Anaesthetics Department
Our anaesthetics departments at both the Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals work closely with other areas to support your patient journey.
The Anaesthetic Department at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital is one of the few departments nationally to be accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) in recognition of its commitment to providing high quality patient services.
Critical Care
The Anaesthetics Department is responsible for Critical Care, which includes the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
The units provide care for critically ill patients who need intensive monitoring and treatment including life-support. Patients are under the care of our five specialist consultant anaesthetists.
Critical Care also provides an outreach service. This supports the hospital wards caring for patients who have been discharged from Critical Care to other areas within the hospital, as well as providing advice and assessment for patients who may need critical care.
Critical Care patient leaflets are available here.
State-of-the-art theatres
The anaesthetics departments at both the Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals manage the operating theatres.
Our theatres provide surgeons with state of the art equipment and highly skilled staff, enabling them to perform the latest procedures.
After you have had an operation or procedure under local or general anaesthetic, you will receive one to one care in the recovery area until you are well enough to return to your ward.
Acute Pain Service
A team of specialist nurses work with anaesthetists, surgeons and ward staff to provide expert advice and training in the treatment of pain and symptoms following surgery.
Bournemouth Consultants
| Dr Nigel Beauchamp Critical Care |
Dr Robert McCormick Critical Care |
| Dr Peter Berridge Ophthalmic Anaesthesia lead |
Dr Ian Mowat Deputy Clinical Director, Governance Lead |
| Dr Sarah Berridge | Dr Julia O'Kane |
| Dr James Berrington CLW Rota Lead |
Dr Elaine O'Shea Acute Pain |
| Dr Nigel Chee Critical Care |
Dr Warwick Pepper RBCH Audit Lead |
| Dr Martin Clark Acute Pain |
Dr Martin Schuster-Bruce Critical Care |
| Dr James Craig Orthopaedic Lead |
Dr Michelle Scott Critical Care Lead, Transplant Lead |
| Dr Huw Wilkins | Dr Dominic Smith AA Programme Lead |
| Dr Jules Cranshaw | Dr Isabel Smith Medical Director Strategy and Transformation, Paediatric Lead |
| Dr Caroline Fortescue Obstetric Anaesthesia Lead (PGH) |
Dr Ben Thorpe Equipment Lead |
| Dr Tom Green | Dr Guy Titley |
| Dr Richard Green - Clinical Director Pre-assessment Lead |
Dr Doug Tunney Recovery Lead |
| Dr Fran Haigh | Dr Sarah Turle Critical Care |
| Dr Mike Hargreaves | Dr James Walker Patient Information Lead |
| Dr Tom Hutley College Tutor |
Dr John Ward AAGBI Association Board Honorary Treasurer, Vascular Lead, CGM Lead |
| Dr Peter Isherwood Critical Care |
Dr Nigel White Critical Care |
| Dr Deepa Kallayiram Department ACSA Lead, Regional Patient Safety Lead, Trust Sedation Lead |
Dr Jess Wiggins |
| Dr Emma King Critical Care |
Dr Lynsey Woodward |
| Dr Shane McCabe Day Surgery Lead |
Dr Avinash Aswath |
| Dr Elise Columbo | Dr Richard Harrison |
Bournemouth Associate Specialsts/Specialty Doctors/Fellows
| Dr Thomas Allman | Dr Wren Holdom Critical Care |
| Dr Anwar al-Rahman | Dr Roger Laishley Chronic/interventional pain management |
| Dr Jessica Bailey | Dr Robyn Lee Critical Care |
| Dr Lukas Balcarek | Dr Oliver O'Keefe |
| Dr Sawena Malik | Dr Felicity Miller |
| Dr Daniel Worthington | Dr Muhammad Qasim |
| Dr Hussain El-Abiary | Dr Carl Tong |
| Dr Will Holdich Critical Care |
Dr Antony Weston |
Poole Hospital Consultant Staff
Several Poole based consultants perform regular sessions at Bournemouth
| Dr A McCormick | Dr H Wise |
Management and administration
| Louise McGraw Directorate Manager |
Charlotte Freeman-Laurence Service Manager |
| Pete Holloway Care Group Administrator |
Gemma Babur Rota Administrator |
| Vicky King Rota Administrator |
Krisztina Toop Administrator |
