Dr Christopher Meaden

I have been a Consultant in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine since 2005. I see patients with a wide range of gastroenterology problems at BMI, The Lancaster Hospital. All new and follow up consultations and all endoscopies (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and ERCP) are performed by me. If a patient needs additional tests (such as CT scan, MRI scan and capsule endoscopy) then I arrange this. I am an accredited Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopist, which requires a higher level of performance than normal consultant colonoscopy practice. I also train juniors doctors and consultant colleagues in colonoscopy. Patients who are referred to me typically have complaints such as, abdominal pain/discomfort, indigestion/heartburn/wind/bloating, a change in bowel habit (diarrhoea and constipation), bleeding at defacation, anaemia, gallstone problems, abnormal scan results, abnormal liver blood tests (LFTs), or a family history of cancer.