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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
- Oncological (bone tumour)
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Professor Ashford is sub-specialist trained in joint reconstruction and bone and soft tissue tumour surgery having undertaken fellowships at both The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK and the New South Wales Bone & Soft Tissue Tumour Service in Sydney, Australia.
He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Tumour Surgeon at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the East Midlands Sarcoma Service in 2007. Professor Ashford has extensive experience in the treatment of a wide variety of hip and knee conditions, bone and soft tissue tumours and trauma. Professor Ashford has published extensively in these fields. He has been awarded an MD for his thesis entitled "Improving the patient journey in breast cancer metastatic to the skeleton" by the University of Sheffield.
He is an Honorary Professor at Leicester Cancer Research Centre.
Professor Ashford was selected by the British Orthopaedic Association for the 2014 American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship. The ABC Fellowship is a prestigious, highly competitive and sought-after honour awarded to leaders in the field of orthopaedic surgery.
ABC Fellows present their research and act as international ambassadors for the BOA as they learn about healthcare and research in their host countries. Professor Ashford is the first Leicester Surgeon to be named an ABC Fellow.
Professor Ashford is Past President of the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society
Areas of interest
Knee surgery; Hip disorders;
Oncology - surgical
Sarcoma Surgery
Musculoskeletal Tumours
Skeletal Metastases
Sarcoma
Medical secretaries
- Patricia Rouse
- Spire Leicester Hospital Gartree Road Oadby LEICESTER LE2 2FF
- 0116 265 3042
- 0116 272 9016
- pat.rouse@spirehealthcare.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Ralph Leighton at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
- Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Elizabeth Jonck at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Matthew Daunt at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Kawshala Peiris at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Ninad B Nigalye at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Michael Fairfield at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Robert Ashford has worked with Dr Hakeem Yusuff at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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S0656
Removal of small lipoma less than 10cm - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint +/- cement +/- patella resurfacing - unilateral - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5) Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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A6600
Release of entrapment of deeply placed peripheral nerve - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5) Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W3712
Primary total hip replacement +/- cement - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5) Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W0850
Partial excision of bone (including exostoses) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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T7110
Tenosynovectomy - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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A6110
Excision of lesion of peripheral nerve (e.g. neurilemma) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W8150
Arthrotomy of large joint (including removal of loose body from joint) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W3713
Complex primary total hip replacement (including bone grafting or femoral osteotomy) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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S5730
Surgical toilet and debridement of deep wound (including traumatic or post-operative aetiology) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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S0653
Removal of benign lesion in muscle or deeper tissue (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
Spire Leicester Hospital (1-5)
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W6913
Total synovectomy of large joint - (1-5)