The aim of the Enhanced Recovery Programme is to get you back to full health as quickly as possible after your operation.

Research indicates that after surgery, the earlier we get you out of bed, exercising, eating and drinking, your recovery will be quicker and it will be less likely that complications will develop.

Some of the benefits include:

• A quicker return of normal bowel function.
• Reduced chest infections.
• A quicker return to usual mobility.
• Decreased fatigue.
• Reduced risk of developing blood clots after surgery.

There may be circumstances where the programme will not be appropriate for some patients and if this is the case, you will be fully informed of the alternatives.

GMC Number: 4423780

Year of first qualification: 1997, University of Southampton

Specialty: Neonatal Medicine

Secretary: Julie Deady

Telephone: 0117 414 6815

Dr Claire Rose has been a consultant in neonatology since 2008.

GMC Number: 4220688

Year & location of first qualification: 1995, London

Specialty: Trauma & Orthopaedics

Clinical interest: Arthroscopic ("Key-hole") Surgery, Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction Meniscus repair and transplant Treatment of early arthritis Partial Knee replacement

Secretary: Rona Webster

Telephone: 0117 414 1612

ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Arthroscopy Committee ESSKA Collateral ligaments working group ISAKOS (International  Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine) - member BASK (British Association for Surgery of the Knee) - member ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) Study Group - member UK National Ligament Registry - Steering Committee member

GMC Number: 5188512

Year of first qualification: 1996

Specialty: Renal

Clinical interest: Transplantation

Secretary: Sue Emery/Eleanor Hucker

Telephone: 0117 414 7699

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Telephone: 0117 414 0879

GMC Number: 4186102

Year of first qualification: 1995, University of Bristol

Specialty: General surgery

Clinical interest:  Vascular, Renal transplantation and Renal access surgery 

Secretary: Natasha Brown

Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Mr William Neary trained comprehensively and has a full time commitment in General, Vascular and Renal Transplantation Surgery and to undergraduate medical education. 

He is a member of the Vascular Society, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Transplantation society. 

Mr William Neary's MD is in the identification and reduction of operative risk.

GMC No: 4456351          

Specialty: General Surgery

Clincal interest: Colorectal Surgery, Bowel Cancer Screening, Colon Rectum and Anal (premalignant) Cancer, Complex Bowel Cancer and Benign Colorectal Conditions, including Pelvic Floor Disorders, inflammatory conditions and Coloproctology.

Secretary: Lindy Shoebottom

Telephone: 0117 414 0838

Miss Ann Lyons was appointed as a consultant colorectal surgeon at North Bristol Trust in 2005. Prior to joining North Bristol Ann was a fellow at international centres of St Marks Hospital, London and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto,Canada expanding her management of complex pelvic conditions. Graduated with Hons, Surg and Antomy Medal Ann completed by Higher Surgical Training in the South West Deanery, centred on Bristol. During her Higher Surgical Training, she had valuable out of training experience, educated with Professor Hohenberger in colon and rectum cancer surgery and Prof Matzel in pelvic floor disorders, in the University of Erlangen. She has actively engaged programmes for cancer patient communication,  including in the NCAT cancer care programme 2013.

Within this experience Ann has developed a holistic approach to cancer care, and a specialty interest in delivering safe careful pelvic surgery for regional patients; and surgery for early and advanced cancer. I have extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery.

Ann has clinical, educational and research experience. Awarded MD for her bench to bed side T cell immune response to major stresses, Harvard Medical School and since appointment has been PI for several clinical research trials at North Bristol. Ann has presented both nationally and internationally.  Ann is the lead surgeon for Colon and Rectum Cancer at North Bristol. She  has a position on the SWAG CAG Colorectal Cancer Alliance.

Miss Ann Lyon is a member of RCSE, ACPGBI, ESCP, ASCRS and RSM

GMC Number: 4195452

Year of first qualification: 1995, University of London

Specialty: Anaesthetics and Pain Management

Clinical interest: Neuromodulation, Facial Pain

Secretary: Susan Harvey

Telephone number: 0117 414 7364

Dr Sarah Love-Jones sees patients with long term pain, and is the Lead clinician for Spinal cord Stimulator Service in the Pain Clinic, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT).

She also works as a regular anaesthetist for Neurosurgery, Plastics and Trauma and is an Advanced Life Support Instructor.

GMC Number: 3356182

Year of first qualification: 1988, Newcastle

Specialty: Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine

Clinical interest: Trauma, Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Professor David Lockey qualified in Newcastle and trained in Nottingham, Bristol, London and Perth, Australia.

He is the Clinical Director for the Severn Major Trauma Network and is an Hon. Professor of Trauma & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at Bristol University, Visiting Professor at the University of Stavanger and an Hon. Clinical Professor at Queen Mary University, London.

He is also a Consultant, Research Lead and Trustee at London's Air Ambulance.

Currently he is chairman of the of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Vice Chair (and Immediate Past Chairman) of the Intercollegiate Board for training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine.

GMC Number: 4096728

Year of first qualification: 1994, London

Specialty: Gastroenterology

Clinical interest: colonoscopy, bowel cancer screening, IBD, nutrition

Secretary: Debra Heath

Telephone: 0117 414 6351

Dr Melanie Lockett trained in London and moved to Bristol in 2005 when she was appointed as consultant.

Dr Lockett has been a bowel cancer screening colonoscopist for the Bristol and Weston bowel cancer screening service since 2008 with a colonoscopy completion rate of over 98%.

Dr Lockett is an educational and clinical supervisor and is also a British Society of Gastroenterology mentor. 

Dr Lockett was elected chair of the North Bristol NHS Trust Joint Local Negotiating Committee in Oct 2022 having been a member of this committee since 2019.