Rachel Barratt

Rachel Barratt is a consultant urological surgeon at UCLH with a special interest in reconstructive urology and minimally invasive robotic surgery. Ms Barratt received her medical degree from the University of Nottingham in 2011 and completed her urology speciality training in the North London Deanery. She completed two subspeciality clinical fellowships in both functional and reconstructive urology and robotic pelvic uro-oncology at UCLH before being appointed as a consultant at UCLH in July 2024. She holds a BMedSci(hons) BMBS (hons) and FRCS (Urol).  

The FRA Unit offers tertiary expertise in male and female reconstructive urology to urologists and urogynaecologists nationwide. Ms Barratt provides specialist assessment and treatment of bladder dysfunction, male and female incontinence and ureteric injury utilising both open and robotic approaches. In addition, Ms Barratt works as part of the multidisciplinary UCLH Endometriosis Centre to provide urological input for women with deep infiltrating endometriosis.

Alongside patient care responsibilities, Ms Barratt is actively involved in the education and training of medical students and junior doctors. She has previously held roles on the BAUS Functional and Reconstructive Urology Committee and European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Urologists Board and is a current associate member of the EAU urethral stricture guideline panel and European Society of GenitoUrethral Surgery (ESGURS) bladder and ureteric working group. She publishes and presents work regularly in her field and is invited to speak at conferences both nationally and internationally.  

She is a member of several professional societies, including the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), European Association of Urology, Royal College of Surgeons of England and British Medical Association.