GMC Number: 6072651

Year of first qualification: 2003

Specialty: Renal

Clinical interest: Transplantation

Secretary: Teresa Grunshaw 

Telephone: 0117 414 7701

Dr Bushnell is a renal physician involved in all aspects of renal care and is responsible for a satellite dialysis unit in Weston-super-Mare and outpatient work in Clevedon Hospital.

He has an interest in transplantation and is completing an MD studying diabetes following renal transplant.

He has a sub-specialty interest in beta cell replacement for the treatment of diabetes.

Mr Marcus Brooks
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr William Neary
Consultant Vascular and Transplant Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Mahesh Pai
Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Prof. Frank Smith
Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust & Bristol University

Mr Andy Weale
Consultant Vascular, Endovascular & Renal Transplant Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Paul Bevis
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Prof. Robert Hinchcliffe 
Professor of Vascular Surgery

Mr Timothy Beckitt
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Devan Thavarajan
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Christopher Twine
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Baris Ozdemir
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Bee Martin
Consultant General Surgeon
Base Hospital: Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Vascular Secretaries

Tracey Bisp 
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Imogen Mills
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Marju Lints
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Marta Sikorska
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Debbie Grimwood
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Specialist Nurses
Jude Day
Michelle Britton
Lisa Poole
Carrinne Bowers
Telephone: 0117 4145302

Vascular and Renal Performance and Operations Managers
Maureen Simpson
Samantha Brown
Telephone: 0117 4140766

Vascular Support Manager
Laura Morris 
Telephone: 0117 414 0761

North Bristol NHS Trust Vascular Surgery delivers all aspects of arterial and venous care. Bristol Royal Infirmary and Royal United Hospital, Bath have a vascular service provided by the network.
You will still see your consultant for an outpatient appointment, have most investigations (CT and MRI scans) and your follow-up care and nurse-led clinics locally. There are outpatient clinics at:

• Southmead Hospital
• Bristol Royal Infirmary
• Royal United Hospitals Bath
• Weston General Hospital
• Cossham Community Hospital
• Melksham Community Hospital.

As well as vascular surgery, there are other services the network provides including:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
• Complex endovascular service for the South West
• Support for stroke services, diabetic foot services, major trauma and cardiac surgery/cardiology
• Thoracic aortic service delivered with Bristol Heart Institute
• Research as a partner in Bristol Cardiovascular.

Year of first qualification: 2002, St Mary's Hospital - Imperial College School of Medcine

Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Clinical interests: Skin, Melanoma, Mohs & Reconstructive Surgery

Secrerary: Laura Bailey 

Tel: 0117 414 6604

Mr Ewan Wilson trained in plastic surgery across London & East Anglia and has spent time at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA.

He was awarded the prestigious Skin Oncology Fellowship in the UK.

His prime interest is Melanoma and all aspects of Skin Oncology .

He maintains an interest in general plastic, head & neck and reconstructive microsurgery and holds an MSc in Trauma Surgery.

GMC Number: 4736174

Year of first qualification: 2000, Imperial College, University of London

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interest: Breast Radiology

Telephone: 0117 414 7091

Secretary: Debbie Lewis

Telephone: 0117 414 9016

Fax: 0117 4149464

GMC Number: 4715193

Specialty: Anaesthetics

GMC Number: 6051498

Year of first qualification: 2002, University of Bristol

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Vascular and Neuroanaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Gemma Nickols trained in the South West, with specialist Neuroanaesthesia training at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

She has an interest in education and was awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education from the University of Bristol in 2014.

GMC Number: 6056381

Year of first qualification: 2002, Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interest: Spine

Secretary: Claire Nurse

Telephone: 0117 414 9012

Dr Morgan completed his Radiology training in Bristol. He is a General Radiologist, with a keen interest in Spinal imaging and intervention.

Current vacancies for paid roles at AAC WEST can be found on the NHS Jobs Website. The information below is about volunteering for AAC WEST.

Unfortunately we are currently unable to accept applications for volunteers. As soon as the service is in a clinical position to support our volunteers again, we will re-open to applications.

Why Volunteer at AAC WEST?

People volunteer with AAC WEST for many reasons. It may be to gain experience in order to help towards finding a job in a similar field, or it may be because of simple interest in what we do and willingness to offer some free time.

The Role of Volunteers at AAC WEST

We aim to provide work for volunteers that we would otherwise be unable to do so that the experience for people who use the service can be enriched. Much of the work is non face-to-face work to support the service behind the scenes. We hope that in return, we can offer a friendly environment with opportunities to find out more about AAC, with the added satisfaction of improving someone’s AAC experience.

The main roles of the volunteer are:

• Programming Devices
• Developing Resources
• Meeting and Greeting Clients
• Communication Partner Work

Commitments

We ask that volunteers offer at least half a day a week, for 6 months.

To find out about volunteering opportunities contact the office on 0117 414 5850 or email aacwestadmin@nbt.nhs.uk

Feedback

I volunteer because I find it really rewarding to help out in a clinic environment. The experience has been a lot of fun while also being interesting and enabling me to use my love of language in a fulfilling and rewarding way. From this experience, I hope to gain a sense of the day to day running of a speech therapy clinic, and I have been able to carry out many varied tasks in the department such as programming communication aids and researching new devices and software.

It is important that people’s AAC is kept up to date with new vocabulary. 

AAC WEST offer training in adding vocabulary and editing software. 

How-to videos

Here are some helpful tutorials from the Smartbox website that show how to edit the software.

Click the link for Grid for iPad webinar - Editing in Grid for iPad

Click the link for Grid 3 webinar - Editing in Grid 3

There are further resources and videos on the - Smartbox website.

AAC WEST have created some short how-to videos to help you get more familiar and confident with the Grid for iPad and Grid 3 software.

The links for the Grid for iPad or Grid 3 software tutorials are below.

Grid for iPad videos

- All about Grid explorer

- Guided access

- Connecting a Chat Wrap speech case

- How to create 'Jump' cell

- Settings

Grid 3 Videos

- How to change a cell label

- Creating a 'jump' cell

- Creating a 'saved phrases' page

- How to populate a page

See our Do's and Don'ts factsheet on editing vocabulary click the link below.

Personalised training sessions

We also offer support and training on all the different software we provide. These sessions can last up to 2 hours depending on the extent of the training needed and are run either online via Microsoft Teams or in person.

If you would like to know more on these sessions, please contact us on aacwestadmin@nbt.nhs.uk or call on 0117 4145850 to find out more.