Opcare

Bristol

Tel: 0117 323 5703

Bristol Disablement Services Centre
NHS Trust: North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Avon Way
Westbury on Trym
Bristol
BS10 5NB

Tel: 0117 323 5703 (appointments) / 0117 323 5724 (enquiries)
Fax: 0117 323 5730

Web: www.nbt.nhs.uk

 

Opening Times

Monday - Thursday: 08.30-5.00pm (Workshop closes 4.30pm)
Friday: 08.30-4pm

 

LATEST NEWS!

 

10.06.10: ISPO

Last month 5 of our Prosthetic and Orthotic staff attended the ISPO World Congress (International society for Prosthetics and Orthotics) in Leipzig, Germany. They were part of a record number of 2,600 participants from over 100 countries to attend the 4 day event.

The ORTHOPADIE+REHA-TECHNIK trade fair, held in parallel to the conference, attracted over 20,000 visitors, with exhibits from prosthetic and orthotic companies worldwide.

Please click here for Congress Abstracts

 

 

Read previous news articles here

 

 

Centre Information

The Bristol branch of opcare is based in the Disablement Services Centre at Southmead Hospital. It covers an area including Gloucestershire, Avon, West Wiltshire and North Somerset, with 2,000 upper and lower limb amputees. A satellite clinic is run every Wednesday at the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary.

The team at Southmead consists of 6 Prosthetists and 9 Prosthetic Technicians (including 1 Clinical Support Technician), as well as 5 Orthotists. It is supported by an NHS multi-disciplinary team consisting of a Centre Prosthetist, Doctor, Podiatrist, Nurse, specialised Amputee Physiotherapists, Senior Occupational Therapist and Counsellor.