Mr Stephen Lake

I graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1978 with a First Class Honours Degree in Medicine. Having completed my junior doctor posts in the United Birmingham Hospitals and being awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (1982), I undertook surgical training at the Royal Free Hospital in London. I was then appointed as Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Leicester during which time I completed my surgical training and under took a period of surgical research, for which I was awarded a Doctorate (MD) by the University of Leicester and in addition, a Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. I was appointed to the Worcester Royal Infirmary as a Consultant General Surgeon in 1991. I have always specialised in colorectal disease and in particular the investigation and treatment of patients by endoscopic (flexible telescope) and laparoscopic (key-hole) techniques. During my time as consultant surgeon in Worcester I have undertaken a number of service delivery and management roles including Clinical Director for Cancer Services, Clinical Director for Surgery and Endoscopy. I have had a key role in introducing a number of very successful clinical services into Worcestershire including laparoscopic colorectal surgery and enhanced endoscopy techniques such as the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP). I served as an Intercollegiate Examiner (final assessor of Surgical Trainees) by the Intercollegiate Examination Board (Royal College of Surgeons) between 2006-2020. I am an accredited National Bowel Cancer Programme Screening Colonoscopist and have been the Clinical Director of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Programme since 2009. Following the major disruption of healthcare services, as a consequence of the Covid pandemic, I was asked and willingly agreed to focus my time on the restoration of elective care services both for the Worcestershire Acute Trust and at Spire South Bank Hospital.

Colorectal surgery (lower GI); Endoscopic procedures; Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery'); Rectal Bleeding; Altered bowel habit; Haemorrhoids; Anal Polyps; Bowel Polyp; Anal fissure; Anal fistula; Bowel cancer; Diverticular disease; Colonoscopy; Gastroscopy; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Bowel resection; Colonic resection; Inguinal Hernia repairs; abdominal hernia; Bowel Cancer Screening; FIT kit; Faecal Immunochemical Test: