Mr Richard Hill
Qualifications
MB ChB, FRCA (Ed), FRCS (Tr & Orth) Ed
GMC number: 3543449
Practising since: 1992
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Weekly Monday
- Weekly Thursday
- Overview
About
Mr Hill graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 1991 and subsequently as an anatomy lecturer at Edinburgh University followed by basic and subsequent higher specialist training in Edinburgh. He completed two fellowships, one in New Zealand specialising in trauma and shoulders and the other in Oswestry in the UK, specialising in shoulder and sports knee injuries.
Mr Hill is a dual accredited surgeon, he became a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 2001 and completed training in 2003. He became Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Richard's Hospital in 2003, where he provides an 'on call' trauma service and has maintained his primary hip and knee arthroplasty service alongside sub-specialisation in shoulder and elbow disorders including sports knee injuries.
Mr Hill currently works at St Richard's Hospital both electively and 'on call' and provides a private practise at the Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital. In his spare time Mr Hill enjoys spending time with his family and taking his children to sporting events. When he has the rare opportunity he also enjoys playing golf.
Mr Hill is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in:
- Knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Hip replacement
- Recovery Plus
- Shoulder replacement
- Shoulder reversed polarity
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Shoulder decompression
- Shoulder rotator cuff repair
- Elbow surgery
- Carpal tunnel release
- Protein Rich Plasma (PRP)
- Golfer & tennis elbow.
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Richard Hill at Nuffield Health
- Hemiarthroplasty
- Shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair)
- Knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Chondroplasty
- Hip revision
- Manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA)
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT)
- Shoulder replacement
- Meniscectomy for meniscus tear
- Shoulder Manipulation
- PCL reconstruction
- Hip replacement
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair
- Hip arthroscopy
- Tennis elbow release
- Tibial osteotomy
- Trigger Point Injections
- Elbow surgery
- Image guided joint injections
- Cubital tunnel release
- Arthroplasty
Locations Mr Richard Hill works with
Related experience
Research
Research papers include:
- "Epidemiology and survival of Pubic Rami Fractures."
- "Clinical Examination for FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) Shoulder chapter."
- "Adult distal humeral metaphyseal fractures: epidemiology and results of treatment."
- "Drain vs. no drain in unilateral and bilateral knee arthroplasty: a randomised prospective trial."
- "The outcome of primary hemiarthroplasty performed for prosimal humeral fractures."
Memberships
- Fellow Royal College of Surgeons
- Medical Protection Society
Other posts held
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, St Richard's Hospital
- Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital
Insurers Mr Richard Hill works with
Mr Richard Hill works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa On Demand
- Childsure
- Cigna
- CS Healthcare
- ESMI
- Exeter Family Friendly
- Freedom Health
- Health-on-Line
- HealthFund
- InterGlobal
- Medical Care Direct
- PHC
- SecureHealth
- Simplyhealth
- Universal Provident
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
- WPA
Declaration
Mr Richard Hill does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Richard Hill has the following interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital:
Mr Hill owns 100% of an Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy machine which is located at Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital.
Mr Richard Hill does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.