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Mr Nathan Coombs
2021-02-01
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1st February 2021
Give me a listening ear and acted very professional
Mr Nathan Coombs
2021-01-21
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21st January 2021
Mr Coombs has been looking after me since my initial breast cancer diagnosis back in Sept 2019. I am incredibly lucky to have him as my surgeon and whenever I have seen him he has put me at ease and has explained things throughly to me. Nothing is too much trouble for him and I trust him completely with my care.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2019-08-06
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6th August 2019
I was Diagnosed with DCIS in January of this year (2019). I was introduced to Mr Coombs on the same day of my Diagnosis and pretty much given a date for surgery at that meeting which was to take place on the 28th Feb. The surgery went well, i stayed only as a day patient, Mr Coombs has a wonderful manner, he is kind, caring and understanding, he does not sugar coat anything but does keep you informed in a very calm and sympathetic tone. Unfortunately at my results appointment 2 weeks later his news was not the best as they had found more DCIS further up in my breast so i was back for further surgery a week later, again the care and understanding that i received was exemplary, again 2 weeks later more news that was very unexpected was that Mr Coombs had found more. A decision was made to remove my breast which i was fully in agreement with. My Mastectomy took place on the 20th June, i am now back to work, feeling well and confident in myself, i would not hesitate to recommend Mr Coombs to anyone unfortunate enough to find themselves needing breast surgery. Thank you Mr Coombs, you really are a very special person.
Mr Nathan Coombs
2018-04-11
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11th April 2018
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2014.
I was lucky enough to have the support of Mr Coombs as my consultant.
He is a very gentle and genuinely caring man who through the most difficult time of my life, made everything clear and easy to take in, he took time to fully explain every aspect of the journey I was about to take.
I always felt in control and confident in everything he suggested and we discussed as regards the treatment from Chemo to reconstruction.
The care I received has always been outstanding from Mr Coombs and the team at the Breast centre GWH Swindon.
Profile
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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