I am Dr Philip Mairs, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Darent Valley Hospital, near Bluewater in Kent.  My Private Practice is based at the BMI Fawkham Manor Hospital in Kent.  My interests include all aspects of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology including inflammatory bowel disease, cancer screening, dyspepsia and reflux, nutrition, hepatology, Barrett's oesophagus and irritable bowel syndrome plus conventional and  small bowel wireless capsule endoscopy.

For endoscopic images and a description of just some of the modern tests available for the investigation of intestinal disorders click here.

For more details you can view my Curriculum Vitae.

Latest News

Alliance Surgical www.allsurgical.co.uk .  

Colon Cancer Screening is now available by means of a simple stool test carried out in your own home.

Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Now Available. Gastrohealth News Page

Our capsule endoscopy service has won the Kent Regional Award for Innovation at the 2006 bestofhealth awards.

Current Research

ASPECT (Aspirin and Esomeprazole Chemoprevention Trial): A study examining the best way to prevent cancer of the lower oesophagus developping in patients with Barrett's Oesophagus (Columnar Lined Oesophagus). www.octo-oxford.org.uk/Trials/Aspect/Aspect.aspx

SOCS: Stomach and Oesophageal Cancer Study: To examine the genetic and environmental determinants of these cancers.

Contact Information

Remember patients should ideally be referred by their General Practitioners.  If you would like to be seen please ask your GP to provide a referral letter.  

Private Practice

You can contact my secretary, Sandra Payne, if you need advice or to organize an appointment.

My Consulting Room times are Tuesday evenings at Fawkham Manor Hospital.   Operating Theatre times are Wednesday mornings.   Fawkham Manor is part of the BMI Healthcare group and is set in the beautiful Kent countryside yet within easy reach the M25, M2 and M20 motorways. Go to Fawkham Manor Hospital.  Private Patients can also be seen at Somerfield Hospital, Maidstone, Chelsfield Park Hospital, Orpington and Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford on an ad-hoc basis.  

 

 

 Telephone

01474 874245 or 01474 879900

FAX

01474 875630

 

Postal address

Dr P Mairs

        Fawkham Manor Hospital

Manor Lane

        Fawkham

Longfield

        Kent

        DA3 8ND

Website

        www.gastrohealth.org.uk

Electronic mail 

 

Please contact us for email address. 

NHS Practice

Darent Valley Hospital is  near to Dartford and Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.

Clinic times are Monday and Tuesday afternoons.  Patients are seen either by myself or one of our team of Specialist Nurses, Specialist Registrars or Clinical assistants.

Please contact my Secretary, Jeanette or the appointments office.  Remember if your Primary Care Trust has identified Darent Valley as a provider you can now Choose and Book to come to DVH as an NHS patient even if you live outside Dartford. Visit www.chooseandbook.nhs.uk to learn more.  

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