Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB / Tel 0117 950 5050
www.nbt.nhs.uk/forvisitors/Hospital_directions/southmead.htm

 

 

Dr JS Wills - College Tutor
Dr K Holder- Chairman of Anaesthesia
Dr J Soar- Director of Intensive Care

Obstetrics and Gynaecology - The Obstetric unit is one of the largest in the UK with approximately 5000 deliveries, 1100 Caesarean sections and 1500 epidurals annually.

General Surgery

Urology - Major urological procedures are carried out.

Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplantation - Major vascular procedures are carried out (elective and urgent).  Over 60 transplants are performed each year plus many vascular access procedures.

ENT and Maxillofacial/ Oral Surgery -There are excellent facilities for teaching management of the difficult airway, as well as complex head and neck and middle ear surgery.

Orthopaedics - Elective primary and revision joint replacements are performed in the Avon Orthopaedic Centre along with a wide range of other orthopaedic procedures.  There is good opportunity to gain experience in regional anaesthesia and specific nerve blocks.

ICU - There is a five-bedded ICU which admits about 700 patients a year.  There is a two-bedded HDU next to the ITU.  The Unit is accredited for Intermediate training.