Mr. Ashish Desai is a Consultant Paediatric surgeon at Royal London Hospital. Ashish has more than 30 years of experience treating paediatric surgical conditions. He manages all routine surgical conditions like inguinal hernia, undescended testis, phimosis, smegma cysts, tongue tie, urinary incontinence, bed wetting, constipation as well as complex conditions requiring fundoplication, diagnostic laparoscopy or distal hypospadias repair. He is an expert laparoscopic surgeon and has been training and mentoring junior doctors. He is a leading authority in Paediatric Obesity and Bariatric Surgery. He set up the first "Surgical weight loss Centre" at King's college hospital and is now setting up the same at Royal London Hospital. Ashish has worked as specialist advisor to NICE and NCEPOD for bariatric surgery and was member of Paediatric Bariatric Surgery CRG to set up service specifications for the Tier 4 service. He is currently member of NHS-England Tier 3 CYP Obesity taskforce. Ashish has organised 3 international meetings for Paediatric Obesity. He has also been organising chairman of Congress for British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons and organising committee member of 2 Congresses of European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons as well as British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. He has published 35 chapters and numerous articles in indexed journals. He has presented in more than 100 congresses and conferences. Mr. Desai was also Honorary Secretary of British Association of Paediatric Surgeons from 2020-2023. He is also involved with various charities. He has keen interest in Quality Improvement.
Anaesthesia fees are the cost of the care you receive from the
anaesthetist during a surgical procedure. These fees are separate
from the fees charged by the hospital and surgeon.
Aggregated data collected from anaesthetists over the last 2 years,
updated monthly.
Pre-assessment fees
LONDON
NATIONAL
Average
Average
£250
£213
Range
Range
£190 - £300
£165 - £251
Based on data from 96 anaesthetists in London
(238
nationally)
Package fees
Few pre-assessment fees in London are included in a package price provided by the hospital.
Based on data from 149 anaesthetists in London (384 nationally)
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