Biography Oliver Blocker is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham. He was previously a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green in Bristol, but relocated in September 2024, to our hospital in Birmingham. Mr Oliver Blocker specialises in primary and revision knee and hip replacements.  In addition to…

Biography Petros Mikalef is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Spasticity surgeon who works at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. He has completed Fellowship training in Hand Surgery and in Spasticity Surgery, in 2013. His classification system for surgical neurectomy has been adopted internationally. He has significant experience in the operative treatment of elective hand…

Biography Having trained as a specialist registrar at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Rubina completed a two-year fellowship in Vitreo-retinal surgery. She has been working as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS foundation Trust since September 2002, providing Vitreo-retinal service to the whole of Huddersfield, Halifax and surrounding areas. She has recently retired from…

Biography Mr Zsolt Balogh graduated from the Medical University of Debrecen, Hungary in 1989. He qualified in Radiology in 1993, and Radiation Oncology in 2003. He has worked in the Radiology and Oncoradiology Departments of the Aladar Petz County Teaching Hospital in Gyor, Hungary from 1989 to 2010. He was granted an honorary observer post…

Learn more about Szabolcs Szigethy Mr Szigethy is an active member in the ear, nose and throat medical field. He has been involved in award-winning research in the treatment of sarcoidosis, and regularly participates in local and international courses. Mr Szigethy joined Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet in 2014. Mr Szigethy treats self-pay, private…

Biography Mr Yahia Al-Tamimi completed his medical training in 2002 and graduated with honours from the University of Leeds. He gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England following training in Preston and Cambridge. He was subsequently placed onto a post-graduate neurosurgical training program in Leeds General Infirmary and gained entry to the…

Biography Miriam Langdon’s science and clinical background began in Canada as an undergraduate in genetics and progressed to a medical degree and post-graduate research in physiology in Ireland. Dr Langdon was appointed to Practice Plus Group following thirteen years as Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist in the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Ireland where she specialised in anaesthesia and…

Biography Mr Ockrim has and still works in Yeovil District hospital since 2003 and is a consultant surgeon, clinical lead for surgery and a colorectal cancer surgeon at the hospital alongside his YDH work. He qualified from Glasgow University Medical School. and did his surgical training in Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Mr Ockrim’s…

Learn more about Mark Tomlinson Mark is an experienced consultant general surgeon who specialises in gallstones, varicose veins, hernias, skin lump removal, and general day-case surgery. Mr Tomlinson treats self-pay patients, private medical insurance patients, and NHS patients. A private consultation with Mr Tomlinson costs just £95. This price includes: an in depth consultation, x-rays,…

Biography James Wareham is a Consultant working in our pain management speciality in Shepton Mallet but he is also an Interventional Neuroradiologist at North Bristol NHS Trust. James is one of six interventional neuroradiologists at Southmead hospital that deliver the regional sub-arachnoid haemorrhage and stroke thrombectomy service and along with Dr Steve Morgan and Dr…