Emergency Department
Staff profiles
Mr Basav Sen, Consultant / Head of Department, MBBS FRCS FCEM
Mr Sen qualified in 1980 and was appointed as Consultant in 1993 and to Head of Department in 1994. He is responsible for unification of Newcastle’s A&E services and its reconfiguration into one major Emergency Department, Minor Injury Unit and the Westgate Walk-in Centre. He continues to oversee future progress and develop Newcastle as a Major Trauma Centre.
Miss Angela McNab, Matron, Emergency Department, MIU, WIC and Emergency Admissions Unit
Angela McNab became a registered nurse in 1982, graduating in Newcastle. In 1985 she completed Accident & Emergency Nurse ENB 199 training in Liverpool. In 1995 obtained post graduate certificate in Management Studies from Northumbria University and in 2000 completed her Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice also at Northumbria University. Angela has worked in A&E for over 26 years progressing to role of Matron. Currently Matron McNab has 24 hour responsibility and provides leadership to a team of nurses and operational management for the new RVI Emergency Department, Minor Injury Unit, Emergency Admission Unit at the Westgate Walk in Centre.
