- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Endoscopy
- Inflammatory bowel disease
About me
Dr Richard Robinson qualified from St Mary's Hospital in London in 1989. He trained in general internal medicine in Cardiff and Bristol before completing his gastroenterology training in Leicester in 1992.
Dr Robinson is a general gastroenterologist with particular expertise in endoscopy, colonoscopy bowel cancer screening and inflammatory bowel disease. He established the Leicester Endoscopy Training Centre in 2004 & continues to run courses in basic and advanced endoscopy and colonoscopy.
Dr Robinson is an advanced colonoscopist for the National Bowel Cancer Screeening Programme (BCSP) and acts as a colonoscopy examiner, accrediting BCS colonoscopists. He is currently Chair of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Accreditation Panel overseeing the accreditation process in the UK. He is Director of Bowel Cancer Screening for Leicestershire.
Areas of interest
Bowel disease including inflammatory (IBD); Endoscopic procedures; Endoscopy - therapeutic, indigestion, heartburn, hiatus hernia, crohns disease, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, change in bowel habit, rectal bleeding, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease, gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, bowel cancer screening, dysphagia,
Medical secretaries
- Jill Halfpenny
- 07982 301410
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)
Spire Leicester Hospital (5-50)
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G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (5-50)
Spire Leicester Hospital (5-50)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
Spire Leicester Hospital (5-50)
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H2003
Therapeutic colonoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (5-50)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
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