Dr Laurence Maiden
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist in Kent
BSc (Hons) MB BS MD FRCP
GMC: 4024545
Dr Laurence Maiden areas of expertise:
Professional statement
Dr Laurence Maiden is a highly esteemed and experienced consultant physician and gastroenterologist who specialises in bowel cancer screening, abdominal pain and bloating, stomach pain and bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, performing colonoscopies, inflammatory bowel disease, as well as carrying out capsule endoscopies. He currently practises at the Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Nuffield Health Hospital in Tunbridge Wells, the Kent-based Benenden Hospital, as well as Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
Dr Maiden's main areas of research interest include nutrition, liver disease, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, interventional endoscopy (polyp removal), as well as small bowel enteroscopy. Presently, he is Chief of Medicine and Emergency Care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and is, impressively, only one of two officially accredited consultant colonoscopists for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in Tunbridge Wells.
His role as nutrition clinical lead at Tunbridge Wells Hospital NHS has seen Dr Maiden notably develop original and effective pathways in relation to the management of specialised feeding (both parenteral and enteral) and of patients suffering from eating disorders. He was appointed Chief of Medicine and Emergency Care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in 2018, a role which sees him responsible for overseeing three different directorates, 70 consultants and 300 nurses.
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S C. Verified Patient
27/02/2024
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R D. Verified Patient
22/01/2024
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I have seen Dr Maiden four times since he diagnosed my NAFLD in July 2023. He is extremely knowledgeable about his field, with a pleasant manner. I would recommend him wholeheartedly.
M S. Verified Patient
27/03/2023
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Welcoming, empathetic and deeply reassuring.
T W. Verified Patient
20/02/2023
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Polite, explained everything in great detail, thoroughly recommended