GMC Number: 6145627
Year of first qualification: 2006, University of Bristol
Speciality: Histopathology
Clinical interests: Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Histopathology
Secretary: Hannah Sims
Telephone: 0117 414 9890
GMC Number: 6163881
Year of first qualification: 2007, Imperial College, London
Speciality: Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia
Clinical interests: Inter- and intra-hospital transfer of critically ill patients, pre-hospital critical care
Secretary: Anaesthetic secretaries
Telephone: 0117 414 2641
Dr Scott Grier (MBBS, BSc, FRCA, FFICM, FIMC RCSEd) is a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia.
He has a strong interest in the inter- and intra-hospital transfer of critically ill patients and is Co-Chair of the South West Critical Care Network Transfer Group. In addition, he is a Critical Care Doctor for Great Western Air Ambulance and SWIFT Medics.
GMC: 6079773
Year of first qualification: 2003, University of Sheffield
Speciality: Neurosurgery
Clinical interests: Cranial and spinal microsurgery, Minimally invasive keyhole & endoscopic surgery Complex brain tumours Cerebrovascular neurosurgery Neurocutaneous disorders (Neurofibromatosis)
Secretary: Nikki Jesson / Sheila Birch
Mario Teo is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Bristol Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, North Bristol University Hospital, having completed a Cerebrovascular and Skull Base fellowship at Stanford University, California, USA. He qualified in medicine from the University of Sheffield, also gaining an intercalated research honours
degree- BMedSci. He then trained in Neurosurgery at Glasgow, Cambridge and London. He has a special interest in minimally invasive cranial and spine surgery, is a firm believer in personalized health care, surgery with less tissue injury, leading to minimal scar and quicker recovery.
His clinical focus includes management of complex brain tumours (schwannoma, meningioma, craniopharyngioma, skull base tumours, neurocutaneous disorders) and cerebrovascular pathologies (moyamoya disease, cerebral aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, cavernoma, haemangioblastoma), incorporating various surgical techniques (keyhole surgery, endoscopic endonasal approaches, cerebral revascularizations) and technological advancement (3D reconstruction, fibre tracking, virtual reality, intraoperative neuromonitoring).
Academically, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, editorials, book chapters, and is also an advocate of collaborative clinical and scientific research, at local, national and international level.
Professional memberships
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) British Neurovascular Group (BNVG) British Skull Base Society (BSBS) British Medical Association (BMA)
GMC: 6074844
Year of first qualification: 2003, Cardiff University
Speciality: Vascular Surgery
Clinical interests: Peripheral arterial disease, complex lower limb reperfusion, diabetic foot disease, carotid endarterectomy
Secretary: Imogen Mills
Telephone: 0117 414 0798
Chris Twine is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at NBT and honorary Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Bristol.
He has a clinical and research interest in peripheral arterial disease with a focus on clinical trials, systematic review and evidence based practice.
He is the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery systematic review section editor.
He sits on the European Society of Vascular Surgery guidelines steering committee where he is lead for consensus statements, and the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland special interest research group for peripheral arterial disease where he is lead for intervention.
GMC: 7042109
Speciality: Radiology
Clinical interests: Musculoskeletal Radiology
Secretary: Gail Bailey
Telephone: 0117 414 9008
Dr Walton has completed post CCT musculoskeletal radiology fellowships in the UK and Australia with expertise in all facets of musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging and image guided intervention.
Dr Walton is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists and a member of the British and European Societies of Skeletal Radiology.
GMC: 3547429
Year of first qualification: 1991, London
Speciality: Anaesthesia
Secretary: Jean Moon
Telephone: 0117 414 5114
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Bristol Weight Management and Bariatric Service (BWMBS) encompasses a specialist Weight Assessment and Management Service (WAMS) and Bristol Bariatric Service (BBS) for individuals with obesity.
WAMS was previously known as the ‘Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service’. WAMS provides non-surgical, multi-disciplinary weight management support and interventions for a 6-12month period. This may be in the form of individual one-to-one appointments with a dietitian and / or psychologist, or through our 8 session Mood & Food group programme. WAMS also supports appropriate individuals to prepare for bariatric (weight loss) surgery with the ‘Bristol Bariatric Service’ (BBS).
It is national guidance that an individual receives intensive support from a specialist weight management service, such as WAMS, before they can be considered for a referral to a bariatric surgery team. There may be some exceptions to this rule for those who have other medical issues that require urgent treatment.
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Please note that there are different eligibility criteria for Wiltshire and Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).
For administration or referral Advice contact:
Zoe Woodward – WAMS Co-ordinator
Email: t3wms@nbt.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0117 414 1028
Address: Office 2, Gate 38, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol. BS10 5NB
Severn Major Trauma Network Clinical Director - Dr Julian Thompson
Major Trauma Centre Clinical Lead - Dr Nirosha De Zoysa
Severn Major Trauma Network, HART & Major Trauma Centre Manager - Shabba Vaithianathan
Paediatric Major Trauma Network Lead - Giles Haythornthwaite
Severn Major Trauma Network Support Coordinator - Daniel Fletcher-Walliss
Severn Major Trauma Centre Support Coordinator - Adeline Chiu
Severn Major Trauma Network Governance Lead - Dr Nick Blundell
Severn Major Trauma Network Training Lead - Dr Fran Verey
Severn Major Trauma Network Research Lead - Dr Philip Braude
Severn Major Trauma Network Director of Rehabilitation - Dr Shigong Guo
Severn Paediatric Major Trauma Centre clinical lead - Dr Anna Clarke
Major Trauma Unit Consultant leads
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine - Dr Ida Bakar
Speciality Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine - Dr Kriti Mishra
Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Dr Joanna Latham
Major Trauma Practitioner & Severn Major Trauma Network AHP Lead - Denise Axelsen
Major Trauma Practitioners
HART Practitioners
Major Trauma & HART Practitioners
Southmead NMTR Major Trauma Data Coordinators
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.