Professional practice support contacts
Contact details for professional placements at UWE Bristol.
Practice support helpline
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.
Practice absence reporting
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.
Out-of-hours urgent welfare concerns
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.
Professional practice office team (PPO)
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
Aimee Gray (Paramedic Science, Diagnostic Radiography, Radiotherapy)
- Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82604
Beverley Mead, (Mental Health, Learning Disabilities)
- Monday to Wednesday
- Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81179
- Tel: +44 (0)117 32 81871
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
Georgina Everett (Occupational Therapy, Physician Associate)
- Tuesday to Friday
- Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82037
Jensen Graham (Social Work)
- Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82770
Marianne Quarton-Parsons (University College Somerset)
- Email: UCSBSCNursing@btc.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)182 33 66400
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