Mr Peter Hughes BSc FRCS(Orth)
Mr Peter Hughes is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in surgery of the shoulder and elbow. He trained in orthopaedics in the Mersey region and then completed a shoulder and elbow fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has a special interest in the application of arthroscopic techniques to the treatment of shoulder conditions. He is an active researcher and has won several international research prizes which include Best Research Prize at the International Congress of Shoulder Surgery [Sydney 1997] and Best Paper Prize, Asian Shoulder Society. His research activity has continued as a consultant and in 2007 he was awarded Best Research Poster Prize by the British Elbow and Shoulder Society. Mr Hughes holds a Consultant post as an upper limb surgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and is a member of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society. He has also been elected as a member of the European Shoulder and Elbow Society.

Mr Stephen Bale BSc FRCS(Orth)
Mr Stephen Bale is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in surgery of the shoulder. He trained in orthopaedics in Manchester holding posts of tutor and lecturer with the University Department of Orthopaedics. He holds the Sir Harry Platt Research Honour. He has a special interest in upper limb surgery particularly in relation to the shoulder. He has travelled widely in Europe and the USA to exchange ideas on techniques relating to all aspects of shoulder surgery. His particular interests are rotator cuff surgery, instability and shoulder arthroplasty. He continues to be actively involved in research.

Mr Daniel Redfern FRCS(Orth)
Born and bred in nearby Rivington village, Daniel Redfern qualified from Barts’ Hospital in 1988 after graduation at Oriel College, Oxford. His training continued in London at St Mary’s Hospital, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. Winner of the prestigious Laming Evans Fellowship of the Royal college of Surgeons, his Upper Limb training was completed as a fellow at the Wrightington Hospital before returning to the North West in 1999. His major interests are in elbow, wrist and hand surgery. He has published and presented nationally and internationally in these fields and is a faculty teacher in wrist and elbow arthroscopy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.