GMC Number: 446062
Year of first qualification: 1997
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Clinical interests: Skin Cancer, Limb Reconstruction, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Head & Neck Reconstruction
General/ Sarcoma Secretary- Lisa Groves
Telephone number: 0117 4147605
Lower Limb Secretary- Rundeer Singh
Telephone number: 0117 4147590
GMC Number: 6077378
Year of first qualification: 2003, University of Nottingham
Specialty: Intensive Care Medicine
Clinial interests: Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia
Telephone number: 0117 414 5114
Dr Reston Smith qualified in Nottingham and trained in Nottingham, Christchurch New Zealand and Bristol. He is the clinical lead for the Hospital at Home service at North Bristol Trust. Dr Reston Smith became a Fellow at the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2010 and a Fellow at the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine in 2013. He was appointed Consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2014.
The Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) Service South West is based at the Bristol Centre for Enablement. We provide specialist assistive technology to people who find using standard controls such as a television remote control or a keyboard difficult to use due to a physical impairment. This enables users to live more independently at home.
‘Assistive technology devices are intended to compensate for or alleviate an injury, handicap or illness or to replace a physical function.’ MHRA Guidance Assistive technology: definition and safe use, published 18 December 2014.
The EAT service provide the following technology to patients across the South West region, who meet the provision criteria set by NHS England (link to page on website).
Enables the control of function in the physical environment and is intended to alleviate difficulty or inability to undertake the control function by normal means or standard controls due to physical impairment. (Handbook of Electronic Assistive Technology 1st Edition, Cowan D & Najafi L, 2018)
EC equipment enables the user to operate electronic or electrical devices within their environment using alternative methods.
Equipment that enables the user to employ alternative methods to access a computer when the standard interfaces (such as a keyboard, mouse or touchscreen) become difficult to operate due to physical impairment.
EAT SW is a multi-disciplinary team employing clinical scientists, occupational therapists, technicians and technologists and administrators.
Any patient within the region meeting the provision criteria can be referred into the service. This requires a referral form to be completed by a health or social care professional and sent through to the EAT team. Forms are available on this website and also by contacting the service direct.
The EAT team offer training sessions to local teams and groups across the region. If you would like to discuss this please contact the office.
Telephone: 0117 4145899
Lines are manned from 07.30 - 17.00. An answermachine is available if a member of the team is not available to take your call.
GMC Number: 6098618
Year & location of first qualification: MBBCh 2004, University of Wales College of Medicine (Cardiff)
Specialty: Trauma & Orthopaedics
Clinical interests: Complex Trauma (major trauma and open fractures), Foot & Ankle surgery.
Secretary: Sue Griffin
Telephone: 0117 414 1622
Mr Andrew Riddick is a member of BOA, BOFAS & OTS.
His specialist interests include the combined ortho-plastic reconstruction of open fractures and the treatment of non-unions.
Mr Riddick also specialises in foot & ankle surgery including post-traumatic problems (not including ankle replacement surgery).
GMC Number: 6115308
Year of first qualification: 2005, University of Wales College of Medicine
Specialty: Care of the Elderly
Clinical interests: General Medicine, Vascular Liason
Secretary: Michaela Perry
Telephone: 0117 414 6443
Dr Rainey works within the Complex Assessment and Liaison Team (CALS) which is a multidisciplinary team working at the ‘front door’ to provide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to frail elderly patients. Dr Rainey is the lead consultant developing a new service based in the emergency department to provide Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC).
Year of first qualification: 2000, Nottingham University
Specialty: General Surgery
Clinical interests: Bariatric and Upper GI Surgery
Secretary: Susan Phillis
Telephone: 0117 414 0834
Mr Alan Osborne is a Hunterian Professor in Metabolic Surgery.
He has a Masters in Medical Education.
Mr Osborne is a Member of British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society, Association of Upper GI Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Having worked in two International Centres of Excellence in Upper GI Surgery he provides a specialist service in this field.
If you would like to view independent feedback visit www.iwantgreatcare.org/doctors/mr-alan-osborne If you would like to leave your own feedback visit http://iwgc.net/efr4q
GMC Number: 6025742
Year of first qualification: 2001
Specialty: Trauma & Orthopaedics
Clinical interests: Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery; Spinal deformity, degenerative (cervical, thoracic, lumbar), trauma, tumours. Sports and Exercise Medicine.
Secretary: Karen Procter
Telephone: 0117 414 1618
Mr Stephen Morris qualified at the University of Bristol before completing his higher surgical training in Orthopaedics and Trauma in the Bristol region.
Mr Morris successfully completed two spinal surgery fellowships, as the AOSpine Fellow in Brisbane, Australia and as the Paediatric Spinal Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
He was appointed as consultant in spinal surgery at North Bristol NHS Trust in April 2014 and at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children in May 2014.
GMC Number: 6104113
Year of first qualification: 2004
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Clinical interests: Education and training, Simulation, Human factors
Telephone: 0117 414 4996
Dr Nicola Morgan is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a keen interest in education and training.
She has developed simulation and training programmes locally and nationally, and across all healthcare groups with a focus on human factors and non-technical skills.
Her research is in simulation and inter-professional training for healthcare professionals.
GMC: 4423436
Year of first qualification: 1997
Specialty: Diabetes & Endocrinology
Clinical interests: Antenatal diabetes and endocrinology and complex obesity
Secretary: Karen Webley
Telephone: 0117 414 6422
Dr Kathryn Lonnen is a consultant physician and endocrinologist.
She has experience in all aspects of diabetes and endocrinology.
Her particular interests are in the care of women with diabetes and endocrine problems pre and during pregnancy and the management of complex obesity.
GMC number: 6054595
Year of first qualification: 2002, St George's Medical School, University of London
Specialty: Radiology (Imaging)
Clinical interest: Radionuclide Radiology/PET-CT
Secretary: Alex Palmer
Telephone: 0117 414 9010