An Orthopaedics Guide for Today's GP

Maneesh Bhatia is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospitals Leicester, with a private practice at Spire Leicester and Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital. Whilst trained in a broad range of musculoskeletal disorders, Mr Bhatia specialises in foot and ankle surgery. He did his Orthopaedics training in Guys & South Thomas rotation, London followed by Foot & Ankle fellowships in Cambridge & USA. Mr Bhatia was European Foot and Ankle Fellow of the year 2009. Mr Bhatia has written on foot disorders for the Oxford Textbook of Trauma and Orthopaedics and is involved in a number of research projects. He runs regular GP Orthopaedic Training seminars and Joint injection courses. Tim Jennings qualified from Guy’s Hospital, London in 1981. He did his VTS training in Leicester from 1982-85. He joined Syston Health Centre, Leicester as a GP Partner in 1985 and continues to work here. He became a GP trainer in 1990. He became the programme director of Health Education East Midlands (HEEM) in 1990 and is still thriving in this role till date. He is School Medical Officer.

Paediatric Orthopaedic Disorders- Mr Sunil Bajaj and Mr Nicholas Nicolaou Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons



Spine Disorders- Mr Jason Braybrooke, Consultant Orthopaedics (Spine)



Shoulder Disorders- Miss Alison Armstrong, Consultant Orthopaedics (Upper Limb)



Elbow Disorders – Mr Kevin Boyd, Consultant Orthopaedics (Sports & Exercise Medicine)



Hand and wrist Disorders – Mr Bijayendra Singh, Consultant Orthopaedics (Upper limb)



Hip Disorders – Mr Matthew Seah – Academic Clinical Fellow & Specialist Registrar, and Mr Vikas Khanduja, Consultant Orthopaedics (Hip)



Knee Disorders – Mr Sanjeev Anand and Mr Tim Green, Consultant Orthopaedics (Knee)



Foot & Ankle Disorders – Mr Maneesh Bhatia, Consultant Orthopaedics (Foot & Ankle)



Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours (Lumps and Bumps) – Mr Robert U Ashford, Consultant Orthopaedics (Musculoskeletal Tumour Surgeon) and Dr Phillip N Green General Practitioner



Preoperative Fitness & Perioperative Issues in MSK patients - Dr Ralph Leighton, Consultant Anaesthetist and Dr Stephen Le Maistre, General Practitioner



Rheumatology for GPs - Dr Kehinde Sunmboye and Dr Ash Samanta, Consultant Rheumatologists



The Role of Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Primary Care - Richard Wood, Extended scope Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist



Musculoskeletal Disorders – The GP Perspective: Dr Tom Rowley, General Practitioner