Mr Andrew Aldridge

Mr Andrew Aldridge is a highly esteemed consultant colorectal and general surgeon, who specialises in colorectal cancer, colonoscopy, a full range of hernia surgery, laparoscopic gallbladder surgery, rectal prolapse, rectal bleeding, as well as haemorrhoids and haemorrhoid surgery. He is currently consulting at the Eastbourne-based Old Orchard Consulting Rooms, and is a member of Sussex Premier Health.

Mr Aldridge, who also possesses expertise in gallstones, abdominal pain, change in bowel habit, anal fistula and inflammatory bowel disease, qualified in medicine with an MBBS in 1989 at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, before becoming FRCS via the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994. He completed research with an MS thesis degree in 2001.

Mr Aldridge boasts extremely impressive surgical outcomes in multiple areas, particularly in the realm of colorectal cancer, with no incomplete resections in the last five years and a 90-day surgical mortality rate of 0 per cent. He has had no recorded inguinal hernia recurrences in the last 10 years. He is undoubtedly one of the most highly regarded and skilled endoscopists in Sussex, with more than 28 years' experience, and has been a consultant colorectal and general surgeon in Eastbourne for 20 years.