Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Shoulder & Elbow
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Olly Donaldson is a specialist shoulder and elbow surgeon based at Yeovil District Hospital and has been a consultant since 2014. He qualified from the University of Bristol in 2002 and underwent his orthopaedic training in Wales. He completed fellowship training in all aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery at the Liverpool Shoulder Unit.
Mr Donaldson provides extensive experience in shoulder and elbow conditions offering a wide variety of surgical procedures. He has developed a busy practice in shoulder replacements performing approximately 50 per year, nearly 1% of all shoulder replacements performed in the UK. His experience has allowed Yeovil hospital to become a visitation centre for surgeons to observe the Equinoxe (Exactech) shoulder replacement system. He has experience in complex primary and revision shoulder replacements as well as the use of GPS navigated shoulder replacements. All joint replacements are submitted to the National Joint Registry.
Common operations also include keyhole surgery to the shoulder to treat subacromial pain, rotator cuff problems, shoulder instability and upper limb trauma.
He has an active interest in teaching and research, and is a lead author of the national guidelines on the management of traumatic shoulder instability (https://www.boa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Traumatic-Anterior-Instability.pdf). He has lectured in the UK and Europe on the management of shoulder and elbow conditions.
He also has experience in treating tendon problems around the elbow including tennis elbow as well as elbow arthritis.
Mr Donaldson has admitting rights to the Kingston Wing at Yeovil Hospital and to the Nuffield hospital, Taunton.
Life away from work is spent with his wife, 4 children and 2 dogs and is enjoyably hectic. He enjoys the occasional charity challenge, such as the Welsh 3000s, and raises money for Ataxia UK, the national charity for people suffering with Ataxia. 3 of his nephews and nieces suffer with Friedreich’s Ataxia.
Areas of interest
Shoulder arthritis; Shoulder dislocation; Shoulder impingement; Rotator cuff problems; Elbow arthritis; Tennis elbow; Golfer's elbow; Biceps problems; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Shoulder fractures including clavicle; Elbow fractures
Medical secretaries
- Heidi Hendrick
- Yeovil Orthopaedic Clinic Yeovil District Hospital Higher Kingston Yeovil BA21 4AT
- 01935 606589
- yocpm@somersetft.nhs.uk
- Jessica Reed
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital Staplegrove Taunton TA2 6AN
- 01935 606589
- yocpm@somersetft.nhs.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Richard Gibbs at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Michael B Walburn at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Stephen Harris at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Ruairi Moulding at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Anca Malos at the following hospitals:
- Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Oliver Donaldson has worked with Dr Ashraf M Ahmed at the following hospitals:
- Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (5-50) Yeovil District Hospital (5-50)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (5-50)
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T7050
Lengthening of tendon(s) or open tenotomy - (1-5)
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T7915
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair greater than 2cm - (1-5)
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W7872
Arthroscopic arthrolysis of shoulder contracture +/- manipulation/injection - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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W1920
Primary open reduction of long bone with fixation - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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T7982
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and rotator cuff repair (including arthroscopic procedures in glenohumeral joint) - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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W8110
Arthroscopic excision of calcific deposits from shoulder - (1-5)
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W5722
Excision reconstruction of small joint - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5) Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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W5600
Primary repair of rupture of acromioclavicular or sternoclavicular joint +/- internal fixation - (1-5)
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W8150
Arthrotomy of large joint (including removal of loose body from joint) - (1-5)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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T6782
Repair of distal biceps tendon - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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W2100
Primary open reduction of intra-articular fracture of long bone with internal fixation, e.g. proximal humerus or proximal tibia (+/- arthroscopic assistance) - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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W8193
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression - (1-5)
Yeovil District Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5)
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W5630
Secondary repair of acromioclavicular or sternoclavicular joint +/- internal fixation - (1-5)