Keeping relatives up to date with events is very important to us, and we aim to call the nominated next of kin for an update once during the day.
Support for family members:
We understand that having a loved one in ICU may be an extremely stressful time for you.
Our chaplaincy team offers confidential religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all patients, visitors.
Feedback to ICU
We strive our very best to give our patients and their families the best possible experience and so would like to hear from you of any feedback you have for us: good or bad. This will help us keep up our good practices and improve areas we are lacking at.
You can do the same by contacting our Patient advice and liaison service (PALS).
Consultants
The ICU has a team of consultants (intensivists) who lead on the patient care and review our patients daily.
Dr Carlos Gomez Hernandez (clinical lead)
Dr Ahmed El Haddad (clinical lead)
Dr Vanesa Garnelo Rey
Dr Martin Stotz
Dr Stephanie Cattlin
Dr Chris Lambert
Dr Mireia Cuartero Sala
Dr Thomas Smith
Dr Maribel Manikon
Dr Pilar Vazques Paredes
Dr Vagish Kumar
Dr Christopher Smart
Dr Valentina Della Torre
Dr Rajiv Shah
Dr Richard Leonard
Dr David Rouse
Dr Tanjinder Sanghera
The Consultants are supported by a team of junior doctors including registrars and senior house officers.
Clinical director
Dr Simon Ashworth
Head of specialty
David O’Callaghan
General manager
Nick Spencer Jones (Interim)
Deputy general manager
Nick Spencer Jones
Directorate lead nurse
Melanie Denison
Deputy lead nurse
Claire Gorham
Lead nurse for outreach and resuscitation
Debbie Van Der Velden
Unit lead nurse
Olly Waller
Aida Burke
Elise Chatwin
ICU nurses
Each patient on ICU is looked after by ICU nurses who are highly skilled in caring for very unwell patients and ensure that patients receive the complex treatments provided on ICU.
Other members of multidisciplinary team
Physiotherapist
Speech and Language Therapist
Pharmacist
Dieticians
Care assistants