General surgery

Our general surgery service provides a complete surgical gastroenterology service, including routine general surgery, specialist gastrointestinal surgery, and acute emergency surgery.

Telephone number: 020 8235 4051
Location: Central Middlesex, Ealing, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals
Division: Surgery
General manager: Will Bannister

Our general surgery team provides a full range of planned and emergency surgical procedures across all our hospital sites.

Our service also provides a full range of diagnostic tests, scans and examinations for hernias, lumps and bumps, gallstones and general abdominal conditions.

We also have a Surgical Assessment Unit on the Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital sites.

We work closely with colleagues across the region, with our team of dedicated Macmillan cancer nurses, and our endoscopy team.

We hold weekly outpatient clinics for general surgery.

We also perform a high volume of routine or planned surgery, as well as providing emergency surgery if you need it.

Inpatient surgery at Central Middlesex Hospital

We offer daycase surgery at Central Middlesex Hospital, including:

• laparoscopic cholecystectomy - including the first one-stop cholecystectomy clinic in the UK
• hernia surgery
• perianal procedures
• excision of lumps and bumps
• paediatric surgery.

Inpatient surgery at Ealing Hospital

We offer a wide variety of laparoscopic surgeries in our well-established service at Ealing Hospital, including:

• laparoscopic hernia repair
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration
• laparoscopic or open liver cyst de-roofing
• laparoscopic splenectomy
• laparoscopic fundoplication
• laparoscopic colonic resections, including:
  • laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
  • laparoscopic anterior resections
  • laparoscopic AP resections.

We also provide emergency laparoscopic surgery, including:

• laparoscopic appendicectomy
• cholecystectomy (hot gall bladder service).

Inpatient surgery at Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals

At Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals, we perform most routine upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery, including laparoscopic surgery.

We have particular expertise in:

• perianal procedures
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration
• anti-reflux surgery
• laparoscopic and open hernia repair of all types
• emergency gastrointestinal surgery.

We accept referrals through the Electronic Referrals System (ERS).

If you're sending us a referral from another trust or hospital, please email your referral to our Access Centre.