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GMC Number: 6031795                                                                                                          

Year & location of first qualification: 2001, India

Specialty: Stroke Medicine

Clinical interests: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit

Secretary: Kirsten Wilsher

Telephone number: 0117 414 7498

Dr Sandeep Buddha is a Stroke Physician at North Bristol NHS Trust.He is a Stroke delivery research lead in Hyper Acute Stroke Unit.

The laboratory component of the South West Cervical Screening Programme is based in the department. The laboratory is one of eight nationally that processes cervical screening samples.  The department was the first laboratory in the UK to undertake 100% of its primary screening using molecular techniques for detection of High Risk HPV within the Cervical Screening Programme. HPV as a primary tool for cervical screening was rolled out Nationally in December 2019.

Diagnostic Cytology

The range of specialised Histology reporting we offer includes:
• Breast pathology
• Endocrine pathology
• Genitourinary pathology
• Head and neck pathology
• Lymphoreticular disease (part of the Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS))
• Oral pathology
• Paediatric and perinatal pathology
• Renal pathology
• Thoracic pathology
• Upper and lower gastrointestinal pathology, including liver and pancreatic pathology

We also provide a referral service in many of these specialisms for other NHS trusts and Pathology providers.
The laboratory offers the immunocytochemistry and crystals analysis.

Severn Pathology is also host to the South West Regional Cytology Training Centre although this unit is managed separately to the diagnostic laboratory.

Updated 01/10/2020

Having someone understand why I have the problems I do and who could see where I am coming from was so helpful

These sessions weren’t just about emotional help but practical help and advice, which helped me enormously

During the sessions we have been working on noticing, reflecting and having a more positive outlook. I feel through discussion this has really helped and having the week in between appointments to input ideas very useful.

It has been great to feel like there is finally someone to listen and understand what I am going through. I was able to talk openly in a comfortable surrounding environment without judgement. Thank you so much - the sessions made a huge impact on life!

It was great to feel more able to help myself…this meant that my progress has continued even once I’d stopped the sessions

I was able to talk openly in a comfortable surrounding environment without judgement. Thank you so much - the sessions made a huge impact on life!

The sessions were flexible and adapted to my changing needs. We focused on practical changes which I could implement in my day to day life

Having someone understand why I have the problems I do and who could see where I am coming from was so helpful.

The sessions feel informal and the pace of it is within your control.

The sessions gave me the tools to help myself to realise “I can do this, nothing bad will happen if I try

A very warm, safe environment was created helping me feel secure to be open and honest about my worries.

The support has given me the confidence to have my photo taken, ask for something in a shop, go out for a meal…all baby steps to begin with butwhich have helped me put my life back together.

It was great to feel more able to help myself…this meant that my progress has continued even once I’d stopped the sessions

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The AERosolisation And Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 in Healthcare Settings (AERATOR) study aims to rapidly study the amount and type of aerosol generated when medical procedures are performed, and how infectious this aerosol is.

Aerosol generation occurs when tiny droplets of liquid are suspended in the air. Aerosols can be generated during many medical procedures. Some procedures might produce more aerosols than others, and droplets of different sizes, but this is largely unknown at the moment. However, aerosols can carry viruses, like coronavirus, which risks further infections if inhaled by healthcare staff or other patients.

Many medical and surgical guideline groups have made decisions that certain procedures are aerosol generating, based on limited or no evidence. As a result, many procedure lists have been cancelled or are being performed with authorised delays between procedures and full PPE for staff. These delays can add more than 30 minutes to routine procedures such as cataract surgery, pulmonary function tests, and joint replacement surgery, reducing capacity at a time when the NHS is facing a huge backlog that will have an impact on patients.  

The AERATOR study will be carried out using specialist equipment in operating theatres and wards to measure real-life aerosol generation in five clinical settings: dental, orthopaedic, respiratory, critical care and ophthalmology. By using specialist equipment, only available at the University of Bristol, the research team will also investigate how long coronavirus survives while airborne and how environmental conditions impact on the infectivity of the virus.

The research will also advise guidelines on the appropriate level of PPE for staff, as well as the length of time aerosol is present for and how it spreads in a real-world clinical setting.

Nick Maskell, Professor of Respiratory Medicine at NBT and Bristol Medical School: Translational Health Sciences (THS), and principal investigator for the project, said:

“A systematic improvement of the evidence would then allow procedures that are truly low risk to go ahead without the need for patient testing, air-cycling protocols or extensive PPE. Our study will ensure that higher risk procedures are performed efficiently in the appropriate clinical settings and without risk to staff or patients. 

Given how often these routine procedures are performed across the NHS, even a small improvement in efficiency will have a vast impact on clinical services, waiting times and costs.”

Jonathan Reid, Director of Bristol Aerosol Research Centre and Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, and co-investigator on the project, added:

“We hope our research will show how best to organise operating theatres, medical procedures, out-patient clinics, wards and use of PPE, in order to protect patients and staff while maximising the ability of the NHS to resume life-saving work.”

The research findings will help inform hospital trusts, policy makers and Public Health England about the safe reopening of essential NHS services.

The project ‘AERosolisation And Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 in Healthcare Settings (AERATOR)’ is funded by a grant award of £433,000 from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) COVID-19 rapid response initiative. The 12-month study will run until August 2021.

Study Results:

Aerosol emission from the respiratory tract: An analysis of relative risks from oxygen delivery systems

Study Visual Story:

AERATOR: A study from the Bristol Academic Respiratory Unit

View/Download the complete visual story:

AERATOR Results Visual Story - PDF 4.4MB4.35 MB

 

Thank you to all of our research teams who are making such a different to people’s lives, and also to Southmead Hospital Charity which is raising much-needed funds for COVID-19 research.

GMC Number: 6122646

Year & location of first qualification: 2005, Birmingham

Specialty: Renal Transplant / General Surgery 

Clinical interests: Surgical management of patients with kidney failure which include transplantation, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Additional interests are the management of abdominal hernias, both open and laparoscopic.

Secretary: Daisy Headington

Telephone number: 0117 414 0835

Year of first qualification: 2005, University of Oxford

Specialty: Clinical Immunology and Allergy 

Secretary: Helen Harris

Telephone: 0117 414 8392

Dr Alexandros Grammatikos completed his MSc, at the University of Oxford in 2005. He then undertook a PhD at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2009. Other training includes the United States Medical Licensing Examination in 2012 and  the FRCPath in 2020. 

Dr Grammatikos has been involved in multiple research publications, reviews & book chapters and oral presentations including at the South West Immunology Network Meeting.

Specialty: Emegency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Clinical interests: High impact users

Secretary telephone number: 0117 414 7470

GMC Number: 6102589

Year & location of first qualification: 2005, Leicester Warwick Medical School, University of Leicester

Specialty: Urological Surgery

Clinical interests: Robotic surgery, Pelvic uro-oncology, Prostate and Bladder Cancer

Secretary: Becky Champness

Telephone number: 0117 414 5001

Mr Raj Pal is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Bristol Urological Institute. He has a specialist interest in the management of prostate and bladder cancer, and performs robotic surgery for these conditions. He qualified at Leicester Warwick Medical School and carried out his Urology Specialist training in the East Midlands before completing a Robotic fellowship at Southmead Hospital in 2018. He spent a year as a consultant at University Hospitals of Nottingham NHS Trust before being appointed at NBT as a Consultant in 2019.

Professional memberships:
British Medical Association
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
British Association of Urological Surgeons European Association of Urology
BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCS (Urol)