May we remind you that you do not need to add a 9 after the area code (0117) or before the 4.

Switchboard telephone: 0117 9505050

Bristol Brain Centre telephone: 0117 4148232

Bristol Breast Care Centre telephone: 0117 4147000

Cotswold Centre Outpatients telephone: 0117 4146768

Central Delivery Suite Ward telephone: 0117 4146916

Cotswold Ward telephone: 0117 4146785

Cotswold Ward Day Unit telephone: 0117 4146792

Elgar Ward 1 telephone: 0117 4141820

Elgar Ward 2 telephone: 0117 4141785

Maternity Delivery Suite telephone: 0117 4146916

Maternity Reception telephone: 0117 4146894

Mendip Birth Centre telephone: 0117 4146902

Quantock Ward telephone: 0117 4146905

Percy Philips Ward telephone: 0117 4146821

Brunel building Telephone Numbers

Wards

Gate 6B telephone: 0117 4143905

Gate 7A telephone: 0117 4144400

Gate 7B telephone: 0117 4141331

Gate 8A telephone: 0117 4142155

Gate 8B telephone: 0117 4144800

Gate 9A telephone: 0117 4146300

Gate 9B telephone: 0117 4143300

Gate 25A telephone: 0117 4143910

Gate 25B telephone: 0117 4143103

Gate 26A telephone: 0117 4141336

Gate 26B telephone: 0117 4144000 or 0117 4144001

Gate 27A telephone: 0117 4140051

Gate 27B telephone: 0117 4142777

Gate 28A telephone: 0117 4143005

Gate 28B telephone: 0117 4142808

Gate 31A telephone: 0117 4144501

Gate 31B telephone: 0117 4144501

Gate 32A telephone: 0117 4146200

Gate 32B telephone: 0117 4143234 or 0117 4143233

Gate 33A telephone: 0117 4143102

Gate 33B telephone: 0117 4142630

Gate 34A telephone: 0117 4148970

Gate 34B telephone: 0117 4143601

Bristol Laser Centre
Gate 24 telephone: 0117 4141212

Outpatients
Outpatients contact centre telephone: 0300 5550103

Imaging (Radiology/X-Ray)
Imaging appointments office: 0117 4148989

Endoscopy 
Gate 13 telephone: 0117 4145050 or 0117 4145051

Urgent Care

Emergency Department Main Reception Gate 35: 0117 4145100 or 0117 4145101

Acute Medical Unit (AMU) Gate 31: 0117 4144500 or 0117 4144501

Intensive Care Gate 37: 0117 4141400 or 0117 4141449

May we remind you that you do not need to add a 9 after the area code (0117) or before the 3.

Head Injury Therapy Unit telephone: 0117 414 3280

Headway Bristol telephone: 0117 462 6962

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit telephone: 0117 9562697

We are a team of Registered Dietitians providing nutrition and dietetic services to patients at Southmead Hospital Bristol and the surrounding communities of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Most of the dietitians have undertaken additional study and have experience and expertise in a specialist area of work in addition to undertaking general dietetic work.

Head of Nutrition and Dietetics

Katherine Barker
Specialties: Immunology
Email: katherine.barker@nbt.nhs.uk

Team Leaders

Kaylee Sayer – Speciality: Critical Care

Amy Greenhough – Speciality: Renal Team Lead

Lyndsey Francey – Speciality: Critical Care

Kathryn Campbell - Speciality: Neurosurgery and Student Lead

Gastroenterology

Bridie Watson – Gastroenterology and Eating Disorders Lead

Sarah McKenna – Gastroenterology Dietitian

Claire Downer – Specialist Dietitian

Laura Herlihy - Enteral Feeding Practitioner

Diabetes

Faye Cochrane - Diabetes Specialist Dietitian

Neurology/Neurosurgical

Sally Darby – Specialist Dietitian

Lindsey Milligan – Acute Stroke Care

Kathryn Campbell – Neurosurgery and Student Lead

Frances Greer – Neurosurgery and Critical Care

Emily Lovegrove – Neurology and Critical Care

Charlene De Jager – Neurology and Critical Care

Elena Bega - Acute Stroke Care

Bethlyn Coleby-Mulholland - Acute Stroke Care

Macmillan

Abi Nickless - Macmillan Specialist Dietitian

Suzy Owen - UGI Oncology, TPN, Catering

Metabolic Disorders

Suzanne Ford – Adult Metabolic Disease Lead

Simone Whiteway – Specialist Dietitian

General Medical

Ifeoluwa Olaosebikan – General Medical Dietitian 

Nadia Osei Timah Kwabena – General Medical Dietitian 

Clodagh Donlon – General Medical Dietitian and Renal 

Jill Boyd – General Medical Dietitian 

Critical care

Stephen Taylor – Critical Care and Research Lead

Danielle Milne – Critical Care

Frances Greer – Neurosurgery and Critical Care

Emily Lovegrove – Neurology and Critical Care

Georgia Kemp - Burns Care and Critical Care

Kate Vaughan– Bariatric, ICU and Respiratory

Daina Potjewijd - ICU and AMU

Burns

Georgia Kemp - Burns Care and Critical Care

Surgical

Claire Downer – Specialist Dietitian

Suzy Owen - Specialist Dietitian

Renal

Amy Greenhough – Renal Lead

Daisy Worthington - Renal Dietitian

Kiera Sneddon - Renal Dietitian

Fiona Hunter – Renal Dietitian

Clare Gallimore – Renal Dietitian

Rebecca Dunigan – Renal Dietitian

Monica Dinnall – Renal Dietitian

Cathy Grove – Renal Dietitian

Bariatrics

Kate Vaughan– Bariatric, ICU and Respiratory

Jen Dacombe – Bariatric Dietitian

Karen Coulman – Bariatric Dietitian

Marie Bird - Bariatric Dietitian

Rachel Elliott – Bariatric Dietitian

Neonatal 

Vickie Bevan - NICU Dietitian

Admin Team

Carolyn Power – Admin Team Leader and Dietetic Assistant

Joanne Lindsay – Admin Clerk

Sinead Carmody - Admin Clerk

Dietetic Assistants

Eve Chan – Dietetic Assistant

Mahsa Jamalzadeh Yari – Dietetic Assistant

The Weight Management and Bariatric Service at North Bristol NHS trust consist of a supportive team of clinicians including dietitians.

There is a range of services available from the team including non-surgical weight management support and weight loss surgery.

Referral Criteria for Bariatric Service:

• BMI >40 kg/m2 or person with BMI 35-40 kg/m2 who has other significant disease that could be improved if they lost weight (e.g. type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnoea, Benign Intracranial Hypertension etc.).

For more information, please see the Bristol Weight Management and Bariatric Service (BWMBS).

Information on referring for clinicians. 

Useful links:

Dietary Support

NHS – Live Well https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/start-losing-weight/

Change for Life https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

Diabetes UK www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Managing-your-diabetes/Healthy-eating

British Heart Foundation Keep your heart healthy - BHF

The British Dietetic Association – Food Facts:

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/weight-loss.html

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/food-facts-food-and-mood.html

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/detox-diets.html

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/healthy-eating.html

Talking Therapies

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire -  NHS Talking Therapies - North Somerset & South Gloucestershire (vitahealthgroup.co.uk)

Wiltshire Psychological Support  https://iapt-wilts.awp.nhs.uk/ 

Specialist Eating Disorder Service Eating disorders community team :: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (awp.nhs.uk)

Food Allergy & Intolerance

Allergic reactions can be triggered by food. They can be very severe reactions or cause delayed symptoms.

Diagnosis can be made with a combination of blood and skin tests, diet challenges and diet restrictions. Your GP may be able to diagnose your food allergy or you may be referred to an immunologist. The Dietitian can be involved in the diagnosis of food intolerances.

Food allergies and intolerances are managed by dietary manipulation through the exclusion of the food which is causing the reaction. The dietitian helps in diagnosing, educating and supporting the patient:

• In following food restrictions
• Identifying and treating possible nutritional deficiencies
• Providing a link between the patient and their GP
• Providing information on external specialist agencies

Find out more about the North Bristol Trust Allergy, Immunology & Immunogenetics. 

If you feel you would benefit from seeing a dietitian, please ask your GP or Immunology consultant to refer to us.

Information on referring for clinicians. 

Please note this service is for adults only. See the Paediatric Nutrition & Dietetic for information on children & allergies.

Useful links:

Allergy UK

Food Allergy and Food Intolerance

Food Allergy and Food Intolerance Testing

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

HIV is a virus that affects the immune system.

It can be diagnosed through a blood test by your GP, local specialist services, sexual health clinics or local support charities.

If you have been diagnosed with HIV you will be referred to specialist services.

Within this service a Dietitian helps educate and support by:

•  Providing nutritional support with eating and drinking
• Providing long term lifestyle change support
• Identifying and treating possible nutritional deficiencies

Contact the Terrence Higgins Trust for more information about HIV.

 Useful links

Information on HIV & AIDS: https://www.aidsmap.com/

Information on heart health: https://www.heartuk.org.uk/; https://www.bhf.org.uk/; https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/heart-health.html

Weight loss information: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/weight-loss.html

Type 2 Diabetes information: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/diabetes-type-2.html

Cholesterol information: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/cholesterol.html

North Bristol Trust predominantly provides dietetic services to adults only but we do have a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) within our Women’s and Children’s directorate.  We currently provide specialist neonatal dietetic services to the inpatients on our NICU. The Neonatal dietitian only takes referrals from the specialist Neonatal team. Parents of preterm infants and Health Care Professionals working with ex-premature infants are welcome to seek nutritional advice for their infant.

If you think your child (from birth to 18 years old) would benefit from seeing a Paediatric dietitian you should first speak to your GP or hospital consultant. They will refer you to the Bristol Children’s Hospital Paediatric Dietitians department who will then contact you to arrange an appointment. They provide outpatient services at Bristol Children’s hospital.

Where can I find other information?

• For babies born prematurely http://www.bliss.org.uk/
• For enquiries about breast milk donation http://www.ukamb.org/
• South West Neonatal Network Milk Bank milk.bank@nbt.nhs.uk
• South West Neonatal Network www.swneonatalnetwork.co.uk/parent-family-area

The dietitians at North Bristol NHS Trust provide a neurology clinic at Southmead Hospital twice per month on Thursday mornings. 

Patients who attend this clinic are likely to have been diagnosed with one of the following neurological conditions:

• Parkinson’s Disease
• Huntington’s Disease
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
• Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

The dietitian’s role is to assess, educate and support. 
When you attend your appointment the specialist neurology dietitian will:

• Ask you about your medical condition, medications, investigations and symptoms
• Assess your weight and monitor weight changes
• Assess your current diet and fluid intake, ensuring that any nutritional deficiencies are identified
• Advise on methods of promoting/reducing weight or reducing symptoms
• Recommend nutritional supplementation as appropriate
• Provide information on alternative methods of feeding such as via a gastrostomy (PEG/RIG) tube
• Provide a link between you, your GP, allied health professional and consultant

Other conditions where you may be seen by a neurology dietitian include:

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

If you have one of these conditions and you feel you would benefit from seeing a dietitian, please ask your GP or Neurology consultant to refer to us.

Information on referring for clinicians. 

Useful links:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Diet

Eating and Drinking with MS

Eating and Drinking with MND

Diet and Parkinsons Disease

At North Bristol Trust, the diabetic service consists of a multi-disciplinary team including two dietitians.

NBT diabetes dietitians see patients which require input from the entire diabetes team. If dietetic input is required, but input from the whole diabetic team is not necessary, consider community services.

If you are a clinician looking to refer a patient, please see indications for referral to North Bristol Trust’s Multi-disciplinary Diabetes Clinics.

For more info see the Diabetes & Endocrinology page.

Useful links:

Diabetes UK

Type 2 Diabetes and Diet

Type 1 Diabetes and Diet

Gestational Diabetes

13 Consultant Neurosurgeons cover all aspects of Neurosurgical practice.

The team also consists of 11 Specialist Registrars, 6-8 Senior House Officer Grade doctors, 9 Neurosurgical Nurse Practitioners and 2 Neuro-oncology Specialist Nurse Practitioners.

Dedicated trained nursing staff and invaluable Allied Health Professionals working alongside the team ensure that the care received by all Neurosurgical patients is of the highest standard.

At North Bristol Trust, we supervise Plymouth University dietetic students for A, B and C placements, as well as overseeing placements for MSc Dietetics students from Birmingham City University.

We aim to offer our students a varied experience when they are on placement with us. Areas which students typically gain experience in include:

• ICU
• Stroke and Neurosurgery (inpatient)
• Outpatient Bariatric Services
• Renal disease (inpatient and outpatient)
• Gastroenterology (inpatient and outpatient)
• Complex care (inpatient)
• Surgery (inpatient)
• Respiratory (inpatient)
• Burns & plastics (inpatient)
• Diabetes (outpatient)
• Metabolic disease (outpatient & learning)

We offer students a combination of home learning, face-to-face patient contact and virtual clinic experience. The home learning often comprises of case studies and tutorials to support learning in each speciality.

The dietetic team here comprises of approximately 30 dietitians. Each student will be assigned a key worker and mentor but will likely spend some time with most of the dietitians over the course of the placements.