The da Vinci® Surgical System provides surgeons with unparalleled visibility and range of motion far greater than the human hand and wrist. This means more precise and intricate movements can be made during surgery with exceptional accuracy and smaller incisions.
Digestive Health
We treat everything from gastrointestinal cancers to acute conditions.
Our extensive network means we have the ability to call on every other medical discipline to form multidisciplinary teams. This allows us to offer you fully personalised, end-to-end care pathways, no matter how complex your needs.
Specialties of digestive health
Across our network of hospitals and outpatient centres, we offer fully personalised treatment, including long-term medical management and comprehensive care and support for:
- Lower gastrointestinal (GI)
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI)
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB)
These specialties encompass:
- Neuro-gastroenterology conditions
- Abdominal wall reconstructions and hernias
- Paediatric gastroenterology conditions
Expertise in treating digestive symptoms
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Faecal incontinence
- Heartburn
- Indigestion
- Nausea & vomiting
- Rectal bleeding
- Regurgitation
- Weight loss
Support services
We have expertise in managing routine and complex nutritional issues across multiple specialties. Our dieticians provide highly specialist, evidence based dietary advice and individual treatment plans tailored to each patient’s needs.
Our teams offer vital care and support to patients before and after surgery. From stoma management and guidance on dietary adjustments to emotional support, we’re here to help at every step.
Patients have access to state-of-the-art intensive care units at every hospital. Plus, with integrated high dependency units (HDU) and ward-level critical care outreach teams, we can deliver an enhanced service to those with additional needs.
Vital in improving patient outcomes and enhancing the quality of life for those affected by digestive cancers, our expert Clinical Nurse Specialists are on hand to offer both medical and emotional care.
Our physiotherapy team provides targeted interventions for patients with digestive health-related concerns. Our services include specialised physiotherapy and biofeedback therapy for patients with pelvic floor dysfunction, assistance for patients recovering from abdominal surgeries, and physiotherapy for chronic GI conditions such as IBS.
We offer a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures including gastroscopy, ERCP, colonoscopy and more. We have JAG accredited endoscopy centres at locations across London, Birmingham and Manchester.
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Patient stories
Adrian's story
I first noticed something was wrong when I had pain in my stomach after eating.
An intestinal failure success story
Danielle's story
When Danielle, 28, started to experience bowel symptoms she saw her doctor, after being diagnosed with bowel cancer she underwent surgery. But when things still didn’t feel right Danielle sought the expertise of Prof Sina Dorudi, at the London Digestive Centre. Read more about her bowel cancer diagnosis and treatment.