you at one of the static units.

When we Screen

Screening is organised according to your GP practice. Once every 3 years your GP practice will be contacted and all women eligible for screening will be invited.

For women aged 50 – 70, you do not have to contact us to make an appointment; we will ensure that you receive your invitation at the appropriate time.

For women over 70, you will not be sent an invitation but are encouraged to call the unit to make an appointment that suits you. Screening should take place every 3 years.

Can I arrange my appointment nearer my place of work?

Can I change the date and time of my appointment?

I don’t want to be screened, what do I do?

I have been invited to have a mammogram, but I have had a mammogram within the last year, do I still need to come?

I have been screened elsewhere shall I still keep my screening appointment?

I have moved house what happens to my screening appointment?

I missed my appointment how do I get another one?

Why have I been sent to a different site this time?

All women between 50 and 70 years who are registered with a GP are eligible for screening. A list is compiled from GP records, so it is important to make sure your details are correct.

You will be contacted by letter with information about your appointment, so there is no need to phone and make your own appointment. All women will receive their first invitation for a mammogram sometime between their 50th and 53rd birthdays.

We invite doctor’s practices for screening in turn, so women will not necessarily get their invitation in the year that they turn 50. As long as you are registered with a GP, you will receive an invitation before your 53rd birthday.

Women over 70

I am 50 why have I not received my appointment?

I am under 50 can I have an appointment?

What should I do between breast screens?

Why is my screening invitation not exactly 3 years since my last appointment?

I am 70 can I have an appointment?

GMC Number: 2835989

Specialty: Cellular Pathology

GMC Number: 6122609

Year of first qualification: 2005, University of Manchester (MB ChB honours & distinction)

Specialty: Anaesthetics 

Clinical interests: Regional anaesthesia, advanced vascular access, anaesthesia for robotic urology, vascular, orthopaedics/plastics

Secretary: Jean Moon

Telephone number: 0117 414 2641

Dr Tim Howes is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

He is a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and of the Society of Anaesthetists of the South West Region.

GMC Number: 6025160

Year of first qualification: 2000, University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Anaesthesia for vascular and general surgery, obstetrics, pre-operative assessment and perioperative medicine.

Secretary: Helen Pearce

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Patients are normally referred mainly from secondary care, particularly gynaecologists and urologists.

The majority of referrals are from Bristol and the surrounding area but are also received from the rest of the South West and beyond.