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East Of England
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- Hartswood Hospital
- Norwich Hospital
- Wellesley Hospital
- Specialist Care Centre, Chelmsford
Murrayfield Hospital Wirral
Mr Nigel Parr
Consultant Urologist
MD, FRCSE (Urol)
Practising at
Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral
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Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Nigel Parr at Spire include:
Urology
- Circumcision
- Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
- Bladder lesion removal
- Kidney stones treatment
- Prostatectomy
- Prostate surgery and laser prostate surgery
- Hydrocele surgery
- Cancer tests
- Epididymal cysts removal
- Fertility tests
- Hormone test
- Kidney X-ray (retrograde pyelogram)
- Liver and kidney test
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Ultrasound scan
- Urodynamics
- Vasectomy
- Vasectomy reversal
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
Other treatments
Urological oncology, stone disease, lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, prostate, bladder and penile cancer, renal and ureteric calculi, urethral strictures and male infertility including microsurgical reversal of vasectomy.
Mr Parr has a particular interest in prostate cancer imaging and advanced biopsy techniques, (template biopsy). He also runs a supra regional penile cancer service and receives many referrals for suspected penile cancer.
Professional profile
Mr Parr was the first Urologist to be appointed to Wirral University Teaching Hospital's NHS Foundation, over 23 years ago. He has wide reaching experience across the field of urology, but nowadays his particular interests relate to prostate, bladder and penile cancer, urinary tract infections and inflammation, infertility and urinary tract stones.
Clinical Interests
UrologyAndrology
Benign prostate diseases
Bladder/ kidney stone disease
Bladder cancer
Erectile dysfunction
Female urology
Incontinence
Male infertility
Micro-surgical vasectomy reversal
Prostate cancer
Sexual dysfunction
Subfertility
Urinary tract infections
Urodynamics
Urological cancers
Private contact details
| Telephone | 0151 929 5181 |
| Private secretary | Sonya Waring, 0151 648 2395 |
Qualification and professional memberships
MB ChB / Liverpool / 1980
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS / Edinburgh / 1983
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FRCS (Urol) / Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Urology, UK / 1984
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Urology
MD / Liverpool / 1989
Doctor of Medicine
Professional memberships
British Association of Urological Surgeons, (BAUS)
American Urological Association (AUA)
European Association of Urology, (EAU)
Professional leadership
Urology Cancer Lead Mersey South, Cancer Network
Previous Director of Urology Training, Mersey Region
Member of the Examining Panel for the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Urology
Current NHS posts
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Christie Hospital, Manchester
Honorary Lecturer in Surgery, University of Liverpool
Back to topPersonal Profile
Mr Parr is married to Valerie Hayhurst, a local GP and has two daughters.
His interests outside medicine include golf, squash and skiing
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