Mr Togay Koç · Toeguy

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Foot and ankle carein plain English.

I'm Mr Togay Koç — patients call me Toeguy (yes, like "toe" and "guy"). I treat the full range of adult foot and ankle problems across Hampshire and the South East.

Mr Togay Koç
FRCS · BOFAS · Hampshire

About

The conversation you wish you'd had in clinic.

Patients call me Toeguy. The name started as a play on my first name — Togay became Toe-guy — but it's become how I think about the practice: an expert who can talk to you about your foot in plain English, not a name on a clinic door.

I'm a Consultant Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon based in Hampshire, working across the South East of England. My practice covers the full range of adult foot and ankle problems, from bunions and stiff big toes to ankle instability, Achilles problems and complex deformity correction.

I trained in orthopaedic surgery in the UK and hold the FRCS (Tr&Orth). I'm a member of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Southampton, where I teach medical students and co-supervise a PhD.

Not every problem needs surgery. Some need physiotherapy, some need insoles, some need time. My job at the first appointment is to look at your imaging with you, explain what's going on without the jargon, and help you decide what's actually right for you.

What I treat

Adult foot and ankle conditions.

01BunionsHallux valgus
02Stiff big toeHallux rigidus
03Ankle instabilityRecurrent sprains & giving way
04Achilles tendon problemsTendinopathy & rupture
05Plantar fasciitisPersistent heel pain
06Ankle arthritisJoint pain & stiffness
07Deformity correctionFoot & ankle reconstruction
08Trauma & post-injuryReconstruction after injury

Patient information

Articles on common procedures.

Where I practise

Private practice across the South East.

Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital

Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire

Spire Southampton Hospital

Chalybeate Close, Southampton

My NHS practice is at University Hospital Southampton. This site is for private consultations only.

Credentials

Training and memberships.

MBBS, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Member, British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (BOFAS)
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton
Consultant, University Hospital Southampton (NHS)
GMC registered: 6159620
Medical defence: MDDUS member

Book a consultation

Ready when you are.

Most patients are seen within a week. You don't need a GP referral to book privately, though it helps if you have one. The first appointment is a conversation — we look at your problem together and work out the right next step.

Response within one working day · Private medical insurance welcome

Privacy and data

Mr Togay Koç is the data controller for personal data collected through this website. Contact details you provide via the booking form are used only to respond to your enquiry.

Your data is not shared with third parties except as required for clinical care or by law. You have the right to access, correct, or delete your data — email dataprotection@toeguy.co.uk to request this.

How we use AI at this practice

We use carefully selected artificial intelligence (AI) tools to reduce administrative work so that your consultation time is spent on you, not on paperwork. Specifically:

Consultation notes. During your appointment we may use an AI scribe to help draft the notes and letters from what is said. Mr Koç reviews, corrects and approves every note and letter before it is filed or sent — the AI drafts, the doctor decides.

Administrative processing. We may use AI tools to help prepare operation notes, correspondence, imaging requests and similar administrative documents from information Mr Koç has already decided. These tools never make or suggest clinical decisions about your care.

All AI processing takes place under contracts that meet UK GDPR requirements. Our AI providers operate under zero-data-retention terms: what we send is processed, returned to us, and not stored by the provider or used to train AI systems. Your records themselves stay in our practice management system (Carebit), not with any AI provider.

You can ask us not to use AI tools in your care. Just tell Mr Koç or any member of the practice team — declining will not affect the care you receive in any way.

If you have questions or wish to object, contact the data controller: Mr Togay Koç — info@toeguy.co.uk — 023 8254 3444. If you remain unhappy you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.

Full details of your rights are available at ico.org.uk.