Major Trauma Nurse Practitioner
Anna Greene
Qualified as a nurse from Leeds University in 2010, Anna has always had a keen interest in Major Trauma.
Starting her career in Oxford John Radcliffe hospital Trauma ward, and subsequently moved to work in several London hospitals in their Emergency Departments.
Since 2017, she has been working as a Major Trauma practitioner, initially at St George's Hospital, London, before relocating to the Southwest and Southmead Hospital in 2021.
Anna has a keen interest in Education and now has an extended role as the Severn Major Trauma Network Nursing Education Lead.
Physiotherapy - Major Trauma Practitioner
Beezy Wakefield
BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC
Beezy graduated from Southampton University in 2004.
After seven years of completing her core training at North Bristol NHS Trust, she specialised in Trauma and Orthopaedics, and spent nine years leading and developing the trauma physiotherapy service.
In 2021 she secured a post in the Major Trauma Team as a practitioner with a special interest in pelvic and lower limb trauma and in November 2022 she became lead AHP for the HART team.
Physiotherapy - Major Trauma and Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Beth Douglass
Occupational Therapist - Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Claire Campbell
Physiotherapy - Major Trauma and Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Cora Deegan
Physiotherapy - Major Trauma Practitioner
Denise Axelsen
Denise Axelsen qualified as a physiotherapist in 2010 from University of the West of England. Having gained experience from working in the fields of intensive care, neurosurgery and Major Trauma, she has been working as a Major Trauma Practitioner since 2018.
She supports the Network as Allied Health Professional Lead, with the goal of uniting the delivery of rehabilitation across our region and throughout our Trauma Units.
Speech and Language Therapist - Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Hannah Austin
Hannah qualified from Plymouth Marjon University as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2019. Hannah began working in community rehabilitation in South Gloucestershire, working with patients with progressive neurological diseases, long term conditions, stroke and frailty.
Since joining NBT, Hannah has worked across areas including hyper-acute stroke, facilitating aphasia conversation groups, neurosurgery and complex care pathways.
In 2022, Hannah joined the Major Trauma Service, contributing to the development of the Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team, combined with her Major Trauma keyworker role.
She has particular interest in Traumatic Brain Injury, complex dysphagia management and neurorehabilitation.
Occupational Therapist - Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Hannah Stroud
Hannah studied Occupational Therapy at Plymouth University and graduated in 2015. She spent the first two years of her career as a rotational member of staff, before becoming a static within stroke.
Hannah then accepted a post on the Neurosciences rotation at North Bristol Trust. It was whilst working on the Neurosurgery ward that she developed a special interest in Major Trauma and complex rehabilitation.
In June 2022, she joined the Major Trauma Team as an Occupational Therapist, supporting the development of the Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team.
Major Trauma Nurse Practitioner
Laura Crowle
Laura qualified from the University of Leeds as a nurse in 2002 and has worked in a variety of surgical wards, including General Surgery, Urology and Plastic Surgery.
Her interest in trauma started whilst looking after complex trauma patients undergoing plastic surgery and Laura has been working for the Major Trauma Service since 2013.
Laura is a member of the National Major Trauma Nursing Group, which aims to represent and develop national standards for trauma nursing from the point of injury through to rehabilitation. She is the lead nurse for governance at the Major Trauma Centre and has a keen interest in patient and staff wellbeing.
Laura has undertaken Advanced Practice modules, including Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning, Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advancing Practice, and Non-medical prescribing.
Occupational Therapist - Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Team (HART) Practitioner
Lucy Thomas
Lucy graduated from Cardiff University as an Occupational Therapist in 2009. She began her career in brain injury at the Bath Neuro Rehab Service before joining the general rotation at the Bristol Royal Infirmary where she worked for eight years. It was here that she gained experience across multiple clinical specialities including Stroke, Oncology and Haematology, Trauma and Orthopaedics and Surgery.
In 2019, Lucy joined the Neurosciences rotation at Southmead Hospital, working in Stroke and Neurosurgery.
Lucy’s specialist interest in brain and spinal injury led to her joining the Major Trauma Team in 2022 as Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Major Trauma Practitioner.
Physiotherapy - Major Trauma Practitioner
Nicholas Crease
Nick trained as a physiotherapist at the University of the West of England, Bristol, qualifying in 2009. Following roles treating patients at several acute Hospital Trusts across England and Wales, and a period of travel, he returned to work in Bristol at Southmead Major Trauma Centre as a Senior physiotherapist in 2015.
In 2018, after three years of treating complex orthopaedic, respiratory and spinal injured patients, he stepped into the role of Major Trauma Practitioner, assisting in the management of those most injured patients attending the Trauma Centre.
Nick has interest in complex pelvic and spinal trauma, older persons trauma and injury prevention, supporting national projects, alongside community and local government initiatives in this area.