The Regional Severe Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation Unit is based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB).
The unit provides a comprehensive, specialised service for patients with Type 2 and Type 3 intestinal failure. Our dedicated team delivers expert care for patients needing home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and serves as a major tertiary referral centre for Birmingham and the wider Black Country.
Patient care is delivered through an integrated multidisciplinary team who work collaboratively to give comprehensive patient care:
- Consultant gastroenterologists
- Intestinal failure surgeons
- Clinical nurse specialists
- Specialist dietitians
- Specialist pharmacists
- Stoma/wound care
- Clinical nurse specialist
- Clinical psychologist
- Enteral nutrition technician
- Specialised ward staff
We benefit from working in a large university hospital with expert gastrointestinal and interventional radiologists and a wide range of specialities.
The unit's integrated approach ensures thorough assessment, personalised treatment planning and continuous support to optimise outcomes for patients with complex intestinal failure needs. This coordinated care model allows the delivery of high-quality, specialised treatment for patients throughout their IF rehabilitation journey.
Meet the team
- Dr Sheldon Cooper, Consultant Gastroenterologist and IF Lead
- Mr Nigel Suggett, Consultant IF Surgeon
- Dr Kate Kane, Consultant Gastroenterologist
- Dr Elizabeth Swain, Clinical Psychologist
- Jane Fletcher, Consultant Nurse for Nutrition and Intestinal Failure
- Hardip Malhi, Specialist Nurse in Nutrition
- Dan Griffith, Senior Specialist Dietician
- Stephen Ardouin, Specialist Dietitian
- Laura Moorfield, Specialist Dietitian
- Anita Sangera, Senior Pharmacist
- Gabriela Szozda, Specialist Pharmacist
- Owen Dunham, Colorectal CNS
- Mercelene Dara, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Denise Lewis, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Naomi Rogers, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Diane Woodham, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Noreena Fitzpatrick, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Victoria Williams, Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
- James Murphy, Pharmacy Technician
- Ilva Jones, Enteral Nutrition Technician
- Sharifah Laboos, Secretary
Contact us
Opening hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00-16:00.
Calls may divert to answer machine, but messages are picked up throughout the day during the working week.
Clinics
- Hot Clinics for acute cases are dependent on demand
- Intestinal Failure Clinic takes place on Wednesday mornings
Last reviewed: 14 November 2025