Treatments
Use the options below to explore potential treatments for your medical needs.
Types of treatment or procedure:
- Arms, Elbows and Shoulders
- Back and neck
- Bladder
- Bones and Joints - lower body
- Bowel
- Cosmetic and reconstructive
- Dermatology
- Ear, nose and throat
- Eyes
- Fertility
- Gender affirmation
- Hands and Wrists
- Head and Neck
- Heart
- Legs and Buttocks
- Lifestyle management
- Men's health
- Other Treatments and Medicine
- Stomach
- Weight loss
- Women's health
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient form of Chinese medicine. By inserting needles into different points on the body, acupuncture can relieve pains and treat disorders that have not responded to conventional treatment.
Amputations
An amputation is the removal of a body part. Removal could be the result of an accident (traumatic injury) or a planned amputation due to disease or a tumour.
Aromatherapy
The Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all used treatments incorporating aromatherapy or essential oils, using natural aromatic extracts from plants and herbs, to promote good health and prevent illness.
Bone Graft
Surgeons can perform a bone graft to repair or rebuild damaged bone in many areas of your body.
Chemical Pathology
Chemical pathology is the branch of pathology that analyses body fluids such as blood or urine to investigate various conditions including liver, kidney, heart and bone disease, hormone and drug levels.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals or drugs (cytotoxic agents) in the treatment of cancer.
Drug therapy
Drug therapy is the treatment of disease or symptoms by administering medication. It can be used within many specialty areas including oncology, general medicine and pain management.
Endocrine
Your endocrine system is made up of all the glands in your body that produce hormones. If your hormone levels become unbalanced your endocrine system signals one or more of these glands to correct the level.
Endovascular treatment
Endovascular treatments are minimally invasive procedures to treat problems with blood vessels.
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT)
Shockwave therapy is a non-surgical treatment, and works by delivering impulses of energy, targeted to specific damaged tissues within the abnormal tendon.
General anaesthetic
General Anaesthetic (GA) is a combination of drugs that causes a deep sleep.
Homeopathy
Also known as Complementary Medicine/Therapies, Medical Herbs. Homeopathy aims to stimulate the body's own powers of healing.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is a form of physiotherapy that is administered in a special heated pool. The warm water helps relieve pain and relax the body, so increasing ease of movement.
Image guided joint injections
If your swollen or painful joints, ligaments or tendons do not respond to conservative treatments your consultant may recommend image guided joint injections.
Interventional radiology
Interventional radiology is a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery that uses radiological image guidance (X-rays, ultrasound, CT and MRI) to aid treatment.
Local anaesthetic
Local anaesthetic is a drug that is injected into a specific area of your body causing loss of feeling.
Manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA)
Under general anaesthetic your surgeon will move your stiff joint to a full range of motion, stretching the surrounding muscles and freeing the joint capsule.
Mole removal
Moles are a form of pigmented lesion. Benign (non cancerous) lesions can simply be left alone. However if your mole bothers you in any way your consultant may recommend removal (excision).
Paediatric medicine
Paediatric Medicine includes the treatment of children and teenagers.
Pain clinic
If you're struggling to cope with chronic (long-term) pain, our pain management experts offer a wide range of treatments and therapies to improve your quality of life. Don’t suffer in silence. You’re in the best hands.
Pituitary surgery
Problems with the pituitary gland are rare but they may include benign (non-cancerous) growths or tumours.
Radiotherapy
During radiotherapy, x-rays are used to treat several types of cancer.
Reflexology
Reflexology is the ancient art of healing by applying gentle pressure to different areas of the feet.
Sleep study and investigations
Nuffield Health Sleep Disorders Service provides treatment and advice for a wide range of sleep problems including sleep apnoea and snoring. We see patients of all ages, including the elderly, adolescents and children.
Supermicrosurgery for prevention or treatment of lymphoedema
An advanced minimally invasive supermicrosurgery technique to relieve lymphoedema.
Thrombotic disorders
Thrombotic disorders occur when your blood clots in your veins, restricting or cutting off the flow of blood.
Trigger Point Injections
Trigger point injections are used to apply a local anaesthetic and steroid to an inflamed area to relieve pain.