Launch
Website- 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
Rob Bethune is a Colo-Rectal Consultant Surgeon working both at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. He is primarily a laparoscopic surgeon specialising in hernias, bowel cancer and inflammatory disease.
He has a significant role in improving the delivery of health care services. After spending a year as a surgeon in a rural mission hospital in Zambia he took time out of his surgical training to work as a manager at the South West Strategic Health Authority. During this year he worked in a 17 hospital safety collaborative improving the standards of peri-operative care.
He is also involved in the non-technical skills amongst surgeons; after publishing his master’s thesis on pre-operative briefings and debriefings. He has published widely on patient safety, surgery, human factors and quality improvement.
He is interested in the management and investigation of a variety of symptoms and signs; rectal (PR) bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis) and irritable bowel syndrome.
Areas of interest
Laparoscopic Hernia; Hernia; Haemorrhoids, Perianal fissure; Perianal fistula; Bowel Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Crohn's Disease; Ulcerative colitis; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Colonoscopy; Laparoscopic Surgery; Rectal bleeding; PR bleeding; Abdominal pain; Diarrhoea; Constipation; ileostomy; colostomy; para-stomal hernia; incisional hernia;
Medical secretaries
- Lilly Wells
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4UG
- 01392 325726
- lilly.wells@nuffieldhealth.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Roland G Black at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Peter Ford at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Zachary D Jeffery at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr James Garwood at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Graham Simpson at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Alistair Hellewell at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Mark Davidson at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Harriet Daykin at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Mark O Daugherty at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Rob Bethune has worked with Dr Alastair Martin at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
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T2000
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - (5-50)
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T2002
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - unilateral - (5-50)
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H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - (5-50)
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T2012
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - bilateral - (5-50)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
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H5230
Injection of sclerosing substance into haemorrhoids - (1-5)
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T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (1-5)
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T2781
Repair of epigastric hernia - (1-5)
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T2500
Open repair of incisional hernia not requiring mesh - (1-5)
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H4130
Perianal excision of lesion of rectum (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
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H4000
Transanal local excision for rectal growth - (1-5)
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H3390
Reversal of hartmann's procedure - (1-5)
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H2350
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of colorectal polyp - (1-5)
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H5100
Haemorrhoidectomy (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
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T2010
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - bilateral - (1-5)
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X3750
Botulinum toxin injections to muscle - (1-5)