As part of our world class ambitions, we are committed to supporting our staff to become the best researchers, enabling them to develop their careers and conduct research that will improve the lives of our patients. Read about of the research pathways some our Nurses, Midwives, Allied Healthcare Professionals (NMAHPs) and Clinicians have shared with us below.
Abeesh Panicker - Cardiology Research Nurse
Adam Ryder - Radiographer/ Masters by Research Student
Angela Polanco - Midwife/ PhD student
Beverley Beynon-Cobb - Renal Dietician/ MRes Student
Claire Badger - Consultant Nurse Lead Pre-Operative Assessment Service
David McWilliams – Physiotherapist/Associate Professor for Research, Centre for Care Excellence
Debra Bick - Midwife/ Professor of Clinical Trials in Maternal Health
Deepa Muthu Krishnan - Macmillan Haematology Dietitian/Pre-Doctoral student
Elizabeth Bailey - Midwife/ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/ NIHR 70@70 Research Leader
Emma Braybrook - Biomedical Scientist/ PhD Student
Gordon McGregor - Clinical Exercise Physiologist/ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Helen Eftekhari - Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Jane Coad - Nurse/Clinical Professor in Nursing/Director of i-CAhRE/Strategy and Research Director, Centre for Care Excellence
Jenny Abraham - Nurse/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Jenny Gamble – Midwife/Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Care Excellence
Emma Murphy - Associate Professor in Nursing, Centre for Care Excellence
Kamaljit Kaur Chatha – Clinical Scientist/Consultant Clinical Biochemist
Liz Lees Deutsch - Nurse/Associate Professor for Nursing, Centre for Care Excellence
Michelle Hartanto – Nurse/ Resuscitation Practitioner/NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Nicky Wyer – Dietician/ Dietetic Clinical Lead/Research Lead for Dietetics & Speech and Language Therapy
Nicolas Aldridge - Lead Research Nurse/ NIHR 70@70 Research Leader Nina Morgan – Nurse/Professor/Chief Nursing Officer Rebecca Kearney - Physiotherapist/ Associate Professor Rebecca McKeown - Physiotherapist/ PhD Student Rosie Kneafsey - Director for the Centre for Healthcare Research/Strategic Lead for Knowledge and Engagement, Centre for Care Excellence Samantha Nightingale - Midwife/ Pre-Doctoral Bridging Programme Student Shea Palmer – Physiotherapist/Professor of Allied Health, Centre for Care Excellence ZiHeng Liew - Physiotherapist/ Research Fellow Zoe Connor – Dietician/Paediatric Dietitian/NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Alexia Farrugia - Clinical Fellow in Specialist Surgery
Andy Metcalfe - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon /Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics Prithwish Banerjee - Professor Cardiologist
Ayman Bannaga - Research Fellow in GI and Liver Medicine
Caroline Leech - Consultant Emergency Medicine, Major Trauma & Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Cyprian Mendonca - Professor/Consultant Anaesthesia
Faizel Osman - Professor Cardiologist
Joe Hardwicke - Professor and Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Kiran Patel - Chief Medical Officer/Deputy CEO & Consultant Cardiologist
Martin Underwood - Professor
Penny Kechagioglou - Chief Clinical Information Offer/Deputy CMO & Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Petra Hanson - Academic and Clinical Fellow in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Ramesh Arasaradnam - Professor in Gastroenterology
Tarv Dhanjal - Associate Professor/Consultant Cardiologist Tim Robbins - NIHR Clinical Lecturer Tom Barber - Associate Professor/Consultant Endocrinologist Ven Gee Lim - Senior Electrophysiology and Devices fellow
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.