CHOOSING LONDON FOR HEALTHCARE
Andrew Chadwick-Jones, OneWelbeck CEO, reveals how the hospital flourished during the pandemic and its plans for further expansion
GROWTH AND INNOVATION ARE THE KEY TO SUCCESS OneWelbeck has been through a rapid period of expansion in the past year. What new departments do you now have? We now have 12 different departments at OneWelbeck, including our Digestive Health and Heart Health teams, which are now, I believe, the biggest of their kind in the UK. We also have teams in Orthopaedics, Imaging & Diagnostics, Digestive Surgery, a surgery centre, and an Enhanced Breast Screening clinic. One of our new teams is Women’s Health, which, like all our other teams, has a dedicated clinic with any scans conducted on-site, and staggered appointments to ensure calm and privacy. The team is run by Professor Dame Lesley Regan, who
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is the former head of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Over the past year, we have also added an Ear, Nose & Throat clinic (ENT), which is run by Professor Shak Saeed, the clinical director of the Royal National ENT Hospital. Another addition to our offering has been the Skin Health & Allergy team, which encompasses a range of dermatologists and allergists to provide patients with the best possible care. We have also established an Endocrinology team, complete with 15 endocrinologists, as well as a Lung Health team that is now the biggest private respiratory group in the UK and has been very instrumental in the treatment of long Covid.
