In this section...

  1. Acute Physiotherapy
  2. Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN)
  3. Chiari malformation and syringomyella
  4. Cognitive neurology
  5. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  6. Dietetic Services
  7. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  8. Endoscopic (keyhole) spinal surgery
  9. Epilepsy
  10. Epilepsy specialist nurse service
  11. Epilepsy surgery
  12. Essential tremor - Ultrasound thalamotomy
  13. Evoked potentials (EP)
  14. Facial pain
  15. Fluroscopy
  16. Functional Neurological Disorders Service (FNDS)
  17. Headache service
  18. Hydrocephalus, CSF disorders and spina bifida
  19. Infection prevention and control
  20. Integrated Neurology Nurse Service
  21. Interventional Radiology
  22. Major Trauma service
  23. Motor neurone disease
  24. Multiple sclerosis
  25. Multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse service
  26. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and Electromyography (EMG)
  27. Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care
  28. Neurogenetic disorders
  29. Neurological long-term conditions OT service
  30. Neurological Long Term Conditions Physiotherapy Team (LTC)
  31. Neurology
  32. Neuromodulation for Pain and Pelvic Floor Instability
  33. Neuromuscular disorders
  34. Neuromyelitis optica
  35. Neuro-Oncology Department
  36. Neuropathic pain (nerve pain)
  37. Neurophysiology Department
  38. Neuropsychiatry
  39. Neuropsychology Department
  40. Neuropsychology inpatient service
  41. Neuroradiology
  42. Neuroscience Laboratories
  43. Neurosurgery
  44. Neurovascular surgery and intervention
  45. Pain Management Programme
  46. Pain medicine
  47. Palliative care pain
  48. Parkinson's disease Nurse Specialists
  49. Pre-operative Assessment Team
  50. Physiotherapy botulinum toxin service
  51. Rehabilitation
  52. Research
  53. Respiratory Physiotherapy Team
  54. Speech and Language Therapy
  55. Spinal surgery
  56. Surgical management of chronic pain
  57. Surgical, Medical, Acute Response Team (SMART)
  58. Theatres
  59. Therapies Department
  60. Tissue viability
  61. Trauma Therapy Team

Multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse service

 

The MS nurse service offers support, advice, information and education to those with a diagnosis of MS.

 

Services provided

  • Nurse-led clinics, including assessment, support and problem solving
  • Presence at consultant-led multidisciplinary clinics at The Walton Centre
  • Symptom management and lifestyle advice
  • Newly diagnosed information day
  • Initiation and monitoring of disease modifying treatments
  • Telephone advice line
  • Referral to other disciplines/agencies
  • Education to health professionals
     

Areas covered:

Merseyside, Cheshire, Warrington, Wirral and Lancashire

  • Carolyn Cairns, MS Nurse Specialist Lead
  • Helen Leggett, MS Nurse Specialist
  • Michal Grochowski, MS Nurse Specialist
  • Jamie Docherty, Nurse Specialist in MS and movement disorders
     

North Wales

  • Yvonne Copeland, MS Nurse Specialist
  • Michelle Cole, MS Nurse Specialist
     

Referral information

The service is available to anyone with a confirmed diagnosis of MS. You can either self-refer or ask your GP or consultant neurologist to refer you.

 

Contact information

  • 0151 556 4008 - Nurse advice line
  • DMT Coordinators: Charlotte Ashton and Shaun Ellis - 0151 556 3746 / 3745
  • DMT Administrator - Wales (based at The Walton Centre): Erin Cairns - 0151 556 3745
  • MS Secretary: Sarah Baker - 0151 556 3369
     

 

Patient leaflets

Alemtuzumab treatment

Multiple sclerosis - bladder symptoms

Multiple sclerosis - constipation

Multiple sclerosis – functional electrical stimulation

Multiple sclerosis – neurological long-term conditions and therapy team

Multiple sclerosis – oral methylprednisolone

Multiple sclerosis – pelvic floor exercises

Multiple sclerosis – specialist nurse service

Neurological long-term for professionals