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Mr Douglas George West

Last updated: 3 Jan 2024

GMC: 4446000
Areas of Practice: Thoracic
Region: South West
Hospitals: Bristol Royal Infirmary

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, University Hospitals Bristol.

Deputy Clinical Lead (Surgery), the National Lung Cancer Audit.

Vice Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgical Specialty Board, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) cardiothoracic surgery national clinical lead 2020-2023.

National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP) thoracic surgery national clinical lead 2022-

Vice Chair, NICE 2019 lung cancer guideline development committee  

Member, NICE lung cancer quality standards development group 2019.

 

Training Attended

Edinburgh Univeristy Medical School

Hammersmith Hospitals Basic Surgical Training Scheme

Scottish Higher Surgical Training Programme in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Clinical Fellow in Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, University of Toronto / Toronto General Hospital

Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

Qualifications & Accreditations

Bsc (Hons) MB ChB FRCS(CTh) PgDip Epidemiology

1997 Sir Robert Jones Prize in Orthopaedic Surgery, Edinburgh University

2008 Greek Pioneers' Prize, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Thoracic Surgery

This consultant has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Lung Cancer Audit - 2017

SCTS Committees

This consultant is or was a member of the following committees, click on any committee to see more information:

CommitteeOfficeTerm of Office
AuditChair2017 - 2022
Board of RepresentativesThoracic Surgery Representative Deputy2021-2024
Executive CommitteeAudit Sub-Committee Co-Chair2019 - 2022
Professional StandardsMember2021 - 2023
Thoracic SurgeryNCIP/GIRFT Rep.2024-2027
Thoracic SurgeryGIRFT Lead2019 - 2022
Thoracic SurgeryAudit Lead2019 - 2022

Addresses

Hospital

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Dept of Thoracic Surgery
Upper Maudlin Street
BRISTOL
BS2 8HW
United Kingdom

Secretary Email: bristolthoracicsurgery@uhbw.nhs.uk

Personal Mobile: douglas.west1@nhs.net

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