Mr George Spink FRCS (Neurosurg)
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon and Specialist Complex Spinal Surgeon East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Current positions:
Consultant Neurosurgeon Hull and East Riding NHS Trust
Consultant Neurosurgeon The Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon Nuffield Health, York
Honorary Consultant York and Scarborough NHS Trust
Honorary senior clinical tutor Hull York Medical school
Phase 1 Academic tutor Hull York Medical school
Phase 1 2 and 3 examiner Hull York Medical school
Previous positions:
Consultant Neurosurgeon The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford 2008
Clinical director for Neurosurgery HEY NHS Trust 2012-14
Clinical director for Spinal surgery HEY NHS Trust 2009-16
Cheyne Edmunds surgical scholarKings College Hospital 1996
MB BS(Lond) - Distinction in surgery
Basic medical degree
BSc(Hons) – Anatomy with physiology
Intercalated higher degree
MRCS(Eng)
Qualification in general surgery
FRCS(Neurosurg)
Qualification in Neurosurgery
CCST Neurosurgery
Completion in training; GMC specialist registration
AKC
Theology degree
PGCME
PostGraduate Certificate in Medical Education
Neurosurgical training
I completed my Neurosurgical training in London. I rotated through senior training posts in Neurosurgery:
- The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Great Ormond Street
- King’s College Hospital
- The Royal Free Hospital
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Queen’s Hospital
During this period I trained with predominantly spinal surgeons including:
- Professor Alan Crockard
- Mr Adrian Casey
- Mr Dominic Thompson
- Mr John Brecknell
- Mr David Peterson
Healthcare providers
- HUTH (Hull University Teaching Hospital) Primary employer
- Spire Private practice
- Nuffield Private practice
- Healthshare Local MKS physio team
- Pinderfields Regional Spinal injuries unit
- Bandaide
Miscellany
- DVLA For advice on return to driving after surgery
- HYMS Local medical school (Honorary senior clinical tutor since 2014)
- Medlyblog Local medical school undergraduate blog (Invited editor)
- HYMSYorksurgsoc Local medical school surgical society (Honorary president for 6 years)
- RAP Refer a patient (cloud based online referral system for NHS teams)
Charities
- Paulforbrain Local charity set up by one of my patients
- Brain & spine foundation
- Headway
- Backcare
Professional Bodies
Useful Links