Dr Praful Patel

Practising at

Spire Southampton Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Praful Patel at Spire include:

Gastroenterology

• Barium enema
• Barium swallow and barium meal
• Bowel surgery, colostomy and ileostomy
• Colonoscopy
• CT scan
• Haemorrhoids removal treatment
• Gastroscopy
• Liver and kidney test
• MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)

Other treatments

Professional profile

Dr Patel's speciality is gastroenterology covering both upper and lower parts of the gastrointestinal tract. The common symptoms he deals with include indigestion, iron deficiency anaemia, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, and jaundice. His expertise and training is in endoscopy including gastroscopy, capsule endoscopy, ERCP and colonoscopy and he is lead consultant for endoscopy in Southampton.

Praful graduated in Manchester, moving down to London where he carried out most of his training but completing the final stages in Winchester and Southampton. He was appointed consultant gastroenterologist in Southampton in 1997. He consults both in the NHS and privately when a referral is made by a GP or a consultant colleague.

Current NHS posts

Consultant Gastroenterologist/Endoscopy Specialist, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

Director of Hampshire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Lead QA Regional Bowel Screening Programme

Personal Profile

I enjoy sailing, golf and travel.

Financial Interests

Holds less than 0.1% of the shares in Spire Healthcare Group Plc

Private contact details