Associate Professor in colorectal surgery and prehabilitation, consultant complex cancer surgeon and dad. Always improving patient, surgical and cancer outcomes
Joined July 2015
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Malcolm West retweeted
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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Malcolm West retweeted
🚴 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 💙
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Mar 26
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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Malcolm West retweeted
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 👇
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Malcolm West retweeted
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 👇
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Jan 20
Our most recent paper comparing outcomes between high complexity and conventional Pelvic Exenteration. Great outcomes in a complex patient population. @PelvExGroup @PelvExChina
Jan 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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15 Dec 2025
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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Malcolm West retweeted
27 Nov 2025
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.
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Malcolm West retweeted
21 Nov 2025
👏 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 🌟 👇
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Malcolm West retweeted
17 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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17 Nov 2025
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
17 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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14 Nov 2025
Welcome to His Excellency Prof Stephen Monteford 🇲🇹 High Commissioner for 🇬🇧 @SouthamptonBRC @UHSFT @unisouthampton Welcome Prof Monteford!
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5 Nov 2025
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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4 Nov 2025
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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4 Nov 2025
Second day at the International Prehabilitation Conference starting with a great lecture from the Prehab godfather @IPoetts @SouthamptonBRC @CPOC_News
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3 Nov 2025
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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3 Nov 2025
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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Malcolm West retweeted
3 Sep 2025
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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23 Jul 2025
Amazing bit of intel!
21 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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