Mr John Shotton

Mr John Shotton is an Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Consultant Surgeon based at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for over 25 years where he is the senior ENT Surgeon and a core member and chairman of the Thyroid and core member of the Head and Neck multidisciplinary teams.

He has wide experience including Paediatric ENT conditions and undertakes both straightforward and complex surgery for nose/sinus (including FESS), tonsil and throat disorders including tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy by coblation together with thyroid/ parathyroid and salivary including parotid interventions.

Mr Shotton graduated in 1980 and undertook postgraduate training in central London principally at Kings College Hospital, but also at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square. Further experience gained in Tunbridge Wells and the Regional Plastic Surgery Unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. A surgical fellowship at the University Hospital in Zurich was undertaken as a senior trainee and Mr Shotton spent time with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in West Australia as a medical student.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Assessmnet of throat and voice symptoms
• Evaluation of Neck lumps
• Thyroid/Parathyroid surgery surgery
• Neck Surgery including salivary glands/parotid and branchial cysts
• Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)
• Septoplasty
• Tonsil and Adenoid problems in children and adults
• Tonsil removal including by Coblation
• Glue ear and Grommet insertion
• Microsuction for ear wax
• Treatment for nose bleeds including cautery
• Treatment for broken nose
• Parotid and other salivary gland surgery
• Thyroid/pararthyroid disorders
• Assessment of throat and voice symptoms
• Ear Infections
• Head and neck lump: diagnosis and treatment
• Tonsil and adenoid disorders and surgery
• Nasal and sinus disoders: FESS