Mr Richard Matthews

Medicolegal Expert in Burns and Reconstructive Plastic & Hand Surgery.

Mr Matthews is highly experienced in Burns and Reconstructive Plastic and Hand Surgery.

He became fully accredited in Plastic Surgery, including Cosmetic and Reconstructive aspects, in 1984, was European Travelling Scholar of The British Association of Plastic Surgeons (now called BAPRAS) in 1985 and was appointed Consultant Plastic Surgeon in the National Health Service for Coventry and Warwickshire (catchment 1 million) in 1986.

From 1986 to 2006, as Head of the unit, he effected its transfer to the new University Hospital for Coventry and Warwickshire and radically modernised and expanded the unit, introducing modern techniques and services for congenital abnormalities such as cleft lip and palate and abnormal hands, for soft tissue diseases of the hand, such as Dupuytren’s contracture, for breast reconstruction and head and neck reconstruction in cancer cases, including microsurgical procedures. He worked hard to improve standards of care for skin cancer. He served for four years as first Chair of the Skin Cancer Site Specific Group of the Arden Cancer Network.

Mr Matthews has been West Midlands Regional Chair for Burns and Plastic Surgery and Regional Specialty Advisor to the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has served variously as Clinical and Medical Director within the NHS.

In his private practice, extending over 30 years, Mr Matthews treated a large number of patients with problems of a cosmetic nature as well as various reconstructive requirements, hand disease and skin cancer, achieving a reputation for excellence based on his attention to detail, favourable outcomes and sensitivity.

Website:  www.richardmatthewsmedicolegal.uk

All appointments through Charlotte, Mr Matthews' Secretary, on charlotte.jones4@nuffieldhealth.com or 01926 436339.

Mr Matthews carries appropriate indemnity for his Medicolegal Practice.