University Hospitals Bristol
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust is a dynamic and thriving group of hospitals in the heart of Bristol, a vibrant and culturally diverse city.
Our 7,000 staff offer over 100 different clinical services across eight different sites. With services from the neonatal intensive care unit to care of the elderly, we offer care to the people of Bristol and the South West from the very beginning of life to its later stages.
Our staff have developed leading edge services such as cardiac surgery and bone marrow transplantation that have built an international reputation and are in demand by patients from across the country.
With strong links to the University of Bristol and University of West of England we are the major medical research centre in the region. The findings allow us to continually improve our patient care.
Our academic links also make us the largest centre for medical training in the South West, attracting the highest calibre clinical staff from across the UK.
We aim to provide healthcare, research and teaching of the very highest quality.
Consultants
Dr Liz Arthurs (luminal)
Dr Amanda Beale (luminal)
Dr Tom Creed (luminal)
DR Fiona Gordon (hepatology)
Dr Jim Portal (Hepatology)
DR Anne McCune (hepatology)
Dr Jim Orr (hepatology)
Dr Jonathan Tyrrell Price (luminal – nutrition)
Dr John Smithson (luminal)
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We have two sites for endoscopy, both the main BRI and the community hospital (South Bristol Community Hospital) at Hengrove (5 miles from BRI, in the south of the city)
We offer all forms of endoscopy including EUS and ERCP with spyglass. We are a bowel cancer screening centre. We have a dedicated endoscopy consultant, Dr Efstratios Alexandridis, who is the endoscopy training lead and performs the difficult therapeutic scopes.
We have multiple MDTs, including the regional tertiary referral hepatobiliary MDT.
Hepatology: there is a dedicated ward with support from multiple specialist nurses, the Hep C service is coordinated from this hospital, There is an acute bay which also cares for GI bleeds. There are 2 scopes done each morning (usually bleeds) in the hepatology unit, so good experience with therapeutics for bleeds. There are weekly hepatology radiology meetings, pathology meetings and a teaching session.
Luminal: there is a dedicated ward, which is shared with the CF service in the southwest. Much of the inpatient work supports our nutrition service (3 nutrition nurses) as we are currently the regional referral centre. There is a weekly biologics MDT, histology and IBD radiology meetings.
There is a weekly gastrohep departmental meeting with presentations as well as the medical grand round.
We have a research unit on site so there is ample opportunity to become involved in clinical trials. There are also a great deal of ‘non commercial ‘ research opportunities – we support several research fellows