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Specialises in
- General
- Lower GI surgery
About me
Rob Bethune is a Colo-Rectal Consultant Surgeon working both at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. He is primarily a laparoscopic surgeon specialising in hernias, bowel cancer and inflammatory disease.
He has a significant role in improving the delivery of health care services. After spending a year as a surgeon in a rural mission hospital in Zambia he took time out of his surgical training to work as a manager at the South West Strategic Health Authority. During this year he worked in a 17 hospital safety collaborative improving the standards of peri-operative care.
He is also involved in the non-technical skills amongst surgeons; after publishing his master’s thesis on pre-operative briefings and debriefings. He has published widely on patient safety, surgery, human factors and quality improvement.
He is interested in the management and investigation of a variety of symptoms and signs; rectal (PR) bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis) and irritable bowel syndrome.
Areas of interest
Laparoscopic Hernia; Hernia; Haemorrhoids, Perianal fissure; Perianal fistula; Bowel Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Crohn's Disease; Ulcerative colitis; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Colonoscopy; Laparoscopic Surgery; Rectal bleeding; PR bleeding; Abdominal pain; Diarrhoea; Constipation; ileostomy; colostomy; para-stomal hernia; incisional hernia;
Medical secretaries
- Sophie Punter
- Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4UG
- 01392 262183
- sophie.punter@nuffieldhealth.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Rupert Broomby
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- Dr Harry Pugh
Fee Assured