- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Spine
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr. George McKay is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon working privately at The Priory Hospital and Droitwich Spa Hospital, with his NHS practice previously based at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, and Birmingham Children's Hospital. From September 2026 his NHS practice will be based at the University Hospitals Southampton NHS trust. His private practice remains in Birmingham.
A fellowship-trained spinal specialist, he manages the full spectrum of degenerative and deformity conditions across the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine, offering comprehensive care for both complex and routine spinal pathologies.
Mr. McKay has extensive experience in treating spinal deformities from birth through adulthood. His paediatric work encompasses early and late-onset scoliosis, as well as neuromuscular and congenital spinal disorders.
He received his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Severn Deanery, after which he undertook advanced spinal surgery fellowships with leading UK and international experts.
Mr. McKay gained additional neurosurgical expertise through a fellowship at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, a major trauma and tertiary referral centre, where he developed specialist skills in the management of cervical spine conditions, cranio-cervical and atlantoaxial pathology, and cervical disc replacement. He also gained exposure to intradural and thoracolumbar degenerative surgery.
His international training includes a year-long paediatric spine fellowship at Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney, one of Australia's largest paediatric spine centres, where his research was presented internationally in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. He later completed an additional fellowship at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, the supra-regional spinal trauma hub for New Zealand's North Island, focusing on adult deformity, degenerative cervical spine conditions, and emergency spinal surgery.
Areas of interest
Cervical spine
Posterior decompression +/- Fusion; ACDF; Foraminotomy; Corpectomy; laminoplasty;
Thoracic spine
Posterior decompression +/- Fusion; MIS fusion, Anterior discectomy +/- Vertebractomy
Lumbar spine
Microdiscectomy; Laminectomy / Posterior decompression +/- Fusion / interbody fusion i.e. TLIF / PLIF, ALIF / XLIF / OLIF; coccygectomy.
Deformity
Anterior / posterior correction of scoliosis; anterior release; Posterior decompression / fusion +/- interbody fusion as above.
Injections
Nerve root blocks; transforaminal epidural injections; caudal epidural injections; MUA / injection coccyx.
Medical secretaries
- Shelley Cadicott
- Priory Hospital Priory Road Edgbaston Birmingham B5 7UG
- 07876 551051
- shelleycaldicott@protonmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Egidio Da Silva
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
-
A5755
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)
Priory Hospital (The) (1-5) Droitwich Spa Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)
Priory Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
A5765
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)
Priory Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
A5790
Sacroiliac joint injection under image guidance (and bilateral) - (1-5)
Priory Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
A5210
Epidural injection (lumbar) - (1-5)