Mr Simon Radley, Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Simon Radley
Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Simon Radley MB CHB MD FRCS
Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Simon Radley
Consultant General Surgeon MB CHB MD FRCS
Areas of expertise
- Inguinal hernia
- Stoma surgery
- Colonoscopy
- Anal prolapse
- Hemorrhoidectomy
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Address
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The Harborne Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK
Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2FQ
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (NHS)
Woolwich Stadium Road, Woolwich, London, Greater London, SE18 4QH
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Trust HQ, Po Box 9551, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH
About Mr Simon Radley
GMC number: 3063565
Year qualified: 1985
Place of primary qualification: University of Birmingham
Mr Simon Radley, a Consultant General Surgeon, graduated with Honours in Surgery from the University of Birmingham in 1985. Following his initial house officer posts in Birmingham, he transitioned to a lecturer in anatomy at the University. After completing his Senior House Officer training, he conducted significant research on colorectal cancer, earning an MD from the University of Birmingham for his thesis.
Mr Radley pursued registrar surgical training in general and colorectal surgery in the West Midlands. Specialising in colorectal surgery, he completed his training at St Marks Hospital in London and received overseas traveling fellowships to the USA to study rectal cancer treatments.
Upon completing his training, Mr Radley assumed the role of Senior Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery at Birmingham University and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. In April 2002, he became an NHS Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. Mr Radley played a crucial role in introducing laparoscopic colorectal surgery and enhanced surgical recovery protocols at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and The Priory Hospital.
Instrumental in establishing the Birmingham Bowel Clinic, the first private centre of excellence for managing bowel conditions in the West Midlands, Mr Radley leads a team of highly qualified specialists. The clinic offers a comprehensive and integrated service with a multidisciplinary approach to bowel conditions.
Mr Simon Radley has been actively involved in publishing research on colorectal disease, particularly functional bowel disorders. He served as the Clinical Service Lead for Gastro-intestinal Surgery at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
His expertise encompasses a wide range of diseases, medical tests, and treatments, including anal incontinence and pelvic floor surgery, bowel screening, colonoscopy, coloproctology, colorectal surgery, endoscopy, hernia repair (keyhole), laparoscopy, locally advanced and recurrent cancer surgery (including exenteration), surgical gastroenterology, surgical treatment for haemorrhoids (including HALO and Rafaelo procedures), bowel cancer, rectal bleeding, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Mr Radley is committed to providing the highest standard of care to his patients, ensuring they receive the most advanced and effective treatments available.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal (ventral) hernia
- Abdominal wall defects
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Abdominoperineal resection
- Abscess incision and drainage
- Adhesiolysis
- Adhesions
- Altered bowel habits
- Anal cancer
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula
- Anal prolapse
- Anorectal conditions
- Anorectal melanoma
- Appendicectomy
- Appendicitis
- Banding of haemorrhoids
- Botox injections for anal fissure
- Bowel cancer
- Bowel diversion surgery
- Bowel obstruction
- Bowel resection
- Bowel surgery (colectomy)
- Colitis (ulcerative colitis)
- Colon cancer
- Colon cancer screening
- Colonoscopy
- Coloproctology
- Colorectal cancer
- Colorectal surgery
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Diarrhoea
- Diverticulitis
- Enterocele
- Excision of benign lesions
- Excision of sebaceous cysts
- Faecal immunochemical test (fit)
- Faecal incontinence
- Faecal occult blood (FOB) test
- Femoral hernia
- Fistulectomy and seton insertion
- Functional gut
- General surgery
- Haemorrhoidal artery ligation operation (HALO)
- Haemorrhoids
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hernia
- Hernia repair (keyhole)
- Ileostomy surgery
- Incisional hernia repair
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Inguinal hernia
- Inguinal hernia repair
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
- Laparoscopic bilateral hernia surgery
- Laparoscopy
- Lipoma removal
- Lumps and bumps removal
- Malignant bowel obstruction
- Open hernia repair
- Perianal abscess
- Perianal disease
- Peritoneal tumours
- Pilonidal sinus disorders
- Pilonidal sinus excision
- Rectal biopsy
- Rectal bleeding
- Rectal cancer
- Removal of rectum and colon (proctocolectomy)
- Robotic surgery
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)
- Small bowel cancer
- Spigelian hernia
- Stoma reversal
- Stoma surgery
- Stricture treatment
- Surgical oncology
- Transanal haemorrhoid dearterialisation (THD)
- Umbilical (belly-button) hernia
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Weight loss
Professional memberships


Articles by Mr Simon Radley
Conversion of colonoscopy to flexible sigmoidoscopy: an unintended consequence of quality measurement in endoscopy
Anti-TNF therapy is not associated with an increased risk of post-colectomy complications, a population-based study
The cost-effectiveness of wound-edge protection devices compared to standard care in reducing surgical site infection after laparotomy
Retrospective analysis of pre- and peri-operative imaging in confirmed proximal colonic cancers--possible implications for screening flexible sigmoidoscopy