Neurology
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Our neurology services provide emergency and planned inpatient and outpatient services to a population of over two million people in north west London.
Referrals to our neurology services come from local, regional and national sources, from both GPs and other hospitals. In addition to our wide range of general neurological and neurosurgical services, the departments offer particular emergency expertise in both the hyper acute stroke unit (HASU) at Charing Cross Hospital and the major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital.
As a regional neuroscience centre, we bring together expertise across the range of neurological conditions, and as the Trust is an academic health science centre, we try to bring cutting edge research to the bedside for the benefit of patients. Our neuro-otology is a centre of national excellence for patients with dizzy, balance and eye movement disorders and receives referrals from around the UK. We have an internationally recognised multiple sclerosis (MS) service, with the largest UK cohort of patients on disease modifying therapies.
Our dementia service has unrivalled expertise in using advanced imaging for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. As one of London’s eight hyper acute stroke centres, in conjunction with the stroke physicians, vascular surgeons, and neuro-radiologists, we provide a high quality acute stroke service, including the use of mechanical clot retrieval in some patients.
With the major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital, we run an internationally recognised multidisciplinary traumatic brain injury (TBI) service, the only one of its type in the UK.
Conditions and treatments
Our neurology service offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient treatments for neurological problems, including:
- stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
- multiple sclerosis (MS)
- movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease
- epilepsy, including complex epilepsy
- cognition and memory including dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- acquired brain injury
- headache/migraine
- neuromuscular disease
- peripheral nerve disease
- neurogenetics
- neuro-infection
- neuro-ophthalmology
- neuro-otology
- neuro-oncology
- neuro-rehab
Our treatments include close liaison with neurosurgical services for patients requiring surgical intervention (e.g. for brain tumours and spinal disease), deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, disease-modifying therapies for patients with MS, botox for movement disorders and headache, hyper acute stroke interventions including thrombolysis, and mechanical clot retrieval (with the support of the interventional neuroradiology service).
Clinics
As well as offering general neurology outpatient services, our department runs a broad range of specialist clinics including headache, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and neuro-inflammatory conditions, neurological infections, neuro-otology, neuro-ophthalmology, movement disorders including tremor, Parkinson’s disease, and deep brain stimulation assessments, traumatic brain injury, memory clinics, neuro-genetics, peripheral nerve and neuromuscular diseases (including motor neurone disease), and cerebrovascular disease (stroke and TIA).
Neurology clinics at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
First floor, south wing
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
Neurological movement disorders clinic:
Dr Bain at 13.00, first and third Thursday of every month (tremor).
Dr Charlesworth at 09.00, third Wednesday of each month.
Dr Molloy at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Dr Molloy at 13.00, second and third Friday of each month.
Dr Pearce at 11.00, last Wednesday of each month (lower ground floor, south wing).
Dr Pearce at 13.00, third Friday of each month.
Dr Piccini at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Dr Tai at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Neuro Parkinson's disease nurse-led clinic:
Mr Singh at 13.30, every Monday.
Mr Singh at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Neurology general clinic:
Dr Jenkins at 13.30, alternate Thursdays.
Dr Jenkins at 08.45, alternate Tuesdays.
Dr Johnson at 08.45, every Thursday.
Dr Kaplan at 08.45, every Tuesday.
Dr O’Dwyer at 13.00, every Monday.
Dr Seemungal at 13.30, every Wednesday.
Dr Sharma at 09.15, every Tuesday.
Neuro-otology clinic:
Professor Adolfo Bronstein at 13.15, every Monday (first floor, south wing ENT clinic).
Dr Seemungal at 08.50, every Monday.
Neuro MS clinic:
Dr Singh-Curry at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Dr Malik at 08.45, every Thursday except the second week of every month (lower ground floor, south wing).
Dr Malik at 08.45, second Thursday of each month (Sarcoid clinic) (lower ground floor, south wing).
Dr Nicholas at 13.30, every Tuesday (specialist registrar-led clinic).
Dr Nicholas at 08:30, every Wednesday.
Dr Scalfari at 0.30, every Tuesday (fifth floor, north wing).
Neuro MS nurse-led clinic:
At 13.00, every Tuesday (fourth floor, north wing MS unit).
At 13.00, every Thursday (fourth floor, north wing MS unit).
Neuro infection clinic:
Dr Davies at 09.00, every Tuesday.
Neuro TIA assessment clinic, held on Ward 9 west every day at Charing Cross Hospital:
Dr Jenkins at 10.00, daily Monday through Friday.
Neuro TIA follow-up clinic:
Dr Jenkins at 14.00, every Friday.
Dr Bentley at 14.00, every Monday.
Neuro epilepsy clinic:
Dr O’Dwyer at 09.00, every Monday.
Dr O’Dwyer at 09.00, every Wednesday (A&E first fit clinic only).
Dr O’Dwyer at 09.00, every Thursday.
Neuro epilepsy nurse-led clinic:
Mr Ramkoleea at 09.00, every Monday.
Mr Ramkoleea at 09.00, every Thursday.
Neuro epilepsy (complex) clinic:
Dr Johnson at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Neuro peripheral nerve clinic:
Dr Gabriel at 09.00, first Tuesday of every month.
Dr Pritchard at 09.30, every Wednesday.
Dr Pritchard at 13.15, every Friday.
Neuro deep brain stimulation clinic:
Dr Bain at 14.50, second Thursday of each month.
Dr Charlesworth at 13.00, first, second and third Thursday every month.
Neuro cognition and memory clinic:
Dr Kennedy at 10.00, every Wednesday.
Dr Malhotra at 09.00, every Monday.
Dr Perry at 09.10, every Monday.
Dr Perry at 09.30, every Wednesday.
Neuro ophthalmology clinic:
Dr Pambakian at 09.00, every Tuesday (first floor, south wing, eye clinic).
Neuro botulinum toxin for movement disorders clinic:
Dr Pearce at 09.00, every first and third Wednesday of each month.
Dr Pearce at 09.00, every first, second and fourth Friday of each month.
Neuro headache/migraine clinic:
Dr Peatfield at 09.15, every Wednesday.
Dr Weatherall at 09.30, every Monday.
Dr Weatherall at 13.30, every Wednesday.
Neuro stroke clinic:
Dr Sharma at 10.15, every first, second, third and fifth Tuesday each month.
Neuro young stroke clinic:
Dr Sharma at 10.15, every fourth Tuesday each month.
Neuro muscular clinic:
Dr Viegas at 08.45, every Tuesday.
Neurology clinics at Hammersmith Hospital
Address
Main outpatients (desks B and C)
Ground floor
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS
Hours
Neurology general clinic, outpatients department, desk B:
Dr Charlesworth at 09.00, every Tuesday
Dr Muraro at 09.00, every Tuesday.
Dr Pavese at 09.00, the first, second and third Tuesday.
Dr Perry at 09.00, every Tuesday.
Neurology general clinic, outpatients department, desk C:
Dr Malhotra at 09.00, every Thursday.
Neuropathy pain clinic:
Professor Anand at 13.30, every Tuesday.
Neurology clinics at St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing
Address
Main outpatients department
St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing
Exmoor Street
London W10 6DZ
Hours
Neurology general clinics:
Dr Ball at 09.00, every Thursday
Dr Bentley at 08.45, every Tuesday
Dr Everitt at 09.00, every Monday
Neurology clinics at St Mary’s Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY
Hours
Neurology general clinic:
Dr Ball at 09.00, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dr Everitt at 09.00, every Tuesday and Thursday.
Dr Gabriel at 09.00, every Wednesday.
Dr Jenkins at 08.50, alternate Tuesdays.
Dr Jenkins at 14.00, alternate Thursdays.
Dr Seemungal at 08.50, alternate Wednesdays.
Dr Sharp at 08.50, alternate Wednesdays.
Neurology traumatic brain injury (TBI) clinic:
Professor Sharp at 09.00, every Monday.
Dr Fleminger at 09.00, first Monday of each month.
Neuro peripheral nerve clinic:
Dr Gabriel at 09.00, second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Neuro MS clinic:
Dr Nicholas at 09.00, every Monday.
Dr Scalfari at 09.00, every Monday.
Neuro MS nurse-led clinic:
Ms Walters at 09.00, every Tuesday.
Neurology clinics at Western Eye Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
Western Eye Hospital
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5QH
Hours
Neuro ophthalmology clinic:
Dr Nicholas at 14.00, every Wednesday.
Meet the team
Consultants at Charing Cross Hospital
Dr Peter Bain
Dr Paul Bentley
Professor Adolfo Bronstein
Dr Gavin Charlesworth
Dr Sam Dahdaleh
Dr Pooja Dassan
Dr Nicholas Davies
Professor Simone Di Giovanni
Dr Richard Festenstein
Dr John Janssen
Dr Ieuan Harri Jenkins
Dr Michael Johnson
Dr Dheeraj Kalladka
Dr Kushan Karunaratne
Dr Angus Kennedy
Professor Paresh Malhotra
Dr Sophie Molloy
Professor Paolo Muraro
Dr Richard Nicholas
Dr Alidz Pambakian
Dr Ronald Pearce
Dr Richard Perry
Dr Jane Pritchard
Dr Barry Seemungal
Professor Pankaj Sharma
Professor David Sharp
Dr Victoria Singh-Curry
Dr Stuart Viegas
Professor Richard Wise
Consultants at Hammersmith Hospital
Professor Praveen Anand
Dr Gavin Charlesworth
Professor Simone Di Giovanni
Professor Paresh Malhotra
Professor Paolo Muraro
Dr Richard Perry
Consultant at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital
Consultants at St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing
Dr Joanna Ball
Dr Paul Bentley
Dr Alex Everitt
Consultants at St Mary's Hospital
Dr Joanna Ball
Dr Alex Everitt
Dr Simon Fleminger
Dr Carolyn Gabriel
Professor Simone Di Giovanni
Dr Ieuan Harri Jenkins
Dr Richard Nicholas
Dr Jane Pritchard
Dr Antonio Scalfari
Professor David Sharp
Dr Barry Seemungal
Consultant at Western Eye Hospital
Patient information
Before your appointment
You are welcome to bring a relative, close friend or carer with you to your appointment. You are also welcome to request a chaperone – please call before your appointment to arrange for this. Please bring your appointment letter and a list of medications you are taking to your appointment.
During your appointment
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present for some appointments. If you do not wish to have them in the room please let the nurse or doctor know and the students will be asked to step outside.
Appointment slots range from five minutes to 60 minutes depending on your needs. At your appointment, the consultant will take your medical history and carry out an expert assessment. The consultant will then discuss the findings with you and fill out an outcome form, which you will be asked to take to the reception desk on your way out.
The outcome form will either ask you to return for a follow-up appointment in the future (perhaps following a diagnostic test) or you will be discharged from the consultant's care. You may also be referred for some tests either during the appointment or after the appointment. These tests may occur on the same day or on a future date that is convenient for you.
After your appointment
After your appointment, you may be discharged back to GP care if no further investigations or action are needed, or if ongoing treatment can be supervised in primary care.
Alternatively, you may be referred for diagnostic tests and asked to come back for a follow-up appointment, at which time the results of these tests would be discussed with you together with a treatment plan. If treatment is initiated, you will likely receive follow-up care to monitor your treatment.
Patient information leaflets
Refer to this service
GP and secondary care referrals
Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our neurology services.
GP advice
For non-urgent medical enquiries, GPs and practice staff within the Trust’s eight referring CCGs (Hammersmith & Fulham, Central London, West London, Ealing, Hounslow, Harrow, Brent and Hillingdon) can email our medical specialists with non-urgent clinical enquiries, through our GP advice service.
Email: strokeandneurosciences.imperial@nhs.net
Additional information
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care
We also offer private care services at Imperial College Healthcare.
All funds generated by our private care services are reinvested back into the Trust, supporting the development of both NHS and private care for the benefit of all our patients.
Find more information about private neurology services on our private care website.
Clinical trials and research
The department is involved in a large number of clinical research trials (e.g. in MS, movement disorders, dementia, neuro-otology, stroke and TIA), so patients may be asked (if appropriate) if they would be willing to take part in a trial. It is important to note that if they decide not to participate in clinical research, this would have no bearing on their future treatment.
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I want to particularly commend and thank the neurology team of doctors: the whole team, from the most senior consultants to the junior doctors and medical students, had a fantastic bedside manner, were excellent at explaining what was going on, and went out of their way to make sure patients were informed and reassured.
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