Spear’s Review

Nicholas Thomas is an eminent London-based neurosurgeon, specialising in complex spinal and skull base surgery as part of HCA Healthcare’s London Neurosurgery Partnership. This includes treatments for chondrosarcoma (a rare type of cancer), basilar invagination (a rare condition in which the top of the spine presses into the base of the skull) and neurofibromatosis (a genetic condition in which tumours grow in the nervous system).

‘Over my career, I have seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients coming into clinic with back and neck pain-related symptoms,’ he says. ‘I would attribute this to a change in lifestyle for many, with a dramatic rise in desk-based jobs.’

The London Neurosurgery Partnership was founded in 2008 and has tended to the needs of high-net-worth patients ever since. One patient writes that ‘client care was amazing ... caring for the whole family throughout our stressful period. He went above and beyond.’