News and events

Helen Culling of Spire Norwich Hospital catches up with Consultant Urologist, Mr Mark Rochester about a new surgical technique to ease symptoms.

Mr John Phillips, consultant ENT surgeon at Spire Norwich Hospital discusses the symptoms, causes and treatment available for patients suffering from painful, swollen tonsils and tonsillitis.

Mr David Loveday, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Spire Norwich Hospital, discusses how bunions (hallux valgus) effect patients in day-to-day life and the treatments available locally.

Mr Pinaki Sen, consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Spire Norwich Hospital, discusses a common condition which can affect one in ten people at some point in their lives, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ).

In the UK around 13,500 cases of melanoma are diagnosed each year. Mr Marc Moncrieff, consultant plastic surgeon at Spire Norwich Hospital, tells us what to look out for with any new or existing moles and how to protect our skin from the sun's harmful rays.

With more than 40,000 men and women diagnosed with bowel cancer each year in the UK, Mr Kevin Sargen, Consultant General Surgeon at Spire Norwich Hospital provides information and advice during bowel cancer awareness month.

Globus or ‘globus sensation’ is a condition where a patient experiences the sensation of having a lump in the throat, without a lump or foreign body being present upon examination.

Trigger finger can affect your thumb or any finger. More than one finger can be affected at the same time and the condition may develop in both hands.

Much of the everyday technology we encounter is related to gadgets and you are sometimes left wondering how much of it is really necessary. While your latest smartphone camera may zoom in and out, enhance and increase clarity of your family snaps, similar healthcare applications of this technology can be life-saving.

Are you one of the many people who associate the term ‘Vertigo’ with a person’s fear of heights? The medical term for a fear of heights and the dizziness associated with looking down from a height, is actually called acrophobia.