Resident Doctors are on strike from 7 - 13 April. Please continue to attend appointments at the hospital unless you are contacted directly to rearrange. Our hospitals will be busy, but we are still here to provide emergency care when you need it.

Colorectal Surgery Unit

The John Goligher Colorectal Surgery Unit is one of the largest centres for Colorectal surgery in Europe. It is a major referral centre for diseases of the small and large bowel, the rectum and anus.

We receive around 10,000 referrals per year and about a third of our patients have surgery.

The conditions managed in our service include:

  • Colorectal cancer
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Conditions of the anus such as piles and haemorrhoids
  • Problems with continence
Important advice:

We have developed expertise in and become a centre of excellence for:

  • Treating advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer
  • Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
  • Complex pelvic floor surgery
  • Academic research – linked to regional (Yorkshire Cancer Research Network) and national (NIHR HTC- Colorectal Therapy) bodies