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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Foot & Ankle
- Knee
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Simon Palmer is an Orthopaedic consultant, with British & Specialist Australian expertise in surgery of the lower limb including foot and ankle surgery and knee surgery. He also has world wide recognised experience in trauma and sports injuries.He now works and lives in West Sussex.
Mr Palmer qualified as a doctor in 1990 receiving his degree from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. His initial surgical training included St Mary’s Hospital and The Hammersmith Hospital London. After demonstrating anatomy in London he was made a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994 before accepting a research fellowship in orthopaedics and trauma at Bath University. Here he attained an MSc in Sports Injuries. He completed a six year specialist registrar training in orthopaedics and trauma in Oxford, working at the John Radcliffe Hospital Trauma Unit and at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, thence obtaining the intercollegiate speciality examination in Trauma and Orthopaedics. He was then privileged to be admitted to the Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedics at the GMC(General Medical Council) on 27th May 2002.
Prior to his current post as a Sussex Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Worthing, Shoreham, Chichester,Goring Hall Private Hospital and the Nuffield Private Hospitals in Chichester and Brighton, Mr. Palmer worked as a Consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Mr Palmer is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical school (University of Sussex), is an Educational Supervisor to trainee junior surgeons, is a surgical trainer and teaches surgical podiatrists techniques in foot surgery and bunion correction. He is the clinical lead for research in his department.
Areas of interest
Knee surgery; Joint replacements; joint preserving; ligament preserving; partial knee replacement; ankle replacement; Cartilage repair; Foot surgery; bunion surgery; minimillay invasive bunion surgery; Ankle surgery; Sports injuries; Bunions; Arthroscopy; Tibialis posterior reconstruction; Hallux rigidus; Tibialis posterior dysfunction; Tendinopathy; Hallux valgus; Lithotripsy; Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL); Shock wave therapy; Achilles tendon; Plantar fasciitis; Foot surgery; Ankle surgery; Ankle arthroscopy; Ankle arthritis; Ankle fusion; Ankle replacement; Flat feet; Hammer toe; Big toe arthritis; Ankle sprain; Ankle instability; Ankle ligament injury; Ankle cartilage injuries; Ankle impingement; Stress fractures; MidFoot arthritis; Morton's neuroma; Orthopaedic surgery;
Medical secretaries
- Carole King
- BMI Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue GORING-BY-SEA BN12 5AT
- 07555 300618
- 07555 300618
- orthohelpdesk00@gmail.com
- National enquiry centre
- 0808 101 0337
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Simon Palmer has worked with Dr David R Uncles at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital (>50)
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Mr Simon Palmer has worked with Dr Stellios Panayiotou at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
- Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Simon Palmer has worked with Dr Colin Spring at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
- Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operations on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - unilateral - (5-50)
Goring Hall Hospital (5-50) Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5)
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W0300
Multiple procedures on forefoot, distal to and including the tarsometatarsal joint, which involves at least two distinct procedures not intrinsic to each other - unilateral - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint +/- cement +/- patella resurfacing - unilateral - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5)
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W8645
Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) with ligament reconstruction - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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W8646
Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) without ligament reconstruction - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital (1-5) Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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W7580
Open surgical stabilisation of patella, including soft tissue/tendon transfer or release, +/- application of cast (adult) - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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A7352
Local anaesthetic blockade of named major nerve or plexus +/- Image guidance (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
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W7420
Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction +/- meniscectomy - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)
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W9240
Examination/ manipulation of joint under general anaesthetic +/- injection +/- arthrogram (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
Goring Hall Hospital (1-5)