- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
- Accredited endoscopist
Specialises in
- Endoscopy
- Inflammatory bowel disease
Bupa specialist
- Accredited endoscopist
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
I qualified as a doctor from the Royal Free Hospital in London in 1997 having also achieved a BSc Hons degree in immunopathology. I worked on the liver transplant unit at the Royal free and then rotated through most medical specialities over the next 4 years (both in the UK and in Australia) in a variety of teaching hospitals and district generals. Two years of this junior training was on the highly sort after Oxford Medical rotation.
I became a specialist registrar in gastroenterology and general medicine in 2001 and during this 7 year training I had two years as a research fellow in Oxford and achieved a Doctorate of Medicine degree (MD).
I was appointed as a consultant gastroenterologist and general physician in 2008 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust and continue to practice there and at the private Duchy Hopital in Truro.
I have a broad gastroenterology practice looking after a full range of gastrointestinal disorders.
I also have subspecialty interests in Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and endoscopy. I am the IBD lead for Royal Cornwall Hospital. I am an accredited bowel cancer screener in the National Bowel Cancer screening programme. As a result I often undertake complex endoscopic polypectomy.
Areas of interest
Techniques: Colonoscopy (National Bowel Cancer Screening accredited); gastroscopy; enteroscopy and capsule enteroscopy.
Conditions: Inflammatory bowel disease; irritable bowel syndrome; dyspepsia and reflux; coeliac; small bowel disease; food intolerance.
Medical secretaries
- Nicola Symons
- Duchy Hospital Penventinnie Lane TRURO TR1 3UP
- 01872 226150
- Nicola.Symons@ramsayhealth.co.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (5-50)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
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G8082
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and immediate colonoscopy includes forceps biopsies, biopsy test and dye spray (as sole procedure) - (5-50)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)