Director of Patient and Public Liaison Srinivas Chintapatla is a consultant colorectal and abdominal wall hernia surgeon at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. He is also a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School. He has been doing complex ventral hernia surgery from 2004 when he was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon
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Dear BHS member, Some of you will have seen or heard about a news story released in the early hours of Monday 26 June on the BBC website, www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40132638, relating to hernia repair with mesh. I believe this news-piece contains factual inaccuracies and implies that mesh is the cause of all patient’s problems post mesh
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Groin hernia and you What is a groin hernia What causes groin hernia What are the symptoms How are groin hernias diagnosed Does my groin hernia need to be treated? What does surgery involve? Which operation should I have? When will I go home? What are the risks of surgery? How do I prepare for
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Travel awards 2019 Travel grants 2019 to attend EHS Hamburg 1. Sujay Shah, University College in London 2. Jola Olugbemi, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds 3. Nader Habib Bedwani, King George Hospital, Ilford 4. James Pilkington, Manchester University Foundation Trust BHS Research awards 2019 A Sayers National collaboration (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT as lead
British Hernia Society 2021 Research Awards Winners Following the our advertisement via website and the newsletters, we had a very successful round of research applicants for the BHS research award. They were all of an excellent calibre; the board decided to award grants to three applications as listed below. It’s always difficult to choose, more
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A National Survey of Hernia Services and Surgeons: Review of Current Practices Within the UK in association with the British Hernia Society Dear BHS member, In 2017, The European Hernia Society (EHS) appointed a working group comprised of 18 hernia experts from across Europe and published guidance for hernia centre and surgeon accreditation. This was
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Patient representative Jackie experienced incisional hernia following previous abdominal surgery and now uses her experience to help promote best practice in hernia surgery. She is proud to be a patient representative on the board of British Hernia Society and also sits on the AWR and PPL subcommittees to ensure that the patient voice is fully
Nasra Alam is a post-CCT Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) Surgery Fellow at Arrowe Park, having completed her General and Colorectal Surgery training in the North West of England in 2025.
She has a strong interest in hernia surgery, particularly abdominal wall reconstruction, and has presented widely at hernia conferences and courses. As a member of the Biomesh Study Group in 2015, she contributed to several publications and co-authored a consensus review on the use of biologic and biosynthetic meshes in defined clinical settings..
