Treating Joint pain and Rheumatological conditions in Yorkshire and beyond

Dr Andrew Barr is a Rheumatology Consultant at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and the Nuffield Health Leeds. He makes detailed assessments to ensure the correct diagnosis is made first time. He ensures all treatments and management plans are tailored to the diagnosis but also the personal needs and beliefs of each patient. In 2018 Dr Barr was awarded the Leeds Way Champion Award by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for his leadership in delivering excellent patient care. 

Getting it right first time

Dr Barr studied medicine at London’s Imperial College School of Medicine where he was awarded a number of prizes, including the Wolfson prize for his academic achievements. He subsequently trained in Rheumatology in London and Leeds, at several centres of excellence including Imperial College NHS trust and Chapel Allerton Hospital. He has two decades of experience in the management of arthritis, auto-immune disease, along with soft-tissue / joint injections and aspirations for pain relief.

He was awarded a prestigious national Arthritis Research UK Clinical Research Fellowship to undertake clinical research in arthritis and joint imaging in the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Leeds and published his research and several book chapters on the best (evidence-based) treatments of arthritis including in the  Oxford Textbook of Medicine and Nature Reviews. These describe the best treatments for joint pain, of which there are many, without requiring surgery. Dr Barr’s research has included  understanding what signs on joint imaging are most associated with pain which may permit more targeted treatments. 

In his Nuffield Clinics Dr Barr would typically see patients with:

  • Joint pain, back pain
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Gout, Pseudogout
  • Spondyloarthritis - ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis / inflammatory arthritis
  • Connective tissue disease - Vasculitis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Sarcoidosis and Sjögren's syndrome
  • Patients requiring soft-tissue and joint injections
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Dr Andrew Barr works with the following private medical insurance providers:
  • Aetna
  • Aviva Health
  • AXA PPP Health
  • BUPA
  • Cigna
  • Exeter Family Friendly
  • Healix
  • Simplyhealth
  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • Westfield Health WPA