General Surgery
Developments in general surgery such as minimally invasive procedures ensure patients now experience less pain, better outcomes and shorter postoperative recovery. Emergency general surgery is on the increase too, adding to wider pressure on elective care and A&E departments.
Clinical Leadership Team
Mr Charles Imber
Clinical Lead for General SurgeryMr Charles Imber is the Consultant Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgeon at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). He is also Clinical Lead in Liver Transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital in London, where he performs liver transplant surgery as well as HPB surgery. He is also Consultant Surgeon at The Princess Grace Hospital. He is a member of the London Sarcoma service based at UCH and in charge of the National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) for the North London region. He performed the first robotic liver resection and the first robotic pancreatic resections in the UK successfully and is a pioneer in this form of minimally invasive complex abdominal surgery.
Ruth Parry
General Surgery Lead NurseHer background is almost 20 years as an Operating Department Practitioner. Experienced in Scrub, anaesthetics and recovery. She also worked briefly in ITU during the pandemic. She has worked in NHS trusts in England and Wales. She also did a secondment as a Corporate Education Advisor for an NHS trust and previous to becoming an ODP I was a Quality Engineer.
What we do
Trust
Our team of dedicated General surgery practitioners has years of experience consistently delivering the highest quality of care to our patients. We offer a wide range of surgical services in colorectal surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery and endocrine surgery.
Our Services
Our Results
For almost a decade, the NHS has partnered with 18 Week Support to reduce waiting times. We’re incredibly proud of the work we do and would love to share some of our case studies with you.
99.9%
Patients likely to recommend
99.9%
Patients satisfaction score
Surgical Hub Case Study in the Midlands
Learn more about how 18WS can work in partnership with your Trust to increase utilisation of your Surgical Hub.
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Governance
We have a robust clinical governance framework to continually support, improve and drive forward the highest standards of care for our patients and we work with our customers and partners to monitor experiences and outcomes. On those occasions when incidents, complaints or concerns arise around patient care we act swiftly, encouraging a culture of continuous learning.
The Elective Recovery Fund and Payment-by-Results: Transformations in NHS Funding 2023-24
Here, we discuss the return to Payment by Results (PbR) with a focus on the Elective Recovery Fund (ERF), which signifies significant changes in UK healthcare funding for 2023-24.
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