An initial consultation with Dr Bhavesh Raithatha is from £200.
Dr Bhavesh Raithatha
Consultant in Pain management and Anaesthesia
MBChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA
Specialises in
- Pain management
- Knee and hip pain injections
- Neuralgia (nerve pain) treatment
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I treat a variety of conditions and my practice at the Spire Leicester Hospital will include performing targeted ultrasound-guided, fluoroscopy (X-ray) guided and intravenous lignocaine therapies. I am proficient in using ultrasound, treating a variety of different conditions, abdominal myofascial pain, pelvic pain, shoulder, elbow, hand pain, hip, knee and ankle pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), occipital headaches, migraines, back pain, and other targeted nerve injections. The use of ultrasound improves the accuracy and effectiveness of the interventions and also reduces the risk of complications.
Back pain, facet joint, sacroiliac joint, spinal stenosis and coccxydynia can be managed with directed fluoroscopy-guided injections. Abdominal pain or pelvic pain are managed with a variety of strategies; directed sympathetic nerve blocks including splanchnic, lumbar sympathetic and ganglion of impar nerve blocks are among a number of techniques I can employ.
My clinical experience includes the assessment of over 1,000 patients in the outpatient clinic and over 500 interventional treatment (injections) each year.
I graduated in 2008 from the University of Manchester, followed by training in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine in Birmingham and Leicester. I then underwent prestigious fellowships lasting one year each in the UK and Brisbane, Australia. I work full time at the University Hospitals of Leicester as a Consultant with a specialist interest in musculoskeletal, abdominal, chest, neck, cancer pain and widespread pain disorders (ie fibromyalgia).
I have been appointed as the Regional Advisor for the East Midlands Deanery for Pain medicine. I also Chair pain management for the chronic pancreatitis multidisciplinary team. I have an honorary contract with the LOROS hospice in Leicester and perform a variety of pain management strategies to improve the quality of life for palliative care patients. My aim is to provide an improvement in pain whilst maintaining a holistic approach to their condition.
General Medical Council Number: C7017316
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Bhavesh Raithatha at Spire include:
Pain management
- Chronic Pain Management
- Epidural injections
- Facet joint injections
- Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
- Neuralgia (nerve pain) treatment
- Pain management injections for back and facet joints
Other treatments
- Botulinum toxin injections for chronic migraines
- Cancer related pain
- Cervicogenic pain injections (whiplash injuries)
- Ganglion of impar nerve injection
- Knee and hip pain injections
- Lumbar sympathetic nerve block
- Neuropathic pain – Complex regional pain syndrome, pain from amputations
- Sacroiliac joint injection
- Splanchnic nerve block
- Ultrasound guided directed nerve injections
- Ultrasound guided trigger point injections
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Qualification and professional memberships
MBChB / University of Manchester / 2008
Bachelor of Medicine
FRCA / The Royal College of Anaesthetists / 2015
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
FFPMRCA / The Royal College of Anaesthetists / 2018
Postgraduate qualification in Pain Medicine
Professional memberships
The Royal College of Anaesthetists
Professional leadership
Regional adviser for the East Midlands deanery for Pain Medicine
Cancer Pain lead at the LOROS hospice
Lead role in pain management for Chronic Pancreatitis
Current NHS posts
University Hospitals of Leicester.
Loros Hospice Leicester .
Contact information
| Website | http://www.bhaveshraithatha.co.uk |
| Private secretary | Suzanne Lee (working hours are Tuesday-Friday) |
| Private secretary telephone | 0116 265 3656 |
| Private secretary email | suzanne.lee@spirehealthcare.com |