Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week runs from the 7th – 15th May 2022. This year’s theme is ‘The Cleft Journey’. There will be lots going on to celebrate during this time, so please take a look at the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) website below for ways to get involved: https://www.clapa.com/awareness-week/ There are […]
The Spires Cleft Service are delighted to announce our new Clinical Director – Marc Swan. Marc will fulfil his new position alongside his cleft and plastic surgery duties. We would like to congratulate Marc on his new role, and thank Ginette Phippen for steering the service over the past 5 years. Ginette will continue in […]
This has been the year of change for the Spires specialist nursing team. In Oxford we said ‘goodbye and happy retirement’ to Tina and in Salisbury we will be doing the same for Maureen and Nichola in the next three months. Maureen and Nichola both joined the service in 2004 but you will see from […]
Resuming cleft care: summary of statement from the national Cleft Development Group (CDG) The peak of the UK coronavirus pandemic crisis is over and the NHS is starting to resume routine services, so we need to understand how cleft services fit into this process. Since lockdown began cleft teams have contacted families and patients by […]
Why do you wear your PPE? Below is a short video by Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, for all children who will be coming into hospital over the next few months. It explains why the health care professionals that you will see need to be in PPE.
Welcome to Nefer Fallico! In the next month there are some important team changes happening in Salisbury. Adam Sawyer, Consultant Cleft & Plastic Surgeon, is leaving at the end of June and just before this we will be joined by Nefer Fallico to take over this role. You can find more information on our ‘meet […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website! We want this website to be as helpful as possible and are always open to suggestions for improvements. If there is any information that you would like to see on this website, please get in touch: Contact Oxford centre | Contact Salisbury centre