The next Clinical Education Day will be held on Tuesday 20th October 2026 from 09:00 to 16:00 at Engineer's House, The Promenade, Avon Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 3NB. We are excited to hold this event after a successful inaugural meeting in 2025.
The programme for the day can be found here: SevernSide Clinical Education Day Programme FINAL.docx
Check back here to find copies of handouts/learnings /resources from the day's sessions
Infectious Disease
Considering new infectious management SOP, we emphasised on using isolation room guidelines and the use of respiratory hood. Discussion around the differences in management of HCID, notifiable and infectious diseases.
Resources
- Notifiable Disease Poster
- Public Health and Notifiable Diseases
- Advice & Referrals - Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (Remedy BNSSG ICB)
- Infection Prevention and Control Policy
- Infectious Diseases Management SOP
- the respiratory hood (Versaflo respirator). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRDKTsJqhgo –
Useful contacts
Southmead / BRI Hospital Microbiology
Urgent/same day clinical advice
Please call: 0117 4146222 (option 2 then option 1). Monday -Friday 09:00-17:00.
Outside of these hours for urgent advice please call the Microbiology Spr via NBT switchboard or
Microbiology Spr via UHBW switchboard
UHBW (Weston) Microbiology
Urgent Enquiries
Please call: 01934 881304. Monday -Friday 09:00-17:00.
Outside of these hours for urgent advice please call the Microbiology Spr via WGH switchboard
Public Health and Notifiable Diseases
Urgent cases
Urgent cases (Notifiable diseases and how to report them - GOV.UK) should be reported by phone:
- Telephone: 0300 303 8162, option 1.
- Out of hours for health professionals requesting urgent advice: 0300 303 8162 option 1, then option 1
Non-Urgent cases
Contact should be by phone, encrypted email or letter:
- Email: swhpt@nhs.net (non-urgent cases)
- Address: 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6EH
Head injuries:
Frail patients https://remedy.bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/media/gnrlb4mx/bnssg-head-injuries-in-frail-patients-v10.pdf
Southampton study https://www.clinicaltoolkit.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Head-injury-poster100.jpg
Uncontrolled HTN
admissions https://remedy.bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/adults/cardiology/hypertension/