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Foot and ankle specialist Mr Tarek El Gamal, who practices at Spire Little Aston Hospital, was voted Trainer of the Year by trainee surgeons throughout Warwickshire and Coventry.

Having already been through extensive treatment for both lung and larynx cancers Burntwood grand-dad Simon Groves was shocked when a routine operation to treat an enlarged prostate discovered that he had cancer for the third time.

As part of Skin Cancer Awareness Month Dr Haytham Al-Rawi, Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon, gives advice on how you could spot moles on your skin.

Taking the guesswork out of sunscreen shopping

He spent several years living the daily nightmare of being unable to fully control his bowels and toilet stops were planned long in advance of any trip out of his home causing embarrassment and upset for the Tamworth father-of-four. But now, in support of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month, 38-year-old Richard has bravely decided to speak out about the condition and how surgery gave him his life back.

58-year-old Debbie, who works in Management Accounts for a local company, is using Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, which runs throughout April, to advise others to be on the lookout for any tell-tale signs of cancer and act quickly if they think something is wrong.

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When Colin tore the rotator cuff in his right shoulder after an awkward fall, the damage was too severe for a conventional procedure. So when the 68-year-old met with shoulder and upper limb surgeon Mr Munawar Shah, they looked at other options – including the insertion of a balloon into the shoulder that would then be filled with water.

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David, one of the first patients to experience a knee replacement operation using ‘robotic technology’ at Spire Little Aston Hospital has been amazed by the speed of his recovery.