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 Ian Mowat Vascular Anaesthesia Lead |
| Dr Peter Berridge Ophthalmic Anaesthesia lead |
Dr Julia O'Kane Equipment lead |
| Dr Sarah Berridge College Tutor |
Dr Elaine O'Shea Acute Pain |
| Dr James Berrington CLW Rota Lead |
Dr Warwick Pepper Infection Lead |
| Dr Nigel Chee Critical Care |
Dr Martin Schuster-Bruce Critical Care |
| Dr Martin Clark Acute Pain |
Dr Michelle Scott Critical Care Lead |
| Dr James Craig Orthopaedic Lead |
Dr Dominic Smith |
| Dr Jules Cranshaw | Dr Isabel Smith - Clinical Transformation Lead Paediatric Lead |
| Dr Caroline Fortescue Obstetric Anaesthesia Lead (PGH) |
Dr Ben Thorpe |
| Dr Tom Green Directorate Clinical Governance lead |
Dr Guy Titley Audit Lead, Recovery lead |
| Dr Richard Green - Clinical Director Pre-assessment Lead |
Dr Doug Tunney |
| Dr Fran Haigh | Dr Sarah Turle Critical Care |
| Dr Mike Hargreaves | Dr Andrew Vaughton Emergency Surgery Lead |
| Dr Tom Hutley | Dr James Walker Patient Information Lead |
| Dr Peter Isherwood Critical Care |
Dr John Ward AAGBI Association Board Honorary Treasurer |
| Dr Deepa Kallayiram Department ACSA Lead, Regional Patient Safety Lead, Trust Sedation Lead |
Dr Nigel White Critical Care |
| Dr Emma King Critical Care |
Dr Jess Wiggins |
| Dr Shane McCabe Day Surgery Lead |
Dr Lynsey Woodward Quality Improvement lead |
| Dr Robert McCormick Critical Care |
Bournemouth Associate Specialists/Specialty Doctors
| Dr Anwar al-Rahman | Dr Roger Laishley Chronic/interventional pain management |
| Dr Jessica Bailey | Dr Robyn Lee Critical Care |
| Dr Lukas Balcarek | Dr John Melville |
| Dr Ben Cambers | Dr Felicity Miller |
| Dr Hussain El-Abiary | Dr Muhammad Qasim |
| Dr Will Holdich Critical Care |
Dr Antony Weston |
| Dr Wren Holdom Critical Care |
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 |
