Mr Paul Spraggs, Consultant, ENT/head and neck surgery

  • Clinical lead for head and neck oncology                  
  • Chairmen of the BDMDS

Paul Spraggs has been a Consultant in ENT/Head and Neck Surgeon at Hampshire Hospitals since 1998.

His undergraduate and postgraduate medical and surgical training included periods of training in head and neck surgery in Miami, Florida; fellowships in head and neck oncology and thyroid surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, and the EAFPS fellowship in Facial Plastics surgery in Helsinki.

Mr Spraggs has a special interest in the surgical treatment of skin cancers, reconstructive surgery of the head and neck after cancer treatment, thyroid diseases, and disorders of the salivary glands.

As well as being certified by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in Cosmetic surgery of the Nose (rhinoplasty) and ears (pinnaplasty), Paul is a past Council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Paul works in a wholly collaborative way, determining treatment as part of multi-disciplinary teams (MDT), including consultant dermatologists in the management of skin cancer; consultant endocrinologists in the management of thyroid and parathyroid diseases, and consultant respiratory physicians in the management of rhinological conditions and sleep apnoea.

A member of both the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital’s Skin Cancer and Thyroid multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and the regional SWSH Head and Neck Cancer MDT, Mr Spraggs is also the clinical lead for Head and Neck cancer for the Trust.

A leading proponent of the creation of ‘surgical hubs’, Paul is focussed on making highly efficient use of theatres – an approach that is making a tangible difference to cutting through NHS waiting lists. 

Paul is dedicated to teaching the next generation of consultants; he has been on the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Board of Examiners since 2003 and the Intercollegiate Board of Examiners since 2011. He has also been Training Programme Director for the surgical registrars in the South Thames region.

Mr Spraggs is the Regional Director of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for Wessex and Thames Valley.

Specialist interests

Head and neck surgery

Facial plastic surgery

Thyroid surgery