Tom Walton

Tom is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and an Honorary Assistant Professor at The University of Nottingham. 

He specialises in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, including robotic prostatectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System and hydrogel spacer placement for prostate radiotherapy. 

Common conditions for assessment and treatment 

• Lower urinary tract (waterworks) symptoms

• Blood in urine

• Recurrent urinary tract infections

• Prostate cancer risk assessment

• Chronic prostatitis

• Erection problems

• Testosterone deficiency

• Premature ejaculation

• Blood in semen

• Testicular lumps

• Chronic testicular pain

• Foreskin issues

Procedures at Balance Health Nottingham

• Urine dipstick testing

• Urine flow-rate assessment

• Diagnostic ultrasound (kidney/ureter/bladder)

• Diagnostic ultrasound (scrotum)

• Diagnostic flexible cystoscopy (camera inspection of urethra and bladder)

• Penile injection for erectile dysfunction

• Testosterone replacement therapy

• Frenuloplasty under local anaesthetic

• Circumcision under local anaesthetic

• Bilateral vasectomy for contraception under local anaesthetic

• Removal of scrotal wall cysts under local anaesthetic

Other key clinical interests include kidney cancer diagnosis and treatment, minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, benign prostate enlargement and Men’s Health assessment, including erectile dysfunction and testosterone deficiency.

Tom graduated with First-Class Honours from Nottingham University Medical School in 1998, also completing comprehensive urology training. 

At Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Tom serves as the Lead Cancer Clinician for Urology and Director of the Nottingham Fellowship in Robotic and Laparoscopic Urology. To date, he has performed over 1000 robotic prostatectomy and 250 robotic kidney surgery cases.