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Lindo Wing Consultants 2015-2016

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Hopeneverlost · 29/10/2015 15:06

Hi, can anyone suggest me a great, experienced, caring consultant who works at the Lindo Wing?
Someone suggest me Setchell,Zhang or Horner.Any comment on these names?
Many thanks lovely mums

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Brummiegirl15 · 29/10/2015 20:01

Marcus Setchell used to be by Royal appointment but he's now retired. Hence why Guy Thorpe-Beeston and Alan Farthing delivered Prince George and Princess Charlotte

Have heard people speak about Etienne Horner and Ghe Zhang in quite positive terms.

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Hopeneverlost · 30/10/2015 15:17

Thank you Brummiegirl15.
On the list of consultants of the lindo wing there is Tom Setchell who is probably related to Marcus Setchell (retired).
My worry is that all of them (T. Setchell, Zhang and Horner) are all young professional doctors. Do they have enough experience?
I would prefer to have a doctor who has worked in Uk for at least 30 years and I have to say I would prefer to have a female consultant.
This will be my second child, I'm 36 years old and I don't want for any reason incur in any complication.
Mums, please give me all your feedbacks.
I really appreciate your help!

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HBSBeeches · 30/10/2015 20:26

I used william dennes. I couldn't recommend him highly enough. Hope this helps.

rundown25 · 01/11/2015 07:04

Why do they need at least 30 years experience ? Complications can happen regardless of experience . I'm sure the doctors who delivered George and Charlotte are very good

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 01/11/2015 07:17

30 years! You could struggle as by the time they have obtained their speciality registration and practiced for 30 years, a lot of consultants will have retired or be near to.

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Hopeneverlost · 01/11/2015 17:51

Thank you HBSBeeches for your suggestion.
rundown25, it is true, complications can happen at any time, to any woman, but if the consultant have a lot of experience will know how to handle the difficult situation. Experience means knowledge. Furthermore Guy-Besson(who delivered George and Charlotte) is currently in the list of the lindo wing and he is an obstetrician(he has a lot of experience, so I'm considering him), while the second consultant who delivered G. and C. is not in the list anymore.
Gobbolinothewitchscat, statistically consultants retire when they reach 61-62 years of age. I said 30 years of experience because I need someone super-experienced, with lovely grey hair! (but of course if they have 25 years of experience in the Uk I would consider them too!).
Everyone has different opinions, but I would appreciate if you can give more comments on the consultants name. Many thanks again!

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PotteringAlong · 01/11/2015 18:04

A quick google tells me Tom Setchell qualified in 2000 so he has nowhere near enough experience for you.

PotteringAlong · 01/11/2015 18:07

Dr zhang has "2 decades" experience according to her website so she's 10 years short! I think you might need to rethink the 30 years experience bit.

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 01/11/2015 18:10

My point is that very few consultants will be available of the age you prefer. If you are willing to look at younger consultants, then you may get more responses.

Age is not necessarily determinative of experience and talent. My uncle in law is a professor of neurosurgery and probably one of the most highly regarded in the world - definitely the UK. However, using your criteria, you would disregard him for brain surgery as he only has 22 years of experience.

I'm just saying that you could miss out on some very good doctors which would be a shame

PotteringAlong · 01/11/2015 18:12

I'm with gobbolino on this one. It doesn't have the age of dr Horner on his website but from his picture he's not 60...

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 01/11/2015 20:05

Guy Thorpe-Beeston is sadly ruled out as he just passes the qualification test. But doesn't have grey hair and wasted nearly 10 years specialising in fetal medicine (ie scans etc). So that's 10 years of delivery experience he's missed out on and is therefore ineligable Grin

Marcus Setchell might fit the bill. Although he has unfortunately retired and didn't even come out of retirement to deliver Charlotte. He might for the OP though....he does have grey hair but may have become slightly de-skilled during retirement. Which is a worry

PotteringAlong · 01/11/2015 21:30

If you work on experience being how many deliveries they've done rather than years maybe? You will have someone with the same amount of experience in 15 years in a busy London NHS hospital as someone with 30 years in a relatively quiet private hospital? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you hate the idea of giving birth at an NHS hospital Grin but looking at who has the most NHS experience might not be a bad plan in terms of actual bodies treated experience.

lunar1 · 02/11/2015 10:55

I bet some of these consultants will be gutted to miss out on delivering the op's child!

thenewbroom · 02/11/2015 14:22

I don't think there are many consultants who do private only work; most work NHS as well so far as I know.

The 30 year/grey hair thing is a bit arbitrary (and is highly likely to rule out women OBs).
I had a consultant in her early 40s who was absolutely fabulous and gave me far better attention and care than her senior colleague who had cared for me in previous pregnancies. But each to their own.

Boosiehs · 02/11/2015 14:25

Mr Dennes certainly isn't private only as I'm seeing him at QC on the NHS!

PetersonPeterson · 02/11/2015 14:35

Karl Murphy is fantastic as is his colleague Lorin Lakasing. I was meant to have Mr Murphy, but in fact had my baby early when he was on holiday and ended up having Lorin. She was wonderful, felt in very safe hands having had a difficult and stressful pregnancy. She was very calm, very thorough and listened to me when I needed her to. Had previously had a baby privately at Chelsea and Westminster and would definitely recommend either consultant and the Lindo Wing itself over C&W. Good luck

rundown25 · 03/11/2015 23:04

4dcs,one with major complications during labour which nearly resulted in me and dd dying. Good old nhs saved us . Private healthcare is un necessary amd no safer than nhs. All the consultants work for nhs anyways . I salute the nhs and I'm proud we have it

rundown25 · 03/11/2015 23:08

Private on consultants are a waste of money as ALL have nhs patients. Maybe you don't want to give birth with us riff raff but I can assure you nhs gives just as good if not better service than the greedy money grabbing private consultants. Yes they will rI'll over you and seem so attentive but once that cheque has been cashed you are but a distant memory I'm afraid. I have worked in ons and gynae for 16 years and the consultants who take on private patients do not give any greater care crab their a nhs riff raff.

rundown25 · 03/11/2015 23:13

Sorry I'm flabbergasted at your requests . Why do u feel u need such specialist care ?? Giving birth is so natural and not a medical procedure . Go with a midwife led unit and enjoy the beauty of birth. It's natural ,normal and does not require a doctor at all

lunar1 · 04/11/2015 09:33

I love the extremes the thread has brought up. Going from only a consultant with 30 years experience to Drs are not needed in child birth.

Thank god most of us fall somewhere in between!

PatriciaHolm · 04/11/2015 09:44

I would much rather have a younger consultant who would be more likely to be up on the latest research and thinking than someone near retirement who may well not be!

Also. You need to understand that even the best consultant cannot guarantee you will not have complications. Things can go awry even in the most controlled of environments. You need to have a plan for all eventualities.

rundown25 · 04/11/2015 11:46

Iv worked on a midwife led unit for 10 years and have been part of 100s of births where a doctor was not needed lunar. It's a normal process not a medical one

Justaboy · 04/11/2015 11:58

Can I offer my services?. I've delivered one baby right out in the middle of nowhere in the back of a van near the coast, it was many years ago now but i still remember it well;)

But can i make a suggestion to hopeverlost?, just remember that there's a lot of people who make up the medical team at a hospital and stop worrying as you clearly are and enjoy the experience for what it is. We're not in a deprived third world country problems in childbirth are very few and far between these days!. People forget its not a medical problem its just part of the normal life cycle!.

nb: Is it a boy or a girl;?.

rundown25 · 04/11/2015 12:21

Exactly justaboy people treat pregnancy like an illness and it's really not. Continue as normal and just enjoy the experience . I had no choice but to just get on with being pregnant being a farmers wife . I was chasing chickens and mucking out my horses 12 days over due haha chasing the chickens and climbing over a fence at 12 days overdue was a god awful sight tho haha

rundown25 · 04/11/2015 12:22

Justaboy domyou have grey hair ? Remember that's part of the criteria as well as 30 years experience ??

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