Our Intensive Care Unit has benefitted from incredibly generous donations and fundraising attempts for our ICU Charitable Fund (managed by the Southmead Hospital Charity). Donations can help to improve patient care by funding:

• Life-saving equipment
• Pioneering research
• Staff training and development
• Improved facilities for our patients

Recent donations have funded:

• Emergency airway equipment, giving us access to the latest technology and improving patient safety.
• Advanced forms of brain monitoring, improving the care we deliver to patients admitted with traumatic brain injuries.
• A patient transfer trolley for occasions when we urgently need to transfer a patient to a different hospital for specialist care.
• A bespoke electronic Clinical Information System meaning all clinical data is instantly accessible on one system at the patient’s bedside.
• In addition, we were able to establish our ICU Follow-Up Clinic. This was funded for over a year through charitable funding and allowed us to demonstrate the great benefit of this service. This led it to become an established part of our unit.
• Communication aids for patients
• Patient radios and headphones
• Children’s books and toys for our ICU waiting room
• Provide live music for patients and relatives

Donations have also helped us to improve the patient experience. We have been able to purchase:

If you would like to make a donation, you can donate to the ICU Charitable Fund via the Southmead Hospital Charity.

This tour allows you take take a virtual walk through Southmead Hospital Maternity Unit. Please speak to your midwife about having your baby at Southmead Hospital Maternity Unit.

Take a virtual walk through Cossham Birth Centre. Please speak to your midwife about having your baby at Cossham Birth Centre.

Southmead Maternity

This tour allows you take take a virtual walk through Southmead Hospital Maternity Unit. See Mendip Birth Suite or the Central Delivery Suite including Theatre. 

Please speak to your midwife about having your baby at Southmead Hospital Maternity Unit.

NICU

This tour allows you take take a virtual walk through Cossham Hospital, see where your outpatient appointment will be, find where the clinics are located throughout the building or view Cossham Birth Centre.

We know that coming to hospital can be a stressful experience, so we hope that being able to familiarise yourself with the building before you arrive for an appointment will demystify the experience and help you to feel more relaxed.

Congratulations!

Thank you for submitting your antenatal booking form to the Midwifery Booking Team. 

A member of our Booking Team will contact you by phone or email to arrange your first appointment to meet the midwife within the next ten working days. Please look out for a call from 0117 9505050. If you do not hear from us within ten working days regarding your appointment, please call us on 0117 4146743 or email bookings.midwifery@nbt.nhs.uk.

We will aim to see you before 12 weeks.

In preparation of your appointment, please print, complete and bring with you to meet the midwife:

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We advise you to read "Screening tests for you and your baby" available to download at www.gov.uk/government/publications/screening-tests-for-you-and-your-baby-description-in-brief

As midwives at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) we are proud to be able to offer a variety of birth environments and we will discuss these with you at your first appointment. Your choice for where to have your baby includes at home, at the Mendip Birth Centre (co-located centre) and at the Central Delivery Suite (obstetric unit). 

Details of your submission have been emailed to you. Please check your spam/junk folders. If you do not receive email confirmation within 24 hours please telephone Centralised Midwifery Booking and leave a message on 0117 4146743.

Members of the Group Board are required to make an annual declaration of any interests which they have.

In addition, Group Board members are required to provide an update during the year should a new interest arise, or an interest cease. Where the interest ceases, the information will be held on the record for a period of at least six months.  

Ingrid Barker, Group Chair for NBT and UHBW 

• Governor, University of Gloucestershire.
• Member of the Faculty of TPC Health – a coaching company working predominantly in the NHS and Social Care (since January 2024).
• Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
• Membership to the UHA steering group.

Maria Kane, Group Chief Executive for NBT and UHBW 

• Advisory Group Member of CHKS, a provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services. 
• Visiting Professor to the University of the West of England.
• Trustee of Help to Create Hope Charity.
• Bristol Deputy Lieutenant.

Glyn Howells, Hospital Managing Director for NBT

• Nothing to declare.

Jenny Lewis, Group Chief People and Culture Officer

• Nothing to declare.

Neil Darvill, Group Chief Digital Information Officer (non-voting position)

• Wife works as a senior manager for the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB).
• Stepbrother is an employee of North Bristol NHS Trust, working in the Endoscopy Team.

Neil Kemsley, Group Chief Finance and Estates Officer

• Appointed to support the Independent Review into Maternity Services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, being led by Donna Ockenden, through NBD Kemsley Ltd, his own personal services company.
• Shareholder in NBD Kemsley Ltd.
• Wife works for Children’s Hospice Southwest.

Paula Clarke, Group Formation Officer (non-voting position)

• Associate Consultant for the Leadership Centre in Northern Ireland.

Professor Steve Hams, Group Chief Nursing and Improvement Officer

• Visiting Professor, University of the West of England.
• Director, Curhams Limited (dormant company).
• Independent Trustee and Chair of the Infection Prevention Society.
• Associate Non-Executive Director, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board.
• Husband is employed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Affiliate Member, Bristol and Avon St John Priory Group.
• External Examiner – School of Nursing BPP University

Professor Stuart Walker, Hospital Managing Director for UHBW

• Nothing to declare.

Professor Tim Whittlestone, Group Chief Medical and Innovation Officer

• Director of Bristol Urology Associates Ltd: undertakes occasional private practice (Urology Specialty) at company office, outside of NBT contracted hours.
• Wife is an employee of the Trust.
• Director of 3RO Ltd (providing medical advice to international NGOs etc). 
• Chair of Bristol Health Partners Board.
• Deputy Chair of Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) Cancer Alliance.

Linda Kennedy, Group Non-Executive Director 

• Nothing to declare.

Marc Griffiths, Group Non-Executive Director (non-voting position)

• Director of the Council of Deans
• Pro-Vice Chancellor for Regional Partnerships, Engagement and Innovation, University of the West of England, Bristol
• Member of the Health and Wellbeing Board, Bristol City Council (One City)
• Member of Futures West 
• South Gloucestershire One Partnership Board
• Vice Chair, City of Bristol College
• Chair of the University Alliance Places, Partnership and Nations and Regions Innovation Network

Martin Sykes, Group Non-Executive Director 

• Non-Executive Member and Deputy Chair, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly and Devon ICB Cluster

Poku Osei, Group Non-Executive Director 

• Non-Executive Director, Business West
• Court Member, University of Bristol
• Director and Principal Consultant, Merop Consulting Ltd (Bristol)
• Founder and Director, Babbasa (Bristol)

Richard Gaunt, Group Non-Executive Director 

• Nothing to declare.

Roy Shubhabrata, Group Non-Executive Director 

• Director, HelpAge International UK
• Director, Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited
• Director, Age UK
• Chief Executive, Healthinnova Limited
• Member of National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Research funding committee
• Director of Forceteck Ltd 

Professor Sarah Purdy, Group Non-Executive Director

• Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol.
• Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
• Trustee, Barts Charity.

Indirect Interests (i.e. through association of another individual e.g. close family member or relative) via Graham Rich who is:

• Chair, Armada Topco Limited.
• Chair, EHC Holdings Topco Limited.

Shawn Smith, Non-Executive Director for NBT

• Governor of City of Bristol College.
• Trustee of Frank Water.
• Elim Housing Association (Board member).
• Non-Executive Director, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Trustee of The Green House Project.

Sue Balcombe, Non-Executive Director for UHBW

• Nothing to declare.

If you would like to know any more about the process please contact the Trust Secretary by email on trust.secretary@nbt.nhs.uk

One of our patients has kindly agreed to be videoed talking about her story. Her name is Meline. In the video, she talks about the symptoms that she had and the difficulties they were causing in her day-to-day life. She also describes the strategies that helped her to gain more control over her CFS/ME and make progress with her goals.

We thought that it may help you to listen to Meline’s story, particularly if you have recently been diagnosed and are in the early stages of learning about CFS/ME.

Our Learning & Research Centre is a purpose built facility for medical and healthcare training, including facilities for clinical and practical skills training, alongside traditional seminar and lecture spaces.
The centre is home to our staff development and training team, as well as the medical education departments, resuscitation training department, and our library and knowledge services.
An extensive catalogue of clinical training equipment, including high fidelity simulation manikins, is available for use, and all of our teaching spaces are equipped with PCs and audio visual presentation facilities.
There are also open spaces for refreshments and catering, information stands and displays, and a café serving hot food and drink.
As well as providing a venue for our staff training and education, the centre also regularly hosts regional and national training and conference events.

GMC number: 6137064

Year of first qualification: 2000, Damascus University

Specialty: Gastroenterology

Clinical interests: Hepatology, general gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy (ERCP and EUS)

Secretary: Abbie McDonnell

Telephone number: 0117 414 6352