One Hatfield News

The staff team at One Hatfield Hospital are delighted to welcome Cecille Pelagio, our new Outpatients Lead. Cecille has been a registered nurse for 20 years and has a background in respiratory care and rehabilitation. She joins us from Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, a rehabilitation hospital in Welwyn, where she was a Ward Sister for six years.

One Hatfield Hospital are pleased to offer a special package price of £275 for children’s hearing assessments (age 3 to 16). If you have any concerns about your child’s hearing, you have been waiting a long time for an NHS referral, or would like your child to have the routine hearing assessment recommended at age 4 to 5*, our Consultant Audiologist can help.

The Good Life, distributed with The Week, included an article with Mr Dimpu Bhagawati, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, and his provision for spine care in a coronavirus-safe environment. You can read the full article here.

We’re delighted to welcome Louise Higgins to the One Hatfield Hospital Management Team as our new Paediatric Lead.

There are two types of primary knee replacement surgery – total knee replacement and partial knee replacement. Mr Tarique Parwez, Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery answers some commonly asked questions to explain the difference between the two procedures, when surgery would be advised and how long it will take to resume normal activities after surgery.

Snoring affects 35 to 45 per cent of men and 15 to 30 per cent of women, whereas sleep apnoea, also known as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), is less common, affecting only three to five per cent of adults. Mr Prasad Kothari, Consultant ENT Surgeon, tells us what can be done to help individuals (and their partners) get a better night’s sleep.

There are a number of non-surgical treatments that may be sufficient to provide long-term relief from shoulder and elbow pain. Mr Rajeev Sharma, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, tells us more.

One Hatfield Hospital is helping to raise awareness of Arya’s search for a matching blood stem cell donor.  Registering to become a potential stem cell donor is easy, and you can help save a life.