Treatments

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.

Arterial Surgery

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.

Genetics

Guanethidine block injections

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).

Nerve blocks

Nerve surgery

Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation

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.

SpaceOAR® Hydrogel

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