One Hatfield News


Children’s Hearing Assessments, with Mrs Fiona Bateson, Consultant Audiologist

One Hatfield Hospital are pleased to offer a special package price of £275 for children’s hearing assessments (age 3 to 16). If you have any concerns about your child’s hearing, you have been waiting a long time for an NHS referral, or would like your child to have the routine hearing assessment recommended at age 4 to 5*, our Consultant Audiologist can help.


Total and Partial Knee Replacement – Common questions answered by Mr Tarique Parwez

There are two types of primary knee replacement surgery – total knee replacement and partial knee replacement. Mr Tarique Parwez, Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery answers some commonly asked questions to explain the difference between the two procedures, when surgery would be advised and how long it will take to resume normal activities after surgery.


Snoring and Sleep Apnoea, with Mr Prasad Kothari

Snoring affects 35 to 45 per cent of men and 15 to 30 per cent of women, whereas sleep apnoea, also known as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), is less common, affecting only three to five per cent of adults. Mr Prasad Kothari, Consultant ENT Surgeon, tells us what can be done to help individuals (and their partners) get a better night’s sleep.


Could you be a blood stem cell donor?

One Hatfield Hospital is helping to raise awareness of Arya’s search for a matching blood stem cell donor.  Registering to become a potential stem cell donor is easy, and you can help save a life.


Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, with Mr Mohamed Ahmed

Mr Mohamed Ahmed, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon is interested in the use of endoscopic spinal surgery (keyhole surgery) using the latest advanced techniques to help patient recover quickly and with a good outcome.


Managing spine care during coronavirus, with Mr Dimpu Bhagawati, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon

  Mr Dimpu Bhagawati’s article in The Guardian’s health supplement ‘Managing spine care during coronavirus’ is available to read in full.   On 10 October 2020 Mr Dimpu Bhagawati, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, was featured in The Guardian’s weekend health supplement.  You can read the article in full here. Mr Bhagawati offers his patients full access…


Ask the Consultant – children’s orthopaedic care

Mr Shobhit Verma is the only orthopaedic consultant in the area who focuses exclusively on paediatrics, offering babies, children and adolescents highly specialised operative and non-operative management of a wide range of routine and complex conditions.