- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Novell qualified in 1981 following undergraduate training at Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital, London, and gained much of his surgical experience at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
In 1992 he was awarded the degree of Master of Surgery from Cambridge University for his thesis on the treatment of liver tumours. In 1994 Mr Novell was appointed Consultant Surgeon to the Luton & Dunstable and Spire Harpenden Hospitals and in 2006 he moved to The Royal Free Hospital in London.
Approximately 75 per cent of his patients have a bowel disorder. In addition to diagnostic and screening colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy for patients with suspected colorectal cancer, he also performs gastroscopy and laparoscopic gall bladder surgery.
At the Royal Free, he works in close co-operation with a team of surgeons and oncologists treating approximately 120 new colorectal cancers every year and is able to offer restorative surgery to many patients with rectal cancer without the need for a permanent colostomy.
During his career Mr Novell has published and presented on a variety of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, liver tumours and rectal prolapse.
Areas of interest
Coloproctology; Crohn's disease; Minimal access / invasive surgery; Colorectal (bowel) cancer; Colonoscopy; Hernias, including inguinal hernia; Bowel disease including inflammatory (IBD); Endoscopic procedures
Medical secretaries
- Suzanne Johnson
- Spire Harpenden Hospital Ambrose Lane HARPENDEN AL5 4BP
- 07950 829172
- 07950 829172
- 01582 714470
- suzanne.johnson@spirehealthcare.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Richard Novell has worked with Dr Melissa Kitching at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (>50)
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Mr Richard Novell has worked with Dr Katarzyna Piotrowska at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard Novell has worked with Dr Suhail M Zaidi at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard Novell has worked with Dr Martyn Fox at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H6260
Proctoscopy (+/- biopsy) - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50) Royal Free Hospital (5-50)
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T2000
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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T2010
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - bilateral - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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H4800
Excision of lesion of anus - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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T2781
Repair of epigastric hernia - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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H5100
Haemorrhoidectomy (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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T2100
Repair of recurrent inguinal hernia - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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S0632
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Head & Neck (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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X3750
Botulinum toxin injections to muscle - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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T2200
Primary repair of femoral hernia - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)