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Mr Nathan Coombs
2022-03-24
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24th March 2022
A very empathetic reassuring and professional annual review.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2022-03-16
Person
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16th March 2022
Mr Coombs very successfully repaired my inguinal hernia as a private patient. His care, manner and skill was obvious from the initial consultation onwards. He was reassuring over the impact of my complicating underlying health problems and successfully manged them in the lead-up, during and in the days after surgery. On his advice I opted for the spinal anaesthetic, and left hospital the evening of the procedure. A few days of discomfort followed, but no real pain. Thereafter progress was steady. As recommended I was able to walk fairly comfortably after the initial few days, and by 2 weeks after surgery was enjoying walking across country for 2.5 hours. Mr Coombs' care and skill is most highly recommended.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2022-03-16
Person
5
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16th March 2022
The times I have seen Mr Coombs, he has also shown such care and attention. He patiently explains everything and gives me time to ask any questions. He is a true professional. Thank you.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2022-03-15
Person
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15th March 2022
Mr Coombs has an excellant bed side manor, listens and is very kind and considerate. I feel safe that he has my life in his hands.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2022-03-09
Person
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9th March 2022
I was seen quickly by one of the nicest friendliest doctors ever. He listened to me and was very positive and direct He appreciated it when I discussed why I was there and it was great that we concurred that it was unnecessary to waste time and expense with ultrasound investigation that wasn’t required
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Mr Nathan Coombs is the senior consultant surgeon with 20 years experience in breast surgery, endocrine surgery and general surgery. As a trained general surgeon he performs complex hernia operations. He is the Director of The Hernia Clinic (www.herniaclinic.co.uk) and is the main surgeon for laparoscopic (keyhole) hernia surgery in the area.
As a breast surgeon he is passionate about minimally invasive surgery and specialises in day-case breast cancer techniques that preserve the aesthetics of the breast without compromising cancer outcomes.He is one of only six UK specialist breast surgeons who are able to offer intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT), a technique of allowing women with breast cancer to receive all of their cancer treatment in one day. He first became involved in IORT in November 2012 and treated the first patient in Wiltshire in 2015.
He graduated from Southampton University and has worked in the NHS since 1992. He completed an 18 month fellowship at Sydney’s Breast Cancer Institute where he gained expertise in minimally invasive breast cancer techniques and researched extensively about hormone therapy and breast cancer risk. He is the author of many research papers, published in international peer-reviewed medical journals and is an advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer as well as a specialist commentator for technology appraisal with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
In Swindon and North Wiltshire he is now the senior breast cancer surgeon and since 2014 has been the clinical director of private patient services. As an experienced general surgeon he provides vascular access techniques for chemotherapy provision his cancer patients. He also serves as a specialist commentator for technology appraisal with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence.
In his spare time Mr Coombs works with non-governmental charitable organisation, Mercy Ships, where he runs two-day essential surgical skills courses in West African countries, teaching local surgeons in basic and safe surgical techniques
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