2025 - 26 Programme
The monthly meetings are a series of talks curated by the current president Prof. Parag Singhal, OBE, FRCP.
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Engineers’ House, Clifton Down, Bristol BS8 3NB
Annual General Meeting
Including a lecture given by Special Guest Speaker:
Professor Stuart Walker, Managing Director of University Hospitals Bristol And Weston Foundation Trust
BRISTOL HOSPITALS MERGER AND THE NHS: THE 10-YEAR PLAN
Meeting Chair: Professor Parag Singhal, OBE, FRCP
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Nuffield Hospital, 3 Clifton Hill, Clifton Bristol BS8 1BN
The Gout - What was to Blame?
Speaker: Dr Dorian Haskard, MD, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Meeting Chair: To be Confirmed.
Wednesday 14 January 2026
Engineers' HouseClifton Down, Bristol BS8 3NB
Maternity Safety
Speaker: Dr Sonia Barnfield, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Deputy Clinical Director, MNSI,
North Bristol Trust
Meeting Chair: Dr Alan Abraham
Wednesday 18 March 2026
The Nuffield Hospital, 3 Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BN
Improving Population Health: A Cluster CMO Perspective
Speaker: Dr Ananthakrishnan Raghuram, MBE, FRCP, MD, MSc,
Chief Clinical Leadership and Delivery Officer (Medical), Cluster ICB
Meeting Chair: Professor Parag Singhal, OBE, FRCP, MD
APRIL 2026
Break - No Meeting
Wednesday 13 May 2026
The Nuffield Hospital3 Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BN
Rules of Radiology
Speaker: Dr Paul McCoubrie, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, FRCR, MEd, FFRRCSI (Hon),
Consultant Radiologist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Meeting Chair: TBC
Tuesday 14 July 2026
St Monica's Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3UN
The Role of the National Medical Director of NHS England
Speaker: Professor Sir Stephen Powis, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor of Renal Medicine, University College, London
Meeting Chair: Professor Parag Singhal, OBE, MD, MPhil, FRCP