You will receive your appointment letter, patient advice leaflets, a care plan, and consent form in the post. Please read these carefully and follow the instructions.
If you choose to have sedation for your procedure, you need to arrange transport home and someone to stay with you for 12 hours. You can’t work, drive, or look after children under 16 years old for 24 hours after sedation.
If you take blood thinning tablets, please call our anticoagulant specialist nurses on 0300 019 4665.
If you have a learning disability and would like extra support, please call 0300 019 4665 so we can create an individualised plan for you.
University Hospitals Dorset has Endoscopy Departments in Bournemouth, Poole and Wimborne. Your appointment letter will tell you which Endoscopy Department to go to for your procedure.
Bring your care plan and consent form with you to your appointment. When you arrive in the department, please check in with the receptionist, who will show you to our waiting area.
When your name is called, you will be taken to one of our admission rooms and the procedure will be explained you. You will have the chance to ask a healthcare professional any questions and will be asked to sign a consent form to confirm you’re happy to have the procedure.
With consent, you will have your blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen levels, and blood sugar levels (if you are diabetic) checked. You may also have a cannula inserted or have blood taken.
After some procedures such as colonoscopy, we will take you to recovery. Here we will check your blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen levels, and breathing rate. When you’re ready, we will take you to our discharge lounge and give you your discharge paperwork. You will receive a copy of your report and a copy will be sent to your GP.
We do provide drinks and biscuits in our discharge lounge, including gluten free options. However, if you have special dietary requirements or would like something else to eat, we recommend bringing this with you.
We will contact you for follow up appointments if needed.
In our endoscopy department on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site, we perform more than 15,000 procedures a year. We provide the following services:
Cancer Research
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Coeliac Disease
www.coeliac.org.uk
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
www.nacc.org.uk
British Society of Gastroenterology
www.bsg.org.uk
Liver Disease
www.britishlivertrust.org.uk
Barrett's Oesophagus
www.barrettscampaign.org.uk
HALO RadioFrequency Ablation
www.treatbarretts.com
Journal of the American Gastroenterology Association
www.gastrojournal.org
Journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology
www.gut.bmj.com
NHS Choices - Endoscopy
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/endoscopy/Pages/introduction.aspx
Further information on endoscopy can be read on the NHS Choices website. Please also refer to this site for further information on other endoscopy providers in your area.
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University Hospital Dorset has a sustainability strategy, also known as the UHD Green Plan or GUHD Plan , which sets out how far we have come, our plans for the future, what is driving these plans, and how they will be managed.
In endoscopy, we are committed to reducing our waste, improving our recycling, and sustainability as much as possible. We have a dedicated team that focus on improving our sustainability.
Our team is multidisciplinary, which means it includes people from lots of specialties. Our team includes:
Mickey is the lead clinical endoscopist and advanced clinical practitioner. He specialises in complex colonoscopy and is an accredited bowel cancer screener. He is also a trainer for colonoscopy.
Terna is a clinical endoscopist specialising in lower gastrointestinal procedures, with a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease. Terna is also the endoscopy lead and champion for consent.
Charlie Clisby is a clinical endoscopist specialising in upper gastrointestinal procedures. He has a special interest in Barrett’s oesophagus and therapeutic endoscopy.
Vitor is a clinical endoscopist specialising in upper gastrointestinal procedures such as gastroscopy, as well as video capsule endoscopy including small bowel and colon capsule procedures.
Suranga is the clinical lead for endoscopy at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and also the Dorset Integrated Care System . He performs upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and also specialises in complex therapeutic lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr Safa Al-Shamma has worked as a consultant gastroenterologist with a special interest in hepatology (medicine focused on the liver) at Royal Bournemouth Hospital since 2011. Dr Al-Shamma manages a wide variety of general gastroenterology conditions but has a particular interest in complex colonoscopy. He also has expertise in managing all aspects of liver disease and leads the complex interventional hepatology and hepatocellular cancer services. He has a significant interest in education, training, and teaching, and is also the deputy director for medical education at UHD.
Dr Lachlan Ayres is a consultant gastroenterologist specialising in hepato-pancreato-biliary procedures – procedures relating to the liver, pancreas and bile ducts. These include endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS).
Dr Abigail Banfield has been a consultant physician in acute medicine at our Royal Bournemouth site since 2010. She performs diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with a focus on Barrett’s oesophagus.
Dr Shamaila Din is a consultant gastroenterologist and lead for the nutrition service. She has a specialist interest in disorders of gut-brain interactions (DGBI) specifically irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and constipation related disorders. She also trains others in colonoscopy.
Dr Gordon was appointed as a consultant gastroenterologist in 2008. He is the lead for upper gastrointestinal endotherapy. His areas of specialist interest include endoscopy, reflux disease, heartburn, hiatus hernia, colonoscopy, and irritable bowel syndrome. He is recognised nationally for his work on Barrett's oesophagus and has introduced specialist treatments of the condition to Dorset. He also has extensive experience in the investigation and management of functional bowel disease.
Dr Chris Hovell joined UHD in 2015. He is an accredited bowel cancer screener and has a particular focus on inflammatory bowel disease
Dr Jalal joined the UHD gastroenterology team in November 2022. He has a special interest in pancreatobiliary (pancreas and bile ducts) medicine. He was recognised in 2022 for his work on improving the detection of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in secondary care. He also has a special interest in improving the experience and integration of international medical graduates in the NHS.
Dr Keen is a consultant gastroenterologist with a particular interest in hepatopancreatobiliary (liver, pancreas, and bile ducts) conditions and therapeutic endoscopy including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Dr Babu Krishnan was appointed as a consultant physician and gastroenterologist in 2014. In addition to a wide range of gastroenterology conditions, he has a specialist interest in benign and malignant biliary and pancreatic diseases and interventional endoscopy including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
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Dr McLaughlin is a consultant gastroenterologist who leads the therapeutic lower gastrointestinal colonoscopy and video capsule endoscopy service. He has completed specialist training in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and full thickness resection device (FTRD) colonoscopy, allowing removal of large complex polyps. He also performs other therapeutic procedures, as well as balloon assisted enteroscopy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). He is the gastroenterology research lead.
Dr Niki Taylor is a consultant gastroenterologist who performs upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy as well as video capsule endoscopy. She has a specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in pregnancy, and paediatric to adult transitional care in IBD.
Dr Tod is a consultant gastroenterologist and heptologist who joined the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2019. Dr Tod has a particular interest in liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Sean Weaver is a consultant gastroenterologist with a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colonoscopy, and patient safety. He is a national trainer for colonoscopy and was a bowel cancer screener for 10 years.
Dr Whiteoak is a consultant gastroenterologist with a particular interest in complex nutrition, including the insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG). He also has a specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Dr Earl Williams in a consultant gastroenterologist with a special interest in hepatology (medicine relating to the liver) including management of chronic liver disease and diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Mr Rob Howell is a consultant colorectal surgeon and medical director for the surgical care group. He is also an accredited bowel cancer screening endoscopist.
Ms Schwab is a consultant colorectal surgeon and lead for the colorectal cancer multidisciplinary team. She has an interest in colorectal cancer, proctology (medicine relating to the colon, rectum, and anus) and pelvic floor conditions. For endoscopy she performs diagnostic colonoscopies and flexible sigmoidoscopies and is one of the joint leads for the rectal bleed clinic.
Mr Wijeyekoon is a consultant colorectal surgeon and endoscopist.
Dr Furze is a general practitioner with a special interest in gastroenterology. He focuses his interest in upper gastrointestinal procedures like gastroscopy.
Dr Barnett has a particular interest in colonoscopy and is an accredited bowel cancer screener. She has a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She has been the lead for morbidity and mortality reviews for endoscopy and monitoring and reporting the quality of endoscopy at Royal Bournemouth Hospital since 2007.
Simone King, Rebecca Higgins, Victoria Watkins
Tel: 0300 019 4908
Hannah Creedy-Muddle and Deb Arkwright
Tel: 0300 019 4665
Heather Johnson, Hannah Dewhurst, Bridget Bush, Louise Downey and Jane Forster
Tel: 0300 019 4191
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service page
To contact the Dorset bowel cancer screening programme:
Tel: 0300 019 8751
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Sarah Trickett and Emily Fowler
Tel: 0300 019 4340
Maggie Bunce, Gianluca Bisquadro and Sarah Pullinger
Tel: 0300 019 4611
Pippa Atherton, Shelley Sinclare-Barr and Ruth Pudwell
Tel: 0300 019 5329
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Velda Radford-McRae and Ivy Pickering
Tel: 0300 019 5745 or 0300 019 5027
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