The BUI Functional Urology Team run a series of SNS training courses.
For more information about what courses may be available in 2025 please email buicourses@nbt.nhs.uk
I completed my BA in Spanish and Linguistics at the University of Southampton in 2016, and then pursued my interest in both acquired and developmental language disorders through an MA in Clinical Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam, which I completed in 2017. As part of my Master’s degree I also completed an internship at the Speech and Language Therapy Department of the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile. During this time I was responsible for creation of a new discourse analysis assessment tool to assess the speech of Spanish-speaking patients with glioma and other traumatic brain injuries. In 2019/2020 I was a Research Associate on a national project funded by Public Health England to develop a new assessment tool to support early identification of children with speech, language and communication needs. As part of that project we evaluated the acceptability of the new tool for parents and practitioners via qualitative interviews and focus groups. In June 2020 I began a full-time PhD based at BSLTRU and the University of Bristol.
My PhD research is focussed on children’s language development and parent-child interactions, drawing on my previous research experience in both linguistics and speech and language therapy. Parent-child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a technique commonly employed by speech and language therapists for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). However, there are concerns about the validity of PCIT for some families, given that the theory underpinning techniques as well as research into its effectiveness have mainly concentrated on white, middle-class families. Studies suggest that PCIT holds implicit cultural biases about linguistic interactions with children. This PhD study aims to gather evidence about a range of children’s daily language interactions and patterns of activities in their home environments. The ultimate goal will be to improve the evidence base about home language environments and make recommendations for SLTs to ensure interventions are appropriate and valid for families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
NBT guide to looking after a urinary catheter for both service users and healthcare workers. This passport should be given to all patients after insertion of a urinary catheter
At the end of your first six months you will be reassessed by the Consultant. At this time we will discuss with you your options, which may include:
If there are medical, nutritional or psychological reasons which mean you are not ready for weight loss surgery or not able to engage with the service, this will be discussed with you and the information sent to your GP.
The details and outcome of your reviews will be sent to your GP and/or the Bristol Bariatric Service if we agree to refer you there.
Once you have completed the full 12months in the service, you may receive a further Consultant review. At this time, you will either:
Male TWOC Referral Form.
NBT guide to looking after a urinary catheter for both service users and healthcare workers. This passport should be given to all patients after insertion of a urinary catheter
pelvic prolapse
post surgery
pelvic masses
constipation
neurological
drugs - antidepressants, nasal decongestants, anaesthetic
Female TWOC Referral Form
NBT guide to looking after a urinary catheter for both service users and healthcare workers. This passport should be given to all patients after insertion of a urinary catheter
I qualified as a speech and language therapist from UCL, London in 2002 and after a stint in the Outer Hebrides in a broad generalist post I specialised with adults with acquired and progressive neurological conditions. I have worked most of the rest of my career in Bristol and have also developed a specialism in working with adults who stammer, currently co-chairing the South West Disorders of Fluency CEN. Although my first love in my clinical career was in acquired aphasia, in recent years I have seen an increasing number of clients referred with ‘psychogenic’ or ‘functional’ dysphagia or communication problems, and have become aware of the lack of research and evidence-based practice guidelines for this client group.
Exploring consensus in terminology used in treatment and diagnosis of medically unexplained dysphagia.
GMC Number: 6145722
Year of first qualification: 2006, Bristol
Speciality: Paedaitrics and Neonatal Medicine
Clinical interest: Neonatology
Telephone: 0117 414 6817
GMC Number: 6168481
Year of first qualification: 2008, St George's, University of London
Speciality: Acute Internal Medicine
Secretary: Lisa Williams
Telephone: 0117 414 1141
Royal College of Physicians (London)
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Society for Acute Medicine
Intensive Care Society
GMC Number: 6130246
Year of first qualification: 2005, Imperial College London
Speciality: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Clinical interest: Lower limb arterial and deep venous reconstruction
Secretary: Daisy Tucker
Telephone: 0117 414 6378
Mr Baris Ata Ozdemir trained in vascular and endovascular surgery in the London. He subsequently completed a lower limb endovascular and open aortic fellowship in Montpellier, France. He was appointed to the Bristol, Bath and Weston Vascular Network in 2019.
He has a special interest in diabetic limb salvage, deep venous reconstruction, thoracic endovascular, and open aortic repair.
Mr Ozdemir’s PhD was on healthcare outcomes and he has also published extensively on aortic diseases and the diabetic foot. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Bristol. He is a member of the British Society of Endovascular Therapy.