GMC Number: 3305162

Specialty: Cardiology

Telephone: 0117 414 6369

GMC Number: 3322297

Year of first qualification: 1989, University of Oxford

Specialty: Neonatal Medicine

Clinical interest: Neonatal Neurology, Cardiology, Medical Education

Secretary: Julie Deady

Telephone: 0117 414 6948

GMC Number: 4727075

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

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interest: Cardiothoracic Imaging

Secretary: Claire Nurse

Telephone: 0117 414 9012

GMC Number: 3591583

Year of first qualification: 1992, University of Sheffield

Specialty: Trauma & Orthopaedics

Clinical interest: Arthroscopic, Replacement and Revision Hip Surgery Clinical interests: Soft tissue and Young adult hip disease, Revision arthroplasty.

Secretary: Nicola Leigh

Telephone: 0117 414 1621

Mr Stephen Eastaugh-Waring is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society, Association for the Study of Medical Education & Royal Society of Medicine.

As an ex GB triathlete, he empathises and understands the desire to return to as full an activity profile as possible, and aims to achieve this for all his patients.

Mr Stephen Eastaugh-Waring has excellent results on the National Joint Registry, and is regularly one of the most productive hip surgeons in the country.

GMC Number: 3057603

Year of first qualification: 1985, MB ChB Bristol University Medical School

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Obstetric Anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Fiona Donald trained in anaesthesia in Bristol, the southwest, Oxford and Geneva and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1991.
She was appointed as a consultant in anaesthesia at Southmead Hospital in 1997.

Her main area of clinical interest is obstetric anaesthesia. She also has a longstanding interest in teaching and training.

She is a member of Council and Vice-President elect of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and will take up this role in  September 2019.

GMC Number: 2822837

Year of first qualification: 1983, Oxford University

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Intensive care medicine, complex ENT and urology

Telephone: 0117 414 0968

Dr Mark Dirnhuber trained in Southampton and was appointed in 1996.

He does much of his clinical work in the Intensive Care Unit but he also anaesthetises patients – especially for complex ENT and urological operations.

He has a particular interest in the basic sciences that underpin anaesthesia and spends a lot of time teaching trainees these topics.

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Telephone: 0117 414 1573

GMC Number: 3684221

Year of first qualification: 1992, University of London

Specialty: Dermatology

Clinical interest: Acne, psoriasis, eczema and skin cancer

Secretary: Dot Phillps 

Telephone: 0117 414 7596

Dr Amrit Darvay has been a consultant for over 14 years working in Bath and Bristol. 

He trained in London at Hammersmith and St Thomas' Hospitals and has been involved in various research projects and has published a number of papers.

GMC Number: 3588019

Year of first qualification: 1992, University of Dundee

Specialty: Microbiology

Clinical interest: Infection control, orthopedic infection.

Secretary: Kim Sleight

Telephone: 0117 323 6093

Dr Elizabeth Darley is a Consultant Medical Microbiologist and the Lead Infection Control Doctor.

Before joining North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) as a consultant in 2004 she trained in infectious diseases, medicine and medical microbiology.

As well as healthcare-associated infection she has a special interest in the management of prosthetic joint infection and leads in infection for this at NBT.

Cardiac rehabilitation is a professionally supervised programme that aims to help improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems.

It involves a series of exercise and health education sessions that help you get back to everyday life as efficiently and successfully as possible after a heart attack or heart surgery.

“The sum of activities required to favourably influence the underlying cause of the disease, as well as the best possible physical, mental and social conditions, so that they may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume, when lost, as normal a place as possible in the community.” (World Health Organisation, 1993)

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is run by a team of Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Specialists and Exercise Specialists, with administrative support, and includes:

• The opportunity to take part in a supervised programme of exercise to help you recover and improve your fitness.
• A series of health education talks aimed at helping you understand your condition, and make changes to your lifestyle that will help improve your health and reduce the risk of further heart problems.
• The chance to meet others who have been through a similar experience.
• Advice and practical support to help you deal with the psychological and social effects of your cardiac event.
• Practical advice about helping you return to work.
• The chance to ask questions about your heart condition and discuss any worries you have.

Why is Cardiac Rehabilitation important?

There is a growing body of good quality evidence within the international community to support the delivery of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation services to patients. The findings of a meta-analysis of 37 trials (Dusseldorp et al 1999) suggest that a comprehensive programme of cardiac rehabilitation (including exercise, educational and/or psychological interventions) result in a 34% reduction in cardiac mortality and a 29% reduction in reoccurrence of myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Who can access the service?

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Service has been developed to support patients who have had a diagnosis of myocardial infarction (heart attack) or have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery, and live within the catchment area of the hospital.