Training and Appointment

Mr Tailor has been an NHS Consultant Gynaecologist at Royal Surrey County Hospital (Guildford) and St Peter's Hospital (Chertsey) since September 2003. He carries out clinics and operations at both hospitals. As a sub-specialist in gynaecological oncology, his function is to see, investigate and treat patients referred by their GP with a suspicion of cancer. Mr Tailor tries to see these patients in a setting where he carries out a pelvic ultrasound scan on them as part of the same examination at the same visit. This facilitates a faster patient pathway and fewer visits to the hospital. He has been carrying out pelvic ultrasound scans since 1994 and has conducted research looking at ovarian cysts on scans and trying to predict whether a cyst is likely to be sinister or not.

Research and Publications

Mr Tailor has published articles on this subject and spoken at international meetings. As a cancer surgeon, he underwent intensive three-year specialist training to carry out very complex surgery and the by-products of this have included an intimate knowledge of the anatomy, careful handling of the tissues, a calm approach to handling intra-operative complications and an ability to steer the patient through a complicated post-operative phase!

• Gynaecological cancer treatment


• Ovarian cysts


• Postmenopausal bleeding


• Heavy periods


• Abnormal smears and colposcopy


• Pelvic ultrasound scanning


• Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery

• Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists


• British Society of Colposcopists and CytoPathologists


• British Gynaecological Cancer Society


• British & Irish Association of Robotic Gynaecological Surgeons


• British Medical Association