We provide a number of specific orthopaedic, general surgery and gynaecological procedures at The New Foscote Hospital as part of the NHS e-Referral service (formerly known as Choose and Book). These are the following:
General surgery
- Repair of femoral hernia
- Repair of inguinal hernia
- Repair of umbilical hernia
Gynaecology
- Endometrial ablation
- Hysteroscopy
- Menopause
- Menstrual disorders
- Pelvic pain
- Pernineal repair
- Post-menopausal bleeding
- Vulval and perineal lesions
Orthopaedics
- Arthroscopy of the knee
- Carpal tunnel release
- Dupuytren’s contracture surgery
- Ganglion removal
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Hip surgery
- Hip replacement
- Knee surgery
- Knee replacement
- Trigger finger treatment
Once you have given approval for the patient to use the NHS e-Referral Service, the patient will receive a referral letter which will contain a reference number and password which they will need to log-in, together with their year of birth, on the e-Referral page of the NHS website.
The New Foscote Hospital can be found under The New Foscote Hospital.
Procedures and consultants available at The New Foscote Hospital under the NHS e-Referral service
Service |
Treatments |
Consultant |
Clinics at The New Foscote |
Orthopaedics |
Hips & Knees, hand & Wrist | Mr Geza Kordas | Mondays (Alternate) 1.30pm – 4.30pm |
| Hip & Knees | Mr James Owen | Tuesdays (1st of each month only) 6.00pm – 7.00pm | |
| Lower Limbs | Mr Luc Boizot | Wednesdays | |
General Surgery |
Hernia Repairs | Mr Chris Lewis |
Thursdays 6.00pm – 7.00pm /Fridays 1.30pm -3.00pm |
|
Hernia Repairs |
Mr Bob Marshall | Thursdays 1.00pm – 2.30pm | |
Gynaecology |
General Gynaecological Procedures |
Mr Hikat Naoum | Tuesdays (2nd and 4th) 11.00am -12pm |
|
General Gynaecological Procedures |
Mr Mohamed Raheem | Wednesdays (expect 4th) 9.40am – 11.00am | |
|
General Gynaecological Procedures |
Miss Uloma Okwuosa | By Appointment |
Exclusions from our NHS e-Referral provision
Under our contract with the NHS we are, unfortunately, unable to accept the following patients for NHS e-Referrals (Standard Acute contract 2012):
- a patient with incapacitating disease that is a constant threat to life
- a patient who has an unstable mental condition and is receiving psychiatric treatment
- a patient who is grossly obese with a Body Mass Index of greater than 40
- surgery for patients under 18-years-of-age
Please click here for NHS information on patient choice and e-Referrals.