Ear, Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Surgery

Picture of an ENT specialist using a medical instrument to look into the ear of a person

The West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ENT Department has highly experienced, fully certified ENT Consultants providing an extensive range of private ENT surgical procedures to both adult and paediatric patients, with the full backup of an experienced surgical and nursing team and the comprehensive facilities integral to a large NHS Acute Hospital.

Our consultants are pleased to offer high quality surgical care to both self-funding patients and to insured patients. They are fully recognised by all UK Private Medical Insurance companies.

Children’s ENT Surgery

All ENT surgical procedures on children both private and NHS are performed at our site at Watford General Hospital.

Services for Children and Young People in the Trust were rated overall as Good in the latest CQC update in February 2018, for being safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

Surgery at Watford General Hospital was also rated as Good in the latest CQC update in June 2020.

Watford General Hospital is a fully-fledged large acute hospital handling all emergencies as well as a wide range of elective work both adult and paediatric. There is a comprehensively staffed Paediatric Department and Ward with a Children’s High Dependency Unit. A high volume of paediatric ENT surgical procedures are performed every week supported by a team of paediatric trained anaesthetists.

Common private ENT surgical procedures on children include:

  • Adenoidectomy
  • Grommet insertion
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Reduction of inferior turbinates
  • Myringoplasty/Eardrum repair

Adult ENT Surgery

ENT surgical procedures on adults both private and NHS are usually performed at our St Albans City Hospital site. Surgery on this site was rated as Good in the latest CQC update in January 2018.

St Albans City Hospital is where multiple outpatient and inpatient services for West Hertfordshire patients are located. It is also the site for the Trust’s busy comprehensive high quality elective Adult Surgical Services.

Common private ENT surgical procedures on Adults include:

  • Balloon dilation of Eustachian tube
  • Balloon dilation of paranasal sinuses
  • Direct pharyngoscopy/laryngoscopy
  • Endoscopic Sinus Surgery/FESS
  • Grommet insertion
  • Mastoidectomy/Mastoid exploration
  • Myringoplasty/Eardrum repair
  • Nasal polypectomy
  • Ossiculoplasty
  • Parotidectomy
  • Septoplasty
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Tonsillectomy

Our Consultants

Our Consultants have years of training and extensive experience from managing the large NHS workload, as well as from many years of private medical practice. Find out more about them here: