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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- 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 to the shoulder and elbow. He has developed a busy practice in shoulder replacements performing over 60 per year. His experience has allowed Yeovil hospital to become a visitation centre for surgeons to observe shoulder replacement procedures. He has experience in complex primary and revision shoulder replacements as well as the use of custom 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 was named Severn Trainer of the Year in 2025.
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
- Hayley Calby
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital Staplegrove Taunton TA2 6AN
- 01935 606589
- yocpm@somersetft.nhs.uk
- Heidi Hendrick
- Yeovil Orthopaedic Clinic Yeovil District Hospital Higher Kingston Yeovil BA21 4AT
- 01935 606589
- yocpm@somersetft.nhs.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Joseph Silsby
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Richard Gibbs
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Edward Keevil
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Ruairi Moulding
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Christopher Whiten
Not Fee Assured
- Dr A Kubisz-Pudelko
Fee Assured
- Dr David P Creasey
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Anca Malos
Fee Assured
- Dr Ian Davies
Not Fee Assured
- Mr Mark Abou-Samra
Not Fee Assured
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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W8194
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and excision of distal clavicle (including arthroscopic procedures in glenohumeral joint) - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5) Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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W8193
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression - (1-5)
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W7718
Primary arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation procedure (including labral/SLAP/tendon repair) - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (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)
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (1-5) Yeovil District Hospital (1-5)
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