@drmalcolmwest

Associate Professor in colorectal surgery and prehabilitation, consultant complex cancer surgeon and dad. Always improving patient, surgical and cancer outcomes

 Southampton, England
Joined July 2015
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Young people are taking the lead on tackling ultra‑processed foods 🍎 Through our NIHR‑funded @LifelabSoton study, teenagers explored health impacts and shared findings with @DoctorChrisVT at our #SotonBRC2026 open day. Read more via BBC News 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ye…
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Claire Taylor@claire_taylor22May 8
Pelvic exenteration nursing network meeting in Swansea. Really important to come together to learn, share and support one another when working on this field- it’s complex work! #UKPEN #GIRFT #CNSValue
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🚴 Can prehabilitation improve recovery after heart valve surgery? Our BRC is delivering CardioFit – a pioneering trial testing supervised exercise before cardiac surgery to improve patient outcomes. Turning evidence into NHS impact 💙 👉 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/po…
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All ready for the New Horizons. Angiodynamics Malta 2026 conference. Stage looks amazing 🤩 Ready for what I have to say on Prehabilitation? @SouthamptonBRC @NIHRtakepart @unisouthampton
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Maternal obesity affects one in four pregnancies 🤰 Our BRC's @KeithMGodfrey supports @RCPhysicians in today highlighting this 'urgent and growing' public health concern. He is part of a new policy briefing calling for coordinated, system-wide action 👇 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/po…
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New research shows a specially designed patch could help children with peanut allergy 🥜 We’re proud that #Southampton was part of the international trial. Our involvement was led by Mich Lajeunesse (@michlikequiche) at @UHSFT and @SotonChildHosp 👇 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/po…
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Our most recent paper comparing outcomes between high complexity and conventional Pelvic Exenteration. Great outcomes in a complex patient population. @PelvExGroup @PelvExChina
Cancers MDPI@Cancers_MDPIJan 16
📜Today we share the #Article "A Prospective Observational Cohort Study Comparing High-Complexity Against Conventional Pelvic Exenteration Surgery" Find out more here➡️mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/1/111 👥by @CharlieWest89 et al. Keywords: pelvic exenteration; cancer; surgical oncology
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Our new prehabilitation guidelines for patients the cancer. A huge ammount of work over the past year but great to see them published. Too many people to thank for this one @macmillancancer @SouthamptonBRC @NIHRresearch
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Delirium can be life-changing with long-term consequences. We're proud to be leading a new trial, awarded £2.7m by @NIHRresearch, to help prevent and treat delirium during intensive care Working with @ICNARC, the study will take place at 20 NHS ICUs. 🔗 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/po…
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👏 Congratulations to Malcolm West (@drmalcolmwest) on his appointment as clinical co-lead for the first National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care by the @RCoANews. The audit will help shape national practice for perioperative care 🌟 👇 rcoa.ac.uk/news/clinical-co-…
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We are pleased to announce that @drmalcolmwest and Professor John Moore have been appointed as clinical co-leads for the first National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC). Learn more about the project and the clinical co-leads 👉 ow.ly/OGHK50XrMQP
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Honoured to be appointed as co-lead for the National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care. Looking forward to make an impact in improving patient perioperative care. So proud to be working with @RCoANews and representing @UHSFT @unisouthampton @SouthamptonBRC
Royal College of Anaesthetists@RCoANews17 Nov 2025
We are pleased to announce that @drmalcolmwest and Professor John Moore have been appointed as clinical co-leads for the first National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC). Learn more about the project and the clinical co-leads 👉 ow.ly/OGHK50XrMQP
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Welcome to His Excellency Prof Stephen Monteford 🇲🇹 High Commissioner for 🇬🇧 @SouthamptonBRC @UHSFT @unisouthampton Welcome Prof Monteford!
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Finally we are launching the Prehabilitation for people with Cancer Guidelines 2025. Launching this morning at the International Prehabilitation Conference in Vancouver. Amazing step forward for the prehabilitation field. @macmillancancer @SouthamptonBRC @NIHRresearch @CPOC_News
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Core Outcome Dataset in Cancer Prehabilitation underway in >500 health care professionals and >60 patients. Great achievement. Looking forward to full results @royalmarsden @SouthamptonBRC @SheffieldHallam
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Second day at the International Prehabilitation Conference starting with a great lecture from the Prehab godfather @IPoetts @SouthamptonBRC @CPOC_News
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Excellent first debate session. Representing the UK and @CPOC_News our own @denny_levett Where does Prehab end and perioperative care begin? Presenting our @UHSFT Perioperative Programme @SouthamptonBRC
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Great to see so many friends and colleagues from around the 🌎 Let’s kick off the International Prehabilitation Conference 2025 @IPoetts @SouthamptonBRC @DoctorsOfBC
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Our new state-of-the-art regional sterile pharmacy has reached structural completion! It will transform care across the South, with capacity to produce between 600,000 and 800,000 doses of medicine a year. 🔗 bit.ly/4mUMP1B #WeAreUHS #SterilePharmacy
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Amazing bit of intel!
Paul Wischmeyer MD@Paul_Wischmeyer21 Jul 2025
🩸ROTEM & TEG Coagulation Testing: Excellent summary & review 👉Critical appraisal of new methodologies & current literature 🔗criticalcarereviews.com/late…… #FOAMcc #SCCMSoMe #MedEd #MedTwitter
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