Urology

We offer services at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Worcestershire Royal please contact the team via email or phone at:

Contact a Consultant or Secretary:

Mr A. Makar – 01527 503030 – extension 47912

Mr W. Gallagher – 01562 828881

Mr A. Kodera – 01527 512157

Mr M Shafiq – 01905 760766

Mr P. Naidu – 01905 760718

Mrs M. Ahmed – 01905 760718

Mr K. Koo – 01562 513097

Mr P. Rajjayabun – 01527 512155

We have a team of 6 consultant Urologists who work across our Hospital sites providing a comprehensive service to patients living in Worcestershire and beyond:

Meet our Consultant Team

We have a team of 5 urology nurse specialists who are trained in both cancerous and non-cancerous urological problems.

Their services include:

• Specialist advice on the management of symptoms or effects of treatment for patients, relatives or carers who are affected by a urological cancer or non-cancerous urological conditions
• Counselling for urology patients, relatives and carers
• Core members of the urology multidisciplinary team
• Investigation, results and treatment clinics
• Support and training to healthcare staff
• Telephone contact and consultation

If you are required to undergo surgery at our Hospital, we have a dedicated surgical ward at the Worcestershire Urology Centre Ward 10 at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

There are 21 beds and over 32 members of staff on the ward, providing high quality care to patients and visitors.

We admit emergencies from A&E, patients who are due to have major urological surgery and occasionally transfers from other local hospitals.

We undertake a variety of procedures including:

• radical prostatectomy
• nephrectomy
• orchidectomy
• percutaneous nephrolithotomy
• urethroscopy
• trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
• trans-urethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT)

For more inforamtion about what our patient's say about our services here at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, please visit the following websites:

  - Find out what patients say about our Urology services at our Hospitals

  - Find out what patients say about our Urology services at our Hospitals

We also have a patient support group - The Prostate Cancer Support Group Worcestershire offers a programme of events for people living in Worcestershire

The Urology Foundation

The Prostate Cancer Support Group Worcestershire: https://kwpcsg.co.uk/

The British Association of Urological Surgeons: Surgical Outcomes

The Cystitis and Over Active Bladder Foundation: http://www.cobfoundation.org

For inforamtion about urological cancer inforrmation, please visit:

www.macmillan.org.uk

prostatecanceruk.org

Action Bladder Cancer UK