Dr Peter Rudge

I have been a patient of Dr Rudge since he joined the practice in 2015. After several appointments with Dr Rudge, I found him professional and compassionate. I would request appointments with him and take my son to also visit him knowing we were in safe hands. With the thanks of Dr Rudge I was able to get my life back on track and have just graduated from University as a RN. I don’t think I would have managed without his help the past 7 years. Thank you Sir.

I found him dismissive and unable to empathesize. He might be a good researcher but demonstrated poor bedside manner. I wasn’t surprised to read another another patients review where she states he used the term “hypochondria” in his “diagnosis” so best to be beware you might be labled as such. My friend with MS who was referred to him when symptoms first appeared also had bad experience, he offered her no help at all. So can’t recommend this doctor.

I saw Dr Rudge for one consultation in 2003. He kindly saw me at short notice because I had sudden and complete deafness in my left ear. I have a very rare autoimmune disease - only a handful of cases in the world had been described at that time - but when I told him the name of my disease, he knew about it in great detail, and was able to link it to my deafness. I was informed later by another consultant who used to work at the National Hospital of Neurology that Dr Rudge has an encyclopedic knowledge of medicine and performs legendary teaching ward rounds where he teaches other doctors. In any case, he performed a battery of tests on that morning, looked at the results, and instantly told me the cause of my deafness. Unfortunately it was incurable, however I was very impressed by both his knowledge and his professionalism. He was friendly but at the same time was very honest with me regarding the fact that there was no treatment for my deafness.

Don't be fooled by the dickie bow. I came to him in desperate need of a diagnosis when I have MS. He put me through a load of tests, which he said were all normal, and then discharged me with a false diagnosis of "anxiety" and "hypochondria". BUT He'd lied to me about the tests all being normal, as they HAD found something slight on the brain scan but decided to ignore it. And he'd omitted to scan my spinal cord, which was where most of the symptoms were coming from. I would rate him as one of the most arrogant and uncaring doctors I've ever had the misfortune to meet.