An initial consultation with Dr Ian London is from £250.
Dr Ian London
Consultant Gastroenterologist
MB BS FRCP
"Spire Yale, Spire Murrayfield, and Spire Abergele Clinic provides a modern friendly patient orientated environment that is well located to provide high quality care to patients from surrounding area"
Specialises in
- Abdominal pain
- Bowel issues
- Dyspepsia
- Liver dysfunction
- Rectal bleeding
I qualified as a doctor from St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School in London in 1990. After completing my early medical training in the Southwest, I specialised in gastroenterology on the training programme at King’s College Hospital in London. I later became a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, where I combined hospital work with teaching and research. This experience strengthened my commitment to delivering high-quality care to individuals with digestive and liver conditions.
In 1999, I became a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust in Crewe. During this time, I helped develop several key services, including care for patients with hepatitis B and C, improved pathways for alcohol-related illness, a specialist inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) service, and a nurse-led clinic for iron deficiency anaemia. I also led the gastroenterology and endoscopy departments and later became Clinical Director and Lead Colonscopist for the regional Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
In 2015, I moved to my current NHS post at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Here, I work within a large multidisciplinary team to provide a 24/7 emergency gastrointestinal bleeding service for Cheshire. We are also developing a more accessible and responsive IBD service, including a dedicated patient helpline. I now work part-time in the NHS, focusing on complex IBD and endoscopy. I also see private patients at Spire Wirral Hospital, Spire Abergele Clinic, and Spire Wrexham Hospital.
In addition to my clinical work, I am a Medical Assessor for the Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG). In this role, I help assess endoscopy units to ensure they meet national standards for safety, quality, and patient experience. This work supports the provision of consistent, high-quality endoscopy services across the UK.
I also provide independent medical reports for the Health Service Ombudsman. These reports help review cases where patients or families feel that care has not met expected standards. My role is to offer expert, unbiased clinical advice based on national guidelines and best practice.
My clinical interests include endoscopy (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and proctoscopy), inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease, food intolerance, rectal bleeding and haemorrhoids, dyspepsia, Barrett’s oesophagus, and the management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. My aim is always to provide clear communication, evidence-based treatment, and compassionate, patient-centred care.
General Medical Council Number: 3486083
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Ian London at Spire include:
Gastroenterology
- Barium enema
- Barium swallow and barium meal
- Bone density scan for osteoporosis
- Cancer tests
- Colonoscopy
- CT scan
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Haemorrhoids removal treatment
- Iron, vitamin and mineral level tests
- Liver and kidney test
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Ultrasound scan
- Virtual colonoscopy
- X-ray
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Colonoscopy
Inflammatory bowel disease
Special clinical interests: Abdominal pain, dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, reflux and indigestion, rectal bleeding.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / St Thomas’s Hospital, London / 1990
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MBBS is the qualification given to doctors after successfully completing five years of medical training.
Professional memberships
British Medical Association
British Society of Gastroenterology
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
American Gastroenterological Association
Mersey Gastroenterology Group
Chester Medical Society
Professional leadership
Clinical Director and Lead Colonoscopist for the Cheshire Bowel Cancer Screening Program 2008 - 2015
Clinical Lead for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Countess of Chester Hospital 2015 - present
Clinical Lead for Endoscopy at Grosvenor Nuffield Hospital
Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at the BMI South Cheshire Private Hospital 2010 - 2021
Current NHS posts
Countess for Chester NHS Trust.
Personal profile
My wife is a GP partner in Cheshire and we share our smallholding with a menagerie of cats, chickens, ducks and a dog. I have an interest in caring for and expanding our native broadleaf woodland. Two of our three children are medical and all work for the NHS
My hobbies include cycling, skiing and gardening. I have held season tickets for a local Premiership club that plays in red for over 20 years.
Contact information
| Telephone | 0151 929 5408 or 01745 828 900 (Abergele) |
| info@spirewirral.com | |
| Private secretary | Sian Rowland |
| Private secretary telephone | 07743 971 233 |
| Private secretary email | sianrowland@aol.com |