Professional practice support contacts

To raise concerns, share good practice and for general enquiries please call our practice support helpline on +44 (0)117 32 81152 or email hscpsl@uwe.ac.uk.

All Health and Applied Sciences (HAS) students are required to report their absence from practice placement. We recommend placement providers to report student absence to our dedicated shared inbox. Please see the absence reporting policy (PDF) for further information.

You can call our telephone answer service to record student sick leave and absence on +44 (0)117 32 83283  or email practiceabsence@uwe.ac.uk.

In case of an emergency where a university member of staff is required, we have a dedicated telephone line that can be used only outside of office hours. Call +44 (0)7814 791 212 on weekdays between 16:30 and 08:30 in the morning, or at weekends.

Office hours

During office hours please contact the contact numbers listed in the practice support or practice absence reporting sections.

For all programme* related emails, please contact PPOallocations@uwe.ac.uk.

*University College Somerset (UCS) related emails, please use the named contact in the list below.

Emma Caseley, PPO Manager

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 87168 

Alison Baxter, PPO Health Team Leader

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81530

Bianca Williams, PPO Health Team Leader

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81965

Alison Baxter (Paramedic Science, Diagnostic Radiography, Radiotherapy)

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81530 

Beverley Mead, (Mental Health, Learning Disabilities)

• Monday to Wednesday
• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81179

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81965

Helen Sommerville (Physiotherapy, Sports Rehabilitation, Music Therapy)

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82562

Jenny Phillips, (Midwifery, Practice Support Line)

• Tuesday to Friday
• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81152

Emma Botteley (Adult Nursing, Open University Adult Nursing, RNDA)

• Monday to Wednesday AM
• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81979

Olga Athanasiou (Adult Nursing, Open University Adult Nursing, RNDA)

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82817

Lauren Bassett (Midwifery, Practice Support Line)

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82165

Sally Mobalegh-Hosseini (Occupational Therapy, Physician Associate)

• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82525

Sarah Davies (Social Work)

• Monday to Thursday
• Tel: +44 (0)117 32 88943

Marianne Quarton-Parsons (University College Somerset)

• Email: quartonparsonsm@btc.ac.uk
• Tel: +44 (0)182 33 66400

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