- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Awaiting
verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Adult
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Claire Hopkins in a Consultant ENT Surgeon and Professor of Rhinology (diseases of the nose and sinuses). She manages all conditions relating to the nose, including inflammatory (e.g. sinusitis and rhinitis, or hayfever), structural problems (deviated septum or nasal deformity), cosmetic rhinoplasty, anterior skull base lesions and sinonasal tumours. After graduating from Oxford University Medical School with a First Class Degree in Physiology and Distinctions in Medicine, she undertook specialist ENT training in London. She undertook a Fellowship in Advanced Rhinology at Guy's and St Thomas', where she was appointed as an NHS Consultant.
She has an extensive research portfolio, and was recently appointed as a Professor of Rhinology at King's College, London. Claire lectures nationally and internationally, and teaches on the faculty of sinus surgery, anterior skull base and many other courses.
She is the President of the British Rhinological Society, and on the Council of the European Rhinologic Society, and the Rhinology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. She represents ENT-UK on a patient safety panel at the Royal College of Surgeons, and Chaired the UK Commissioning Guidance Group for Sinusitis. She has written international guidelines on the management of sinusitis and nasal polyps.
Claire has been awarded a National Clinical Excellence Award in recognition of her contribution to NHS work
Claire recently identified the link between COVID-19 and anosmia and have been developing patient support and treatment guidance for patients who have lost their sense of smell during the pandemic
Areas of interest
Rhinology (nasal disorders); Medical management of acute and chronic sinusitis including nasal polyps; Sinus procedures incl. endoscopic sinus surgery, balloon sinuplasty,
Inflammatory conditions of the nose (GPA and eGPA)
Loss of smell / anosmia
Management of nasal obstruction and deformity including Rhinoplasty / nose surgery and septal surgery; turbinoplasty, septal perforation
Rhinitis and nasal allergy;
Anterior skull base surgery; sinonasal tumours
Management of nasal trauma
Epistaxis (nose bleeds)
General ENT; tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy
Medical secretaries
- Lynee Bowen
- 07806 678846
- clairehopkinsent@gmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Professor Claire Hopkins has worked with Dr Vedahari Ponnaiah at the following hospitals:
- London Bridge Hospital (>50)
- OneWelbeck (1-5)
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Professor Claire Hopkins has worked with Dr Richard Marks at the following hospitals:
- OneWelbeck (1-5)
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Professor Claire Hopkins has worked with Dr Liana Carmen Geary at the following hospitals:
- London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
- OneWelbeck (1-5)
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Professor Claire Hopkins has worked with Dr Craig Bailey at the following hospitals:
- London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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E1780
Diagnostic endoscopy of sinus and bilateral (as sole procedure) - (>50)
London Bridge Hospital (>50) OneWelbeck (>50)
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E0360
Septoplasty of nose (including attention to turbinates) - (5-50)
London Bridge Hospital (5-50) OneWelbeck (5-50)
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E2501
Fibre optic examination of the pharynx +/- biopsy/removal of foreign body - (5-50)
London Bridge Hospital (5-50) OneWelbeck (5-50)
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E1480
Endoscopic exploration frontal sinus beyond frontoethmoid recess and bilateral - (5-50)
OneWelbeck (5-50) London Bridge Hospital (5-50)
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E1432
FESS: excision uncinate process and anterior ethmoid bulla, antrostomy/antral puncture, simple polypectomy and attention to turbinates (bilateral) - (5-50)
London Bridge Hospital (5-50) OneWelbeck (5-50)
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E0420
Reduction turbinates of nose (trim, radical excision) - (5-50)
OneWelbeck (5-50) London Bridge Hospital (5-50)
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D0702
Aural toilet (including microsuction and/or suction of exteriorised mastoid cavity) including bilateral - (5-50)
OneWelbeck (5-50) London Bridge Hospital (5-50)
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E1500
Operation(s) on sphenoid sinus (including endoscopic) and bilateral - (5-50)
OneWelbeck (1-5) London Bridge Hospital (5-50)
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E0380
Nasal septum cauterisation (and bilateral) - (5-50)
London Bridge Hospital (5-50) OneWelbeck (1-5)
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F3440
Tonsillectomy - adult (and bilateral) - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5) London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
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E0340
Closure of perforation of septum of nose - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5)
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AA460
Destruction of branch of trigeminal nerve (neurolytic/RF/cryoprobe) - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5) London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
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D2240
Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5) OneWelbeck (1-5)
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E0850
Removal of foreign body from cavity of nose - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5) OneWelbeck (1-5)
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S5710
Debridement of wound (and surgical toilet) - up to 25cm2 in area - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5) OneWelbeck (1-5)
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E0230
Septorhinoplasty including graft/implant following trauma or excision of tumour (including attention to turbinates) - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5)
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W2620
Manipulation under anaesthesia of fractured nose (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5) OneWelbeck (1-5)
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E0820
Excision of lesion of internal nose - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5) London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
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E1470
Median drainage of frontal sinus (modified Lothrop procedure) and bilateral - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
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E2010
Adenoidectomy - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5)
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E0330
Biopsy of septum of nose - (1-5)
OneWelbeck (1-5)
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E0520
Ligation of artery of internal nose (including endoscopic, as sole procedure) - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5)
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V1072
Partial maxillectomy for benign tumour - (1-5)
London Bridge Hospital (1-5)