Dr Ian London

I qualified as a doctor in 1990 from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London. After training in the Southwest of England, I chose to specialise in gastroenterology (the study and treatment of the stomach, bowel, and liver) at King's College Hospital in London. I then worked as a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, combining patient care with teaching and research — an experience that shaped my commitment to offering the highest standard of care to people with digestive and liver problems. In 1999, I became a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust in Crewe. Over the years I helped set up new services there, including care for patients with hepatitis B and C, better support for people with alcohol-related illness, a specialist clinic for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and a nurse-led clinic for people with low iron levels. I also led the gastroenterology and endoscopy departments and went on to become Clinical Director and Lead Colonoscopist for the regional Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Since 2015, I have worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where I became part of a large team providing round-the-clock care for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding across Cheshire. We are also working to make our IBD service easier to access, including a dedicated email address for patients. I now work part-time in the NHS, focusing on the IBD service, and I see private patients at Spire Wirral Hospital, Spire Abergele Clinic, and Spire Wrexham Hospital. Alongside my clinical work, I help assess endoscopy units across the UK as a Medical Assessor for the Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG), making sure they meet national standards for safety and quality. I also write independent medical reports for the Health Service Ombudsman, offering impartial expert advice when patients or families feel their care has fallen short of expected standards. I have a particular interest in endoscopy procedures (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy), inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease, food intolerance, rectal bleeding and haemorrhoids, indigestion, Barrett's oesophagus, and treating gastrointestinal bleeding. Whatever your condition, my goal is always to explain things clearly, offer treatment based on the best available evidence, and provide care that puts you and your comfort first.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); Dyspepsia; Indigestion; Helicobacter pylori infection; Reflux dyspepsia; Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); Constipation; Post-infective diarrhoea; Food Intolerance; Coeliac disease; Crohn’s disease, including strictures and fistulas; Ulcerative colitis; Microscopic colitis; Jaundice. Liver and Pancreatic Disease; Non-alcoholic fatty liver; Alcoholic liver disease; Haemochromatosis; Viral and Auto-imune liver disease; Anaemia; Investigation and treatment of iron deficiency anaemia. Bowel cancer screening; Rectal bleeding and band ligation of haemorrhoids (piles); Optimising thiopurine use, azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, mycophenolate; Anti-TNF biologics, Infliximab, Adalimumab, other biologics; Vedolizumab, Ustekinumab, JAK-2 inhibitors eg: Tofacitinib for UC. Digestive endoscopy; gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and proctoscopy.