Mr Jon Barclay - Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jon Barclay graduated from Newcastle University Medical School with merit in 2009, before undertaking foundation training in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and completing core surgery training in North Yorkshire. He was appointed to the higher surgical training programme in Urology in the North East in 2015, was awarded his FRCS (Urol) in 2020, and achieved his Certificate of Completion of Training in 2021.

Following on from his CCT, he as appointed as a Consultant Urologist at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough, specialising in functional, neurological and reconstructive urology. This included managing urological patients with congenital and acquired spinal cord injuries, based out of the Golden Jubilee Spinal Injuries Unit at James Cook University Hospital. Whilst in role at James Cook University Hospital he was appointed the Undergraduate educational lead for Urology and was responsible for coordinating the undergraduate training and teaching program in urology, as well as organising student SSCs and electives. He was also a clinical and academic mentor to several 4^th and 5^th year medical students based at James Cook University Hospital for their training.

Jon was also jointly responsible for reincarnating the Sacral Neuromodulation programme at James Cook University Hospital alongside one of his colleagues, which offered further management options for a number of patients with bladder dysfunction and other neurological urinary conditions, which weren’t previously available within the local region.

Jon was appointed as a Consultant Urologist at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle in November 2022, continuing in the sub-specialty of functional and reconstructive urology.

Special interests

Jon’s special interests lie within the sphere of benign urological disease including urinary tract infection, urinary incontinence, urinary tract reconstruction and andrology. He is due to embark on a mentored training program for robotic assisted reconstructive techniques, in the hope of being able to offer more minimally invasive options for benign reconstruction of the urinary tract in the near future.

Jon’s other main interest lies within medical education, and he hopes to continue to participate in both undergraduate and post-graduate training in his new role.