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You can make an appointment via telephone: 07539 330360
GP's please fax or surface mail referrals to:
Fax: 01325 341701
Email: secretary@spineart.org
Address:
SpineArt Ltd,
PO Box 1057,
Yarm,TS19 1YA
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Private Surgery Reopens! - 15 June 2020
Covid free Green Zones have now been established in the private hospital network. This allows elective surgery and procedures to resume safely for patients.
If you have been struggling with pain or sciatica over the last few weeks, please get in touch by email to secretary@spineart.org or telephone
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Bond Solon accreditation for Medicolegal work - 21 May 2020
Mr Fagan is listed with www.newa.expert and is able to provide an expert opinion in civil litigation in all aspects of spinal surgery practice. In particular condition & prognosis reports for post injury neck pain, back pain, whiplash, spinal cord injury, spinal fractures and recovery from spina
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NEW ! TeleMedicine or Online Consultations - 27 March 2020
A very useful way to see patients in the current climate. This is done via a professional platform called doxy.me and allows both Mr Fagan and the patient to have a video consultation and communicate (like skype, zoom or facetime) but also view MRI scans together as normal in a face to face consulta
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NEW! Pharmacierge Online Prescriptions - 27 March 2020
If you require a prescription following your video consultation, Mr Fagan can prescribe electronically and have your medication delivered to you. Controlled drugs are excluded.
The prescription fee is a reasonable £24.
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Coronavirus safety update - 24 March 2020
The private sector has given over it's elective and hospital resources to help the NHS fight the coronavirus crisis.
The practice remains open and can help with telemedicine or video consultations. These are also sometimes called remote consultations.
A professional platform called doxy.me
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NEW ! Video or Online Consultations - 13 March 2020
Patients who are worried about coronavirus in the coming weeks will be able to arrange a video or online consultation with Mr Fagan.
This will be pre-arranged by my practice manager as usual, and billed normally with your insurer at an agreed rate, or funded as self pay.
Please ask Bev for deta
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Private Health Information Network (PHIN) up and running in 2019 - 30 September 2019
Found at www.phin.org.uk
Mr Fagan's operative data and prices can be found on this National independent network for comparison with other surgeons and institutions.
PHIN weblink here
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Sacro-Iliac Joint Fusion available in Yorkshire and the Northeast - 30 September 2019
Mr Fagan is the only surgeon offering this successful percutaneous and minimal access surgery in the area.
Patients often think their back is the source of the pain but careful examination and investigation reveals otherwise.
Most patients (90%) in his own audit series get long term relief with
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We had a very successful and well-attended meeting at the BMI Woodlands hospital during the summer, to explain the treatment pathway to primary care practitioners.
This included interested doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors and nurse practitioners dealing with back pain on a daily basis.
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e Pharmacy for Spineart patients - 21 June 2018
very soon a prescription service will be available to our patients whereby medication can be delivered directly to your door pre and postoperatively for analgesia.
We are increasingly asked to provide prescriptions for our patients and this will make the process easy and fuss free.
Please ask at
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BUPA Open Referrals - 11 June 2018
If you are a BUPA patient you are entitled to see the consultant of your choice, on both one of the cheaper BUPA personal policies or corporate (employer based) policies.
Please make sure you insist on seeing Mr Fagan at the point of referral and don't be afraid to ask.
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Please see updated privacy policy for May 2018 - 24 May 2018
Click on the link to privacy at the bottom of the page.
Your consent will be asked for by signing the appropriate sections of the private patient agreement.
This is sent out prior to any consultation with Mr Fagan or contact with SpineArt Ltd and should be returned.
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First percutaneous Sacro-Iliac Joint Fusion performed in North Yorkshire and the NorthEast - 24 May 2018
Mr Fagan performed this procedure successfully today for one of his patients.
It is a relatively new but well researched operation for helping otherwise untreatable or severe and persistent pain coming from the sacro-iliac joints.
The operation is perfomed through a 2-3cm incision under X-ray gu
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Fee Schedule on Line for 2017 - 2018 - 08 October 2017
Please see the FAQ section for price information on common procedures performed by Mr Fagan.
Please note that information on Mr Fagan's fees and how they are charged are clearly visible in the FAQ section.
All his fees for services provided are due directly to SpineArt ltd not to BMI or
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Private Health Information Network - 20 September 2016
Soon you will be able to see data about your private hospital and surgeon on line through this audit network.(PHIN for short)
It will initially provide information about complication rates from surgery but may go on to show patient reported outcome measures for patients having spinal surgery in the
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Dan Fagan and International study group publish another paper in American Journal - 02 February 2016
Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression fractures - Application of clinical crieria in practice
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Competetion and Markets Authority Compliance - 24 November 2014
Two recommendations have been made by the Competetion and Markets Authority regarding the quality of information given to patients about fees. These become legally binding for private practice providers from October 2014 to December 2016.
They are :
1) Consultants are required to provide
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Clinics available at Nuffield Tees Hospital Stockton - 10 November 2014
Dan Fagan is pleased to offer his patients consultations and treatment at the Nuffield Tees hospital every Wednesday.
Mr Fagan began his private practive there in 2007 and is looking forward to working with all the staff there once more.
This location may be more convenient for patients coming f
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Treatment available for painful stress fractures - 01 October 2014
This surgical procedure is very successful in professional and amateur athletes at healing stress fractures in the spine (Spondylolysis).
It has a 90% success rate of improving pain in the back and healing the fracture.
Typical symptoms in teenagers or young athletes are low back-pain on ex
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ss-UhAv1c20
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High Praise Indeed - 18 February 2014
Mr Fagan regularly treats back and neck problems in his colleagues within the medical profession.
These healthcare professionals have seen good results from Mr Fagan's surgery in their own patients, and are happy for him to treat themselves and their family.
Here are the reasons why:
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Good advice for healthy living - 10 February 2014
Improving your back pain is all about improving your quality of life.
Improvements in other areas of your life and health will also help your back.
It is of course a two-way street - improvements in the condition of your back will then, in turn, benefit all areas of your
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Full House at the Woodlands - 21 January 2014
Dan Fagan's recent educational evening was very well received by an audience full to capacity.
The whole variety of primary care practitioners came along, including GP's, Clinical Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths and Chiropractors, all of whom deal with back problems daily.
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Superb Educational Event Wednesday 15th January - 08 January 2014
Dan Fagan is giving a lecture at BMI Woodlands Hospital Darlington at 6.30 pm next wednesday evening.
He will be talking about the latest advances in spinal surgery including minimal access procedures, surgery for the elite athlete and how to do an expert assessment of low back pain in under 10 m
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Complication Rates 2012-2013 - 16 September 2013
Dan Fagan is pleased to release whole practice audit figures for the year:
2012 - 2013
New patients seen 637
Follow up patients seen 1025
Total surgical procedures performed 419
Major operations performed&nb
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"Injections may banish back pain......" The Times - 06 September 2013
....but are they a long term solution?"
This was written in The Times last week
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/article3852822.eceSpinal Injections
prompting enquiries from patients.
Whilst a good read, the article misses the point.
The truth is that spinal injections come in many differ
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Spine Art is first for Clear Price information in the UK - 28 June 2013
The movement for transparent price structures in private practice began in the USA.
It makes it much easier for people who are funding their own healthcare to choose between surgeons and institutions on a basis of value for money.
It also allows people to see what they are getting for their mone
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Listen to Dan Fagan talk about Balloon Kyphoplasty here - 28 May 2013
Link to Myeloma Radio UK
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"Antibiotics can cure 20-40% of chronic back pain" - 16 May 2013
Many of my patients have seen some research from Denmark reported recently in the Guardian newspaper.
The original research is published in the European Spine Journal vol 22 Issue 4 p 690-696.
To explain further: this suggests that 80% of patients with modic changes (high signal in the en
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See Lynn's story in the Daily Mail - 30 April 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2316884/Me-operation-Injecting-cement-spine-repaired-crumbly-bones.html
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General Practitioner Educational Meeting Ripon - 29 April 2013
SpineArt is pleased to offer another popular and successful primary care event at North House Surgery in Ripon.
Catering will be provided in conjunction with BMI Healthcare.
If you are a local GP in the area and wish to attend, please contact Bill Howlett my primary care Manager on 07787170956.
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Daily Mail Interview - 29 April 2013
Mr Fagan has been interviewed by the Daily Mail about the great results obtained in his patients who have undergone Balloon Kyphoplasty for osteoporotic fractures (fractures due to thinning of the bones).
Mr Fagans own audit includes over 100 fractures treated.
The results show that 86% of patie
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Structure and Function Clinic Darlington - 16 April 2013
SpineArt is having an educational meeting and case discussion for those involved in the chiropractic treatment of back and neck pain on the 22nd April, at the Structure and Function Clinic, Duke Street, Darlington.
The clinic is run by Amanda Corbishley on 01325 466 022.
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Competition Commission Enquiry - 15 April 2013
Of Interest to many surgeons in private practice is the Office of Fair Trading referral to the Competition Commission, of Inpatient Medical Services in the UK.
This is currently ongoing and is due to issue it's Final Report in March 2014.
Preliminary Findings are due to be made soon in Ju
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Media Outreach for Balloon Kyphoplasty - 15 April 2013
SpineArt is involved in an education campaign with Medtronic to promote knowledge of how Balloon Kyphoplasty can help people with back pain, due to fractures in osteoporosis.
Please look out for information in the National media from the 23rd April onwards.
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Managing Solutions working with Spine Art - 03 April 2013
William Howlett (BSc MBA) is working with Dan Fagan at SpineArt Ltd to promote awareness of alternative NHS and gold standard private healthcare services in Darlington, County Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire.
If you are involved at commissioning level in a CCG, are a General Practitioner,
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GP Educational Meeting Ripon - 02 April 2013
Dan Fagan is pleased to say that there is an educational meeting at the North House Surgery in Ripon on the 3rd May 2013.
The meeting is by invitation only, but all local general practitioners, physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors are welcome!
You can disc
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NICE Guidance for Vertebral Body Augmentation - 18 March 2013
Published last week, the guidance is very sensible.
Anyone suffering persistent pain from an osteoporotic spinal fracture can seek treatment with Balloon Kyphoplasty from a specialist such as Dan Fagan.
An MRI scan will usually be done which shows persistent biological activity, in other words
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GP Educational Meeting Harrogate - 16 March 2013
On the 18th March Mr Fagan is giving an educational meeting for a number of local doctors at Kingswood Surgery on Wetherby Road.
Attendance by invitation only 07539 330360.
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Spine Art in print - 14 March 2013
Dr Hillary Jones, the well known TV doctor, has chosen to include Spine Art in a group of top private medical providers in the Yorkshire and North East regions.
This is due to be published soon and distributed locally, please look out for a copy.
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NICE Guidance on Balloon Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic fractures - 11 March 2013
The long awaited guidance from NICE in this area is due for general release.
Mr Fagan is participating in a National project to increase awareness of the success and availablility of the procedure for people suffering from painful fractures due to osteoporosis (thinning of the bones).
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Bupa Premier Consultant Partnership with Spine Art - 11 March 2013
Dan Fagan is happy to say that an agreement on expert fees with Bupa has been reached.
From this week, all Bupa insured patients will have no shortfall to pay for consultations or treatment with Spine Art.
Spine Art is pleased to be welcomed as a Bupa Premier Consultant Partner.
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New Clinics in Yarm - 10 March 2013
Mr Fagan is delighted to be able to offer convenient consultations on the High Street in Yarm.
His new practice manager is based in the office here.
You can see Mr Fagan here on Tuesday afternoons, please call 07539 330360 for an appointment.
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Dan Fagan Part of International Research Effort to help people with osteoporotic fractures - 10 March 2013
Mr Fagan has been closely involved with an international group of surgeons and physicians based primarily in Europe.
The purpose of this group was to formulate guidelines for the use of vertebral body augmentation in osteoporosis.
This would hopefully help clinicians in their decision making but
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Trip to Philadelphia and Dallas USA - 30 October 2012
Mr Fagan has returned from a visit to surgeons in the USA performing advanced and innovative techniques to treat sacroiliac joint pain.
Mr Fagan sees a lot of patients with this problem and many get better under his care with simple treatment.
A safe new minimal access surgical procedure to fuse
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Clinic Boost at BMI Woodlands and BMI Duchy Hospital Harrogate - 23 August 2012
Mr Fagan will no longer be offering clinic slots at The Wensleydale Suite (Friarage Hospital Northallerton).
Patients from the southern end of the region will find it more convenient to book in at the BMI Duchy Hospital in Harrogate with easy parking and on site MRI facilities.
Patients
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Update: Fenestration Disc Fragmentectomy (discectomy for short) - 23 August 2012
Performed through a small incision, with a working portal in the back of the spine less than the size of a thumbnail, very good results are obtained in carefully selected patients.
Mr Fagan has successfully performed hundreds of procedures in professional athletes, soldiers, people from all wal
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Mr Fagan joins the Royal Victoria Hospital Newcastle - 14 August 2012
Mr Fagan has been offered the opportunity to work a number of clinic and operating sessions per week in Newcastle at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
The unit in Newcastle is the centre for complex spinal surgery in the whole of the North of England.
The team there is excellent and he joins a numbe
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New Clinics Offered In Harrogate - 03 August 2012
From 28th August my North Yorkshire patients from York and Harrogate will have easier access to me at The Duchy Hospital, Harrogate.
Location and directions to this and all my clinic locations can be found on the 'locations' link at the bottom of the web page!
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MRI scanner at BMI Woodlands - 20 July 2012
This is fantastic news for patients!
Through the work of Spine Art Ltd, the hospital can offer the best.It also means BMI Woodlands is now better equipped than many hospitals to treat spinal patients in conjunction with Mr Fagan's practice.
Scans are now available to his patients 7 days a week.
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Mr Fagan in Independent Practice - 02 July 2012
Mr Fagan has elected to leave the traditional structure of the NHS after 20 years service.
He has been the driving force behind the set up of Spine Art Limited, which is a company dedicated to high quality care and delivery of the best advanced spinal surgical techniques available in the World.
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Dan Fagan visits Brussels - 21 June 2012
Mr Fagan delivered an advanced training course today to discuss his experience with a group of like minded surgeons from around the globe.
South Africa was well represented as was the Middle East, Europe and Japan.
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Mr Fagan visits Leiden Holland - 30 May 2012
Mr Fagan has been invited to give international training to surgeons wishing to learn the technique of Balloon Kyphoplasty.
Mr Fagan has successfully performed more than a hundred of these procedures with a very low complication rate and 88% success rate.
That is to say; 88% of his patients have
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Radio Interview with Mr Fagan - 10 May 2012
Mr Fagan was excited at the idea of giving a radio interview today with the charity Myeloma UK (www.myeloma.org.uk).
This is a condition of the bones of the spine which leads to fractures and collapse of the spine.
On the interview, he explains how this can be treated successfully with Balloon K
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Minimal Access Surgery Meeting London - 23 March 2012
Mr Fagan is one of an elite group of UK surgeons pioneering minimal access surgery. That is to say, gold standard surgical procedures performed through smaller incisions. This means better cosmesis and a faster recovery.
Mr Fagan showed in a group of 40 patients, that the average length of stay fol
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Local Expertise at National Institute for Clinical Excellence - 08 December 2011
Mr Fagan has been kindly invited to attend a meeting in London as one of the country's opinion leaders in vertebral body augmentation. The meeting is convened by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and its purpose is to assess whether there is enough evidence of Balloon Kyphoplasty
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Minimal Access Surgery in North Yorkshire and the North-East - 03 October 2011
Mr Fagan has been invited to train young consultants in these new techniques on a course at the Freeman Hospital Newcastle, along with like minded surgeons there.
He has years experience of these techniques being one of the pioneers in the UK.
He learned these techniques in Boston USA several ye
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