Gastroenterology
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St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (the digestive tract from mouth through to anus, including the stomach and bowel), liver, pancreas and biliary tract.
The department has a very strong multidisciplinary ethos, with consultants, nurse specialists and allied health professional colleagues from Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Dietetics, Radiology and Pathology working in partnership to ensure that patients and families receive the best care for their condition.
Our consultants have a wide range of specialty expertise and the department offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic procedures, such as endoscopy, and specialist clinics, including inflammatory bowel disease, oesophageal, viral hepatitis, and complex nutrition.
St. George’s provides a regional Intestinal Failure Service, managing patients with complex nutritional conditions and those requiring home parenteral nutrition.
St George’s is a regional liver centre and manages the full spectrum of hepatology with the exception of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary cancer surgery. The department has excellent links with King’s Liver Unit, working together to provide treatment for hepatitis C, while communication with our local hospitals is optimised through a local network.
Outpatient Clinics
- General Gastroenterology – Oesophageal, stomach, small, large bowel disorders and cancers
- General Hepatology – Liver, gall bladder, pancreatic disorders and cancers
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Viral Hepatitis – Hepatitis B, C, D, E and HIV co-infection
In addition the department provides:
- Liver and GI Diseases in Pregnancy – joint care for such complex conditions is provided with the obstetrics department.
- Rapid Access Jaundice Service – A quick access clinic for patients with jaundice.
- Adolescent IBD Transitional Clinic – The department also holds transitional IBD clinics with the paediatrics department for adolescent patients who will soon be transferring to our adult service.
- Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) – A consultant-led service where GP referrals along with baseline tests are reviewed by a consultant gastroenterologist.
Day Cases
A full range of endoscopic procedures (procedures using fibre-optic cameras to examine the gastrointestinal tract) are provided in our modern state of the art endoscopy unit:
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy (examination and treatment of disorders of the gullet and stomach)
- Colonoscopy (examination of the large bowel)
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy (limited examination of the large bowel)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), (examination and treatment of the bile duct leading to the liver, gall bladder and pancreas)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) (ultrasound examination from within the bowel)
In addition the department provides:
- National Bowel Screening Programme – the Endoscopy department at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the National Centre for Bowel Cancer Screening for the southwest London region.
- Oesophageal Manometry Service – a specialist investigation of the gullet.
- National Endoscopy Training Centre – the department provides endoscopy training courses for doctors and nurses.
- For our patients, we offer breath tests; fibroscans; venesections; liver biopsies and paracentesis.
Inpatients
The department’s consultants and junior doctors undertake the care of inpatients who have been admitted with gastroenterology or hepatology diagnoses, including patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.
Gastroenterology Trust Pathways
Pathway for the Management of Dyspepsia OGD
Pathway for the Management of Dyspepsia
Pathway for the Management of Gallstones
Pathway for the Management of IBS
A Quick Guide to Liver Function Testing Pathology
Pathway for the Management of Constipation in Adult Patients
Pathway for the Management of IBD in Merton
Pathway for the Management of Rectal Bleeding
Location and facilities
Outpatients
Clinics A & D, Ground floor, St James’ Wing, St George’s Hospital
Clinic A, Ground floor, Lanesborough Wing, St George’s Hospital
Endoscopy unit
1st floor, St James’ Wing, St George’s Hospital
Inpatients
Allingham Ward, 3rd floor, St James’ Wing, St George’s Hospital
Contact details
St George’s Hospital
Outpatient Appointments
020 8725 0007
Queen Mary’s Hospital
020 8487 6000
Call Centre – 020 8487 6290
The Nelson Medical Centre
020 3826 0826
Opening hours
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Monday 9.00am -12.00pm
Wednesday 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Thursday 9.00am -12.30pm
Friday 2.00pm – 4.30pm
The Nelson Medical Centre
Monday 7.00am -20.00pm
Tuesday 7.00am-20:00pm
Wednesday 7.00am – 20.00pm
Thursday 7.00am -20.00pm
Friday 7.00am – 20.00pm
Saturday 8.00am- 12.00pm
Key staff
Gastroenterology
Consultants
Dr Penny Neild (Care Group Lead for Gastroenterology)
Dr Chris Groves (Director of Endoscopy)
Dr Gareth Sadler (Director of Bowel Cancer Screening)
Dr Sophie Barker (UGI cancer lead)
Dr Jamal Hayat
Dr Kesavan Kandiah
Dr John Louis Auguste
Dr Kamal Patel (IBD Co-Lead)
Dr Richard Pollok (IBD Co-Lead)
Dr Andy Poullis
Nursing team
Susana Ruiz Sanchez
Mark Soomaroo
Kirsty McCartney
Emma Pindard
Tracey Marshall
Beverly Edwards
Angela Joyce
Dieticians
Rani Nagarajah
Rishi Kanabar
Hepatology
Consultants
Dr Sarah Clark
Dr Dan Forton
Dr Markus Gess
Dr Sarah Hughes
Dr Arjuna Singanayagam
Nursing team
Nick Tatman
Beverly Edwards
Sophie Ikuzwe
Sarah Stennett
Referrals
To see a specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, or to have an Endsocopy procedure, a referral letter is required from the patients’ GP. This may also be booked from the GP’s practice by the e-Referrals Service.