Mr Paul Sutton is a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon. He sees private patients at HCA The Wilmslow Hospital and at The Christie Clinic, and is the director of the Cheshire Bowel Clinic (https://cheshirebowelclinic.co.uk).

Mr Sutton treats patients with a wide range of abdominal and bowel symptoms, as well as problems around the bottom, and general surgical conditions such as hernias. He is also the lead clinician for the endoscopy unit, undertaking gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and both diagnostic and interventional colonoscopy.

He is also a recognised expert in colorectal cancer surgery, with his NHS practice based at the world renowned Christie Hospital. Here, Mr Sutton treats patients with advanced, recurrent, and metastatic colorectal cancer, including undertaking highly complex and specialist procedures such as pelvic exenteration, sacrectomy, and cytoreductive surgery with heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

Background

Having graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2006, Mr Sutton pursued postgraduate training across Nottingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. He was later awarded a Clinical Research Training Fellowship by Cancer Research UK and began a PhD aimed at enhancing treatment responses to chemotherapy and radiotherapy in colorectal cancer. He was awarded the John of Arderne medal from the Royal Society of Medicine and the Arris & Gale medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his research work.

Mr Sutton completed further fellowship training, including the European Society of Peritoneal Surface Oncology fellowship and the European Board Surgical Qualification in Surgical Oncology, where he secured the prize for the best examination performance. Mr Sutton also underwent additional training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, renowned as the world’s most experienced unit for the management of advanced pelvic malignancy. He returned to The Christie Hospital in 2021 to commence his consultant practice, and has been working at The Christie Private Care and The Wilmslow Hospital since 2022.