An initial consultation with Mr Raj Bhalla is from £250.
Mr Raj Bhalla
Consultant ENT Surgeon/Rhinologist & Skull Base
BSc(Hons), MD, FRCS
Specialises in
- Rhinoplasty
- Nasal polyps
- Loss of smell
- Blocked nose
- Nasal allergy
I am a Consultant ENT Surgeon with a special interest in diseases of the nose, sinuses and base of skull. I work at two major UK teaching hospitals. I support the Eye Hospital and Children's’ Hospital in Manchester with my clinical skills and advice.
The main aspects of my work are rhinoplasty (primary and revision), sinus surgery (polyps, frontal sinus disease, watery eye, smell disorders, sinus headache), blocked nose (septum, turbinates), and skull base surgery (pituitary tumours, skull base brain tumours eg chordoma, meningioma, olfactory neuroblastoma, papilloma). I am one of the busiest rhinoplasty surgeons in the UK as shown by 2019 GIRFT data.
I receive referrals for nose, sinus and skull base conditions from Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales. As well as European countries (Sweden, Denmark, Moldova, Estonia, Slovenia, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Iceland, Norway and Poland) and internationally (Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Israel, Pakistan, India, Australia and New Zealand).
I am an academic ENT surgeon, which means that I write and edit book chapters and journal publications. I also run and teach on sinus and rhinoplasty training courses in Manchester, across the UK and internationally.
I have also recently been elected next President of the British Rhinological Society.
General Medical Council Number: C4182029
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Raj Bhalla at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Balloon sinuplasty for chronic sinusitis
- Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)
- Earwax removal
- Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
- Hearing loss
- Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
- Laryngoscopy investigation
- Microsuction for ear wax
- Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- Septoplasty surgery
- Sleep apnoea test
- Snoring treatment
- Swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia) treatment
- Tonsillectomy for adults
Other treatments
- Rhinoplasty including revision
- Sinus surgery, including complex
- Balloon sinuplasty
- Allergies treatment
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Rhinology
Special clinical interests: Technology in sinus surgery, local anaesthetic rhinological surgery.
Qualification and professional memberships
BSc(Hons) First Class / Leicester / 1992
Bachelor of Science Honours
MBChB / Leicester / 1995
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS / RCS England / 2006
Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
MD / Liverpool / 2010
Doctor of Medicine
Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery
European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
Professional leadership
Clinical Director, Manchester Surgical Skills and Simulation Centre, University of Manchester
Council, British Rhinological Society
Education Lead, British Society of Facial Plastics Surgery
Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine
Current NHS posts
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Salford Royal Hospital
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Royal Manchester Childrens’ Hospital
University of Manchester
Contact information
| Telephone | 0161 447 6700 |
| Private secretary | Karen Pollitt |
| Private secretary telephone | 01204 416186 / 01204 774142 |