Free online talk: Hernia repair
31 March at 6.30pm
Mr Simon Bailey, Consultant General Surgeon will explain effective, mesh-free treatment options for a hernia and answer your questions live on 31 March at 6.30pm.
Treatments provided by Mr Bailey
Mr Bailey offers the following treatments at Benenden Hospital:
Laparoscopic hernia repair
This procedure is where a hernia is treated using keyhole or laparoscopic surgery.
Laparascopic cholecystectomy
This is an operation to remove painful gallstones and gallbladder.
Colonoscopy
A colonoscopy can check what's causing your bowel symptoms by looking at the lining of your rectum and colon using a long, flexible tube called a colonoscope.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
A procedure to look inside the lower part of the large intestine using a sigmoidoscope; a long, thin flexible tube with a light and camera at the end.
About Mr Bailey
I trained at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London and qualified with a Bachelor in Science Degree in Basic Medical Sciences and Biochemistry, along with MBBS London in 1995.
I completed my Master of Science Degree with a thesis looking at day case haemorrhoidal surgery. Having gained MRCS England, I was appointed as Specialist Registrar on the South East Thames Higher Surgical Training Rotation. After three years I took an inter deanery transfer to work at the world-renowned Pelican Centre in Basingstoke
Having gained FRCS Gen Surg in 2005, I was appointed as a Substantive Consultant Surgeon to Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in November 2005, taking up my post after a Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery in Winchester in April 2006.
Since becoming a Consultant, I have held many positions both locally and nationally including:
- Service Development Lead for Surgery
- Enhanced Recovery Lead for Surgery
- Colorectal Multidisciplinary Meeting Lead
- Member for the Local Negotiating Committee
- Speciality Surgical Tutor for Surgery
- Royal College of Surgeons Clinical Tutor
- Instructor for the RCS Critically Ill Surgical Patient Course
- Chair of the Same Day Emergency Surgical Care Group
- Regional Salvage Anal Cancer Lead
- Director of Surgical Services of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at KIMS
After almost thirty years of working within the NHS, I am now dedicated to providing both private and NHS treatment of the highest quality to the people of Kent, Sussex and beyond.
I am married with three children and in my spare time I enjoy sports of all varieties, particularly cricket and rugby, restoring old cars, travelling and hill walking.
