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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand & Wrist
- Shoulder & Elbow
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Simon Wimsey is a dual fellowship-trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in hand, wrist and elbow conditions. He is committed to delivering highly individualised care, managing each patient's condition in a structured and logical way, and ensuring that treatment plans are tailored to their specific needs.
Over the last 13 years he has built up a busy and well respected private practice spanning, Hertfordshire, Essex and London. He places strong emphasis on clear communication, providing detailed explanations of all available treatment options, both surgical and non-surgical. The majority of patients he sees do not require surgery, as many conditions can be effectively managed with conservative treatments such as physiotherapy, splinting, massage, stretching exercises, warm wax therapy, acupuncture, ultrasound and shockwave therapy.
Mr Wimsey has extensive surgical experience, having performed more than 15,000 operations. He manages a high clinical workload, seeing approximately 3000 patients in clinic and performing close to 600 procedures annually. His practice covers the full range of upper limb conditions, including complex cases requiring nerve, tendon, bone and arterial grafting. He routinely uses magnification or microscopy during surgery to ensure precision and to protect delicate anatomical structures.
His expertise includes carpal tunnel surgery (both primary and revision), treatment of peripheral nerve entrapments, Dupuytren's disease (including open fasciectomy and minimally invasive techniques such as needle fasciotomy and collagenase injections), arthritis management and joint replacement, ligament and tendon reconstruction, trauma and sports injuries, as well as minimally invasive keyhole surgery of the wrist and elbow. He also specialises in advanced reconstructive procedures, including tendon transfers and vascularised grafting techniques.
Mr Wimsey graduated from the University of Bristol Medical School in 2000 and completed both his basic and higher surgical training in Wessex. He undertook an AO Trauma Fellowship in Grenoble, France, where he developed expertise in managing complex upper limb trauma. He later completed a sports medicine fellowship in Perth, Western Australia, working with elite athletes and gaining experience in endoscopic peripheral nerve surgery. This was followed by further specialist training in Sydney at the Royal North Shore Hospital, where he developed advanced skills in microsurgery, brachial plexus surgery and congenital hand conditions.
Areas of interest
All Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgery - Trauma, Sports injuries and Elective work
Carpal tunnel syndrome and other peripheral nerve entrapment; Revision carpal tunnel surgery - Neurolysis and interpositional fat graft; Dupuytren's contracture - Fasciectomy/Needle fasciotomy; Trigger Finger / Trigger Thumb; De Quervain's tenosynovitis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Joint replacements; Cysts; Ganglia; Ligament Reconstructions; Tennis / Golfer's Elbow; PRP injections; Hand / Wrist / Elbow Arthroscopy; Trauma fracture fixation; Correctional Osteotomies; Total/Partial wrist fusions; Medicolegal reports (whiplash, complex upper limb injuries)
Mr Wimsey not only treats a wide range of common upper limb disorders, but is also skilled in treating complex conditions that may require nerve, tendon and soft tissue reconstruction or vascularised grafting techniques.
Medical secretaries
- Debbie Richards
- Rivers Hospital High Wych Road Sawbridgeworth CM21 0HH
- 01279 602250
- 07599 681423
- Deborah.Richards@ramsayhealth.co.uk
- To pay your remaining balance please call
- 01702 382362
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Huw Griffiths
Fee Assured
- Dr Lucy Evans
Fee Assured
- Dr Geoffrey Raine
Fee Assured
- Dr Nilkanth Patel
Fee Assured
- Dr Jeffrey Phillips
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Alastair Moye
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (5-50)
Ramsay Rivers Hospital (5-50)
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X4822
Change of cast under general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (5-50)
Ramsay Rivers Hospital (5-50)
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X4810
Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (5-50)
Ramsay Rivers Hospital (5-50)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (5-50)
Ramsay Rivers Hospital (5-50)
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S0653
Removal of benign lesion in muscle or deeper tissue (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
Ramsay Rivers Hospital (1-5)
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