Mike qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1996, having attended Cambridge University for his undergraduate studies. After junior doctor jobs, he attended Keogh Barracks and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to complete Officer Training and then undertook 2 years as a Regimental Medical Officer to an infantry regiment
After basic surgical training, he undertook further specialist training at the world-renowned Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Bristol (including trauma surgery at Frenchay Hospital) and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. He has been an Orthopaedic Consultant on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council since August 2009.
Mike retired from the British Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in October 2018 but retained his substantive consultant appointment at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro and at St Michael’s Hospital in Hayle and continues to see servicemen and servicewomen as well as Armed Forces veterans.
He has full admitting rights at the Duchy Hospital where he consults and operates on private patients.
Mike treats a wide variety of patients for complex problems of the foot and ankle- from high intensity athletes and servicemen and women to the difficult problems in later life of tendon dysfunction and arthritis of the knee and foot and ankle. He uses the most modern techniques in foot and ankle surgery.
Mike is an avid rugby supporter and is very proud to be a member of the medical team of the Cornish Pirates, working as a pitch side doctor at home and away games as well as providing assessment, advice and surgery at the Royal Cornwall and Duchy Hospital when necessary.
He is heavily involved in teaching the surgical trainees within the region and has been a previous Training Programme Director for the Pensinsula Deanery as well as a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Trauma and Orthopaedics and has a strong interest in research, publishing and presenting at national and international meeting.
Mike is a current examiner for the FRCS(Trauma and Orthopaedics) assessing the next generation of consultants in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
Mr Butler is easily accessible for private patients that wish to be seen on a self-pay basis or are insured privately. He is recognised by all of the major health insurance companies and is able to see patients, organise relevant radiological investigations and operate on patients privately at the Duchy Hospital in Truro in a timely fashion to fit in with patient choice.
Appointments can be made with or without a GP referral. We recommend checking with your insurance company before treatment to make sure you are adequately covered for your care.
For self-pay patients we are very happy to arrange quotes for private surgery and subsequent follow-up care and rehabilitation. (A total care package)
If you are unable to see your GP and would like Mr Butler about an urgent problem or you have a recent injury, he is able to see you without a GP referral.
If this is the case we would ask you to contact Sara or Dani or the Duchy to arrange this.
Please contact our secretaries by email or telephone if you have any queries or if you would like to find out when we are able to see you.
After being listed for surgery you will need to confirm that you have understood what is being planned if you wish to proceed.
Please download, complete and sign the ‘Surgery Request Form’ and return it to the relevant secretary.
Mr Butler and Mr Parsons both undertake medico-legal reports under instruction from solicitors and have many years of experience in providing expert reports.
Mr Butler will undertake medical reporting on orthopaedic personal injury cases for personal or workplace injury involving the upper and lower limb but does not undertake complex spinal reporting.
He will also undertake medical negligence reports on cases involving lower limb trauma/sporting injury or on elective surgery problems affecting the foot and ankle.
Mr Parsons will undertake medical reporting on personal injury cases and medical negligence solely involving the foot and ankle.
For Terms and Conditions and a medico-legal CV, please contact our secretaries by Email or Phone. (Different scales of fees may apply depending on the complexity of the case or the amount of medical notes or imaging that requires review).
We are also happy to provide redacted sample reports if instructing clients would like to see them.
Please feel free to contact us with any queries.
Sara or Dani
07725 485025
Ashleigh
01736 758802
07725 485025
