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The King Edward VII’s Hospital colorectal service brings together a team of leading colorectal specialists, hand-picked for their experience and expertise. With rapid access to a state of the art Endoscopy Unit, our specialists can perform accurate diagnostic tests and choose the most appropriate treatment for your condition.
We treat a comprehensive range of colorectal conditions affecting the rectum, anus, and colon:
We ensure you get the best possible diagnosis, treatment and aftercare by working collaboratively. That means we bring together leading specialists in colorectal surgery, robotics, endoscopy, and a colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist to work as a team, with your best care in mind at all times.
Our consultant colorectal surgeons are hand-picked as the leaders in their field, many of whom also work at London teaching hospitals and are involved in the very latest clinical research.
Our multi-disciplinary team includes Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialists, working collaboratively with consultants to ensure every patient receives a personalised, tailored treatment plan with one to one support before, during and after surgery. We hold regular Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings to ensure the best course of treatment for our patients, aiming to achieve the best possible clinical outcomes.
The role of a Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist is crucial in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to care. Faye Jones provides patients with one to one specialist care, support and guidance at every step of their journey, including after they have returned home. Working closely with patients, their families, consultants and nurses, Faye ensures colorectal patients receive the best possible attention, aiming to achieve the best clinical outcomes.
The King Edward VII’s Hospital Endoscopy Unit is a state-of-the-art, purpose built facility allowing our specialist gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons and urologists to diagnose health conditions affecting the upper and lower gastro-intestinal tract.
If you are suffering symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, acid reflux, diarrhoea or change in your bowel habits, difficulty swallowing, vomiting repeatedly or vomiting blood, blood in faeces, rectal pain, cramping, constipation or weight loss, blood in your urine, or changes in your urinary pattern, you may consider an endoscopy to help provide a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
To enquire about booking an endoscopy appointment, call 020 7467 4317
The LumenEye® X1 is a digital alternative to the conventional sigmoidoscope and could radically change bowel patient care pathways. The device supports with the accurate diagnosis of bowel conditions as well as detecting polyps and conducting biopsies, using a full-high-definition camera to create images and video of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It can also be offered as a less invasive alternative to bowel surveillance in patients following bowel surgery and cancer treatments, and as sedation and full bowel preparation is not needed patients can be seen in clinic rooms or at the bedside. It can be deployed in a normal clinic room and within minutes the doctor is able to see high-quality images and video capture.
At King Edward VII’s Hospital, all endoscopies are performed by specially trained physicians or surgeons. Our specialist surgeons offer a number of forms of endoscopic investigation, including upper GI endoscopy (gastroscopy), colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
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