Mr Lee Longstaff

Written by a patient at Spire Washington Hospital

Had a knee replacement op at Washington hospital January 2012. Its been fantastic. My quality of life has improved so much! Mr longstaff has also taken the time to monitor my other knee and has given me advice regarding a toe joint. Very friendly and approachable doctor. The administration at the Washington hospital is not wonderful at the moment. Although it was fine when i had my op. There was a mix up with my last check up appointment - they tried to blame my gp but it was not the case. Resulted in a wasted journey because I could not be seen. Nevertheless I would recommend mr longstaff without hesitation.

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Written by a patient at Spire Washington Hospital

I visited Mr, Longstaff in early 2011 when suffering with arthritis in my right hip and both knees. He advised me to have the hip replacement done first, and this hip was replaced in August 2011. The operation was done with expert care, my stay in hospital was for two nights only. The after care was first class, the instructions re exercises I followed to the letter and my problem hip is now a thing of the past. It is now January 2014 and I have decided it is time for my left knee to be replaced and I have had no hesitation in returning to Mr. Longstaff for this procedure.

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Written by a carer at Spire Washington Hospital

After reading some ' glowing ' reviews about Mr Longstaff , I'd like to add a comment as a relative of someone who has been under his care . Not everyone is so happy with his treatment, a friend of mine saw Mr Longstaff recently for a knee problem and he was treated very disrespectfully by Mr Longstaff and unlike others who have commented ,my relative could not get back to his sports etc because Mr Longstaff appeared to think he didnt have a problem . My relative saw Mr Longstaff via the NHS ,so i am just wondering if he would have been treated so disrespectfully had he been a paying client ?

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Written by a patient at Spire Washington Hospital

I was referred to Mr Longstaff (I still find it odd referring to a Doctor as Mr.) at the Spire hospital after a few years of issues with my knee having decided to seek private care via BUPA. The knee had been causing me issues playing a lot of sports with frequent flare ups keeping me out of anything significant for months at a time. An MRI was taken and he quickly diagnosed it as a tear to my meniscus which was what I suspected. A few weeks later I was scheduled in for an Arthroscopy to have it repaired. The surgery went really well, very quick recovery period, barely any pain thereafter and now looking forward to playing football and skiing again. Really wish I had it looked at earlier, regular GP visits hadn't really yielded any success in diagnosing the issue. Mr Longstaff made me feel comfortable throughout the whole consultation and procedure, clearly explaining what would be done. Thoroughly recommend him (and the Spire hospital in general) to anyone looking to have this type of surgery done.

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Written by a patient at Spire Washington Hospital

I had an appointment with this doctor at spire hospital . I had a problem with my knee and had it scanned . I attended to discuss the scan results with Dr/Mr Lee Longstaff . Mr Longstaff opened my scan results ,looked at them, looked at me , he then shrugged his shoulders and laughed . I was quite baffled at this reaction, he didn't say or do anything else other than to stare at me strangely . At a later date i made another appointment with him to ask why he had reacted like that but he just denied he did . I really found Mr Longstaff a very strange ,unprofessional man .

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