Mr Andrew Richards
Qualifications
MS FRCS (Tr. & Orth.)
GMC number: 4343657
Practising since: 1996
- Overview
About
Mr Richards' practice is solely concerned with problems of the shoulder and elbow. His clinical interests are arthroscopic shoulder and elbow surgery, particularly in treating sports injuries.
At Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London he has a tertiary referral practice dealing with the most difficult of cases, including the surgical reconstruction of complex shoulder and elbow injuries.
Mr Richards uses the latest proven surgical and non-surgical techniques and works closely with leading physiotherapists to provide an integrated approach to recovery that helps each patient to return to work, or their chosen sport, as quickly as possible.
Special interests
- Shoulder
- Elbow
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Andrew Richards at Nuffield Health
- Shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair)
- Arthroscopy
- Stiff elbow release
- Cubital tunnel release
Locations Mr Andrew Richards works with
Related experience
Memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Elbow and Shoulder Society
Other posts held
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Insurers Mr Andrew Richards works with
Mr Andrew Richards works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aetna
- Allianz
- APRIL
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa Global
- Bupa On Demand
- Childsure
- Cigna
- Cigna International
- CS Healthcare
- ESMI
- Freedom Health
- Healix
- Healthcare RM
- HealthFund
- Health-on-Line
- InterGlobal
- Medical Care Direct
- PHC
- Police Mutual
- SecureHealth
- Simplyhealth
- Standard Life
- Universal Provident
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
- WPA