Mr Guy Worley

BMedSci BMBS PhD FRCS

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Guy Worley is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at The London Clinic, with a subspeciality expertise in complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Proctology (management of the various conditions affecting the anus and perineum, including complex perianal fistula), Intestinal Failure, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Consultation Fee

£300

Follow-up Fee

£200

Headshot of the London Clinic consultant, Guy Worley

Specialist interest

Colorectal, General surgery

Languages

English

Available for

In-person, Phone call, Video call

Mr Guy Worley consultant profile

Guy Worley is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at The London Clinic. He has a busy NHS practice at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and previously worked as a fellow at St Mark’s Hospital where they created a locum consultant surgeon position for him. He has a subspeciality interest in complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Proctology (management of the various conditions affecting the anus and perineum, including complex perianal fistula), Intestinal Failure, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He regularly uses FilaC (laser) and VAAFT minimally invasive options for anal fistulae.

Mr Worley holds the position of Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at The Blizard Institute, QMUL. His PhD research focused on the surgical management of ulcerative colitis including ileoanal pouch surgery and complications, for which he was awarded the John Nicholls Prize in 2018, and he continues to be involved in research related to Crohn’s and colitis, including contributing to the TOpCLASS Consortium regarding perianal Crohn’s disease. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Colorectal Disease and sits on the ACPGBI Education and Training Committee. He is a Ex-Trainee representative to the ACPGBI IBD Subcommittee and Dukes Club IBD Rep. He is also a reviewer and advisor to Crohn’s and Colitis UK.

Mr Worley holds roles regarding education, patient safety and governance within his NHS work, with an emphasis on safe surgical care and enhanced post-operative recovery. He works very closely with many associated speciality doctors including Gastroenterologists, Endoscopists, GI Surgeons and Dieticians, Nurse Specialists and Anaesthetists to offer high quality care to all patients.

Areas of expertise

  • Abdominal wall hernias
  • Anal fissure
  • Anal pain
  • Anal or rectal bleeding
  • Colonoscopy
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Pilonidal disease
  • Diverticular Disease
  • FiLaC laser treatment of anal fistula
  • VAAFT minimally invasive treatment of anal fistula

More Information

Defining Radiological Healing in Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease: a TOpCLASS Global Expert Delphi Consensus. TOpCLASS Collaborative Authors. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Apr 8:S1542-
3565(25)00248-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.02.009

Ileal Pouch Excision: A Contemporary Observational Cohort. Worley GHT, Patsouras D, Sahnan K, O Adegbola S, Mahmood H, Faiz OD, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. United States; 2018 Nov.

Restorative Surgery after Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis in England and Sweden: Observations from a Comparison of Nationwide Cohorts. Worley G, Nordenvall C, Askari A, Pinkney T, Burns E, Akbar A, et al. Color Dis. England; 2018 Mar.

Review of current practice and outcomes following ileoanal pouch surgery: Lessons learned from the Ileoanal Pouch Registry and the 2017 Ileoanal Pouch Report. Worley GHT, Fearnhead NS, Brown SR, Acheson AG, Lee MJ, Faiz OD. Colorectal Dis. England; 2018 Jun;

Systematic review with meta-analysis: the management of chronic refractory pouchitis with an evidence-based treatment algorithm. Segal JP, Ding NS, Worley G, Mclaughlin S, Preston S, Faiz OD, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. England; 2017 Mar;45(5):581–92.

Videos

YouTube: Ileoanal pouch surgery alternatives, techniques and trends – Guy Worley

  • Exceptional care during an attack on staff at Central Middlesex Hospital, LNWUH Trust Excellence Awards 2023
  • Foundation Awards ‘Best Teacher’ 2021/22 Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 2022
  • Foundation Awards ‘Best Registrar’ 2019/20 Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 2020
  • RSM Coloproctology & ACPGBI 8th Winter Colorectal Meeting Short Paper Prize 2019
  • John Nicholls Prize for Research, St Mark’s Hospital 2018
  • South Thames Deanery Award for ‘Outstanding Overall Performance as an F1 Doctor’, Croydon University Hospital 2011
  • ‘Vetinary Award’ for high achievement in students applying for health sciences, Dixie Grammar School 2005
  • Substantive Consultant Surgeon The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
  • Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London
  • Educational Lead – General Surgery The Royal London, Barts Health NHS Trust
  • Qualified 2010
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) University of Nottingham
  • Degree of Bachelor of Medical Sciences with Honours (BMedSci) University of Nottingham

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