Plymouth · United Kingdom

Derriford Hospital (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service

A dedicated IBD team within gastroenterology at Derriford Hospital. Four of the department’s eleven nurse practitioners specialise in inflammatory bowel disease, and a multidisciplinary clinic runs each Friday giving access to nurse, consultant, surgeon, dietitian and registrar. The service provides intravenous biologic drugs, runs a direct telephone helpline for patients, and coordinates care through weekly meetings and a monthly IBD MDT.

What this unit is strong at

  • Four IBD-specialist nurse practitioners
  • Weekly multidisciplinary IBD clinic (nurse, consultant, surgeon, dietitian, registrar)
  • Intravenous biologic therapy
  • Direct telephone helpline for patients
  • Monthly IBD multidisciplinary team meeting

Services

  • Adult IBD
  • IBD surgery
  • Biologics service
  • IBD nurse advice line
  • Dietitian

The team

  • Mr C Hayward

    Consultant Gastroenterologist

    Inflammatory bowel diseases and therapeutic endoscopy

  • Dr S Dunlop

    Consultant Gastroenterologist

    Inflammatory bowel diseases and functional bowel disorders

  • Dr N Bosanko

    Consultant Gastroenterologist

    Inflammatory bowel diseases, VCE and education

Where this came from

Everything on this page was read on the centre’s own published pages. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is filled in where we could not find it.

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