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Mr James Ritchie

Mr James Ritchie

The Foot and Ankle Centre Tunbridge Wells

Trauma & orthopaedic surgery 04231105

 

  • Not Fee assured
  • Not in Open Referral network
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Not Fee assured
Not in Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Foot & Ankle
  • Paediatric

About me

James graduated from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals London in1995 and is a fully qualified orthopaedic and trauma surgeon. He undertook a fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore and specialises in all aspects of foot and ankle problems in children and adults, from foot pain and ingrowing toenails through sports injuries and fractures to total ankle replacement. He uses the most up to date surgical techniques to optimise outcomes and recovery times for his patients.

He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells in 2005 and went on to lead the development of foot and ankle surgery in the area including setting up the only multidisciplinary Charcot diabetic foot and ankle clinic in Kent. Together with Lt. Col. Tania Cubison. he formed the regional complex lower limb reconstruction service, based at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, but treating patients from across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London.

He is committed to teaching and ran the Foot and Ankle section of the South East Thames Higher Surgical Training Programme, based at Guy's Hospital, from 2005-2017. Over the past year he has taught on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore, Oxford and Cambridge Foot and Ankle Surgery courses as well as the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Advanced Foot and Ankle Course. He also contributed a chapter to "Core Topics in Foot and Ankle Surgery" (Cambridge University Press, 2018), one of the most up to date text books for foot and ankle surgeons.

James is regularly asked to lecture both national and international conferences for foot and ankle surgeons and in the last few months has been an invited speaker not only to the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, but also to the German Orthopaedic Society (DKOU) and the European Foot and Ankle Society in Geneva.

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, the British Orthopaedic Association and sits on the Scientific Committee of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society as well as the Orthopaedic Expert Working Group for NHS England. He also currently sits on the council of the European Foot and Ankle Society.

Areas of interest

Foot and ankle surgery for adults and children; total ankle replacement; bunion correction; hammer toe correction; ankle arthroscopy; sports injury; Achilles tendon problems; ankle instability; ankle sprain; ankle fractures; foot fractures; Morton's neuroma; mechanical foot pain; flat feet; toe-walking; in-toeing; plantar fasciitis; ingrowing toenails; Cartiva; hallux valgus; hallux rigidus; big toe joint replacement; children's foot problems; claw toe; curly toes; hammer toes; metatarsalgia; arthritis;ankle arthritis; Sever's disease; heel pain; stress fractures; shin splints; tibias posterior tendinopathy; toe deformity; gait abnormalities; leg pain;

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Procedures completed

  • T8002

    Minor release of muscle for pain or contracture (involving small joint) - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • 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 - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • W0460

    Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers) - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5) Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (1-5)

  • T8003

    Major release of muscle for pain or contracture (e.g. quadriceps) (involving large joint) - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (1-5)

  • W9030

    Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • W8646

    Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) without ligament reconstruction - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (1-5)

  • W6019

    Ankle syndesmosis reconstruction - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • T6800

    Delayed or secondary repair of tendon (including graft, transfer and/or prosthesis) (not otherwise specified) - (1-5)

    KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • W3040

    Application of IIizarov frame for secondary non-union / mal-union (including osteotomy) - (1-5)

  • X4810

    Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

  • S0651

    Removal of benign lesion on trunk or limbs less than 10 cm in diameter or on scalp less than 5cm in diameter (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)

  • T7110

    Tenosynovectomy - (1-5)

  • W0463

    Complex procedure to mid foot and hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers/fixation) - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • W3530

    Removal of percutaneous wire - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • W1920

    Primary open reduction of long bone with fixation - (1-5)

  • W3020

    Adjustments to IIizarov frame/rings - (1-5)

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