About us
The Bristol Knee Charity (Registered Charity Number 1178188) was set up on 1 May 2018 to formally take over the activities previously undertaken by The Bristol Knee Group, a working group based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The Bristol Knee Group had been in existence for many years within the Avon Orthopaedic Centre in the original stand alone building on the Southmead site and from the opening of the Brunel building, based within the Clinical Research Centre and the Brunel building on the Southmead site.
The principal objectives of the charity are to promote and protect the health of persons who suffer with musculoskeletal disease, particularly in relation to the knee joint. In particular but not exclusively by;
- awarding to researchers scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants for the purposes of performing research into musculoskeletal disease and publishing the useful results;
- providing to healthcare practitioners and patients education for the purpose of advancing the care of persons affected by musculoskeletal disease;
- promoting wellness and health amongst patients suffering with musculoskeletal disease.
Trustees
A J Porteous
(appointed 1.5.18)
D Clark
(appointed 1.5.18)
J R D Murray
(appointed 1.5.18)
N R Howells
(appointed 1.5.18)
N Artz
(appointed 1.5.18)
North Bristol NHS Trust members
Supporting the work of the Bristol Knee Charity
- Rachel Bray – Senior Research Nurse
- Karen McDonald – Research Nurse
- Corina Negrut – Senior Research Associate
- Suzanne Miller – Research Administrator
- Mo Hassaballa – Associate Specialist Knee Surgery
- Andrew Porteous, James Robinson, James Murray, Richard Baker, Nick Howells, Damian Clark, Nicola Blucher: Consultant Knee Surgeons
- Univeristy Hospital Bristol & Weston NHS Trust staff who support the work of the BKC
- Jonathan Eldridge, Hywel Davies, Sven Putnis : Consultant Knee Surgeons.
