North Bristol NHS Trust run the following specialist courses for healthcare professionals in partnership with the University of the West of England:

• Burn Care and Rehabilitation
• Essentials of Renal Care
• Principles of Neuroscience

These courses normally run annually.

For more information please contact either the individual Module Leader or the Specialist Course Administrator, Sue Blackwell sue.blackwell@nbt.nhs.uk.

We have close links with Universities and support undergraduate and postgraduate education and work placements across many professions.

We work with:

• University of the West of England to support undergraduate registered nurse students and allied health professions students. For more information visit www.uwe.ac.uk
• Bristol University to support undergraduate medical students. For more information visit www.bristol.ac.uk
• Bristol University to support postdoctoral training in Clinical Neuropsychology.
• Bath University. For more information visit www.bath.ac.uk

BRASH has a wide range of local and national research projects aimed at translating basic research into clinical trials from i.e. going from ‘Bench to Bedside’, with active clinical trials units for both adults and children.

The projects include:

• Studies into the molecular genetics and biomarkers of brain tumours
• Abnormal pathways driving brain and spinal cord tumours
• Neuroradiology studies using metabolite profiles with NMR to predict tumour behaviour 
• Convection enhanced delivery to improve drug delivery to tumours among many others

If patients are interested in enrolling in clinical trials for brain tumours they should contact their clinical team for more details.

GMC Number: 3486959

Year of first qualification: 1990, Nottingham University Medical School

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Neuroanaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Specialty: Urology

Clinical interest: Endourology

Secretary: Charlie Quick

Telephone: 0117 4145007

GMC Number: 4329367

Year of first qualification: 1996, University of Edinburgh

Specialty: Intensive Care Medicine

Clinical interests: Neurocritical care, research

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Matt Thomas has been a consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust since 2010. He is the clinical research lead for the Intensive Care Unit.

He is also accredited in intensive care medicine where he has particular interests in ultrasound, neurointensive care and research.

GMC Number: 4293295

Year of first qualification: 1996, University of Bristol

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Intensive Care Medicine

Telephone: 0117 414 2641

Dr Ian Thomas is a consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia. Dr Thomas is the clinical lead for organ donation at North Bristol NHS Trust and Chairs the Bristol Clinical Ethics Committee. In 2011 he was awarded an MA (distinction) in medical ethics and law by the University of Keele.

GMC number: 3286764

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Telephone: 0117 414 0876

GMC Number: 3613441

Yesr of first qualification: 1992, University of Wales College of Medicine

Specialty: General Surgery

Clinical interest: Upper gastrointestianla and endocrine surgery

Secretary: Sue Phillis

Telephone: 0117 414 0834

Mr Christopher Wong provides surgical services with specialist treatment for gallstones including laparoscopic treatment for stones in the bile duct, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, obesity, splenectomy and hernia, thyroid diseases, parathyroidectomy and adrenal (laparoscopic) surgery.

GMC Number: 3549672

Year of first qualification: 1991, Oxford University

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Regional Anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 0887

Dr Jonathan Wills trained in Anaesthesia in the Nottingham region, before being appointed as a consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

Dr Jonathan Wills is particularly interested in Regional Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic operations and truma and is the lead consultant for Gynaecology.

He is involved in the training of both anaesthetic trainees and medical students.