Dr J Bernard Liban

Written by a NHS patient at St George's Hospital

Was very good at helping me relax and talk just prior to the operation when I was at my most nervous.

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Written by a private patient at Cromwell Hospital

Good communication skills pre and post op.

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Written by a private patient at Parkside Hospital

I can highly recommend the friendliness and professionalism of Dr Liban. I felt very confident in his abilities from when I first met him prior to the operation. He and his "assistant" in the theatre anti-room were both very good at putting me at my ease and I was completely unaware of transitioning to theatre, the last thing I remember was discussing our links to South Africa ... before briefly waking in the Recovery Room. Dr Liban visited me the next day and I assured him that everything appeared to have gone well (I had Total Hip Replacement Surgery) and that I was not in any pain. In fact the effects of the anaesthetic in the area of the surgery are only just beginning to wear off nearly a week later. I have only needed to use Paracetamol and Ibuprofen to manage pain since the surgery.

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Written by a patient at Spire St Anthony's Hospital

Dr Liban spent a reasonable length of time with me in my room and in the anti-room to the theatre, explaining and re-assuring me regarding the forthcoming procedure. His manner was gentle and confident and I was put very much at ease by his expertise and his ability to find light relaxing topics to discuss in those minutes before going through to theatre. I thoroughly commend him. There is one unfortunate incident I would like to comment upon regarding the nurse on duty with Dr Liban in the anti-room. Someone I had mistakenly assumed was to be the surgeon in the place of Prof. Watkin. I was walked to theatre by one of the nurses on my ward. She was the classic caring and understanding sort that one finds so often in the nursing profession, even asking if she was walking too fast as we headed to the anti-room. She had ben very kind, attentive and chatty on the ward - a first class nurse. On arrival, she was treated very brusquely and critically by the nurse, in my presence. she maintained a very sensible but obviously embarrassed silence. I asked the nurse, subsequently, who this overbearing person was, assuming he had some authority, I was told "just another nurse". She deserved better.

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Written by a patient at Spire St Anthony's Hospital

Dr J Bernard Liban was friendly and reassuring. He was approachable and explained clearly the proceedure that was going to happen.

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