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

Neuromuscular disorders

 

We offer a comprehensive diagnostic, therapeutic and support service for adult patients with neuromuscular disorders (NMD), including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, inflammatory polyneuropathy, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy and  myasthenia gravis. We are recognised by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign as a Neuromuscular Centre of Clinical Excellence for Adults.

There are eight to nine neuromuscular clinics weekly with less frequent transitional/adolescent clinics to provide a consultant-led service that includes a rehabilitation physician clinic for complex patients and specialist neuromuscular nurse follow-up clinic.

  • Dr Charlotte Dougan (general NMD and transitional/adolescent clinic)
  • Dr James Holt (general NMD and transitional/adolescent clinic)
  • Dr Shagufay Mahendran (complex NMD and transitional/adolescent clinic)
  • Dr Simon McCrory (general NMD)
  • Dr Siva Sathasivam (general NMD, motor neurone disease, myasthenia gravis)
  • Ms Cathy Prescott (follow-up NMD) 
     

We offer the following services:

  • Specialist neuromuscular consultant assessment for diagnosis and management of condition with additional dedicated clinics for motor neurone disease (see dedicated page) and myasthenia gravis
  • Access to neurophysiology (nerve conduction studies and EMG) and neuropathology (muscle and nerve biopsy) services as required on site
  • Specialist occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy (PT) and speech and language therapy (SLT) assessment available on day of NMD clinic when required in most cases, or in subsequent standalone specialist therapy clinics
  • Neuromuscular care advisor advice (contact 0151 252 5451) and referral to outside agencies or home visits as required
    For patients requiring treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) our neuromuscular nurse carries out assessments and treatment optimisation, plus offers a service for home treatment with subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg)
  • Specialist neuromuscular nurse advice line available to all our patients for telephone appointments re clinical concerns relating to their NMD (contact 0151 556 4008 and request an appointment with the neuromuscular nurse – this number is also used to request appointments with the MND nurse, who is the best contact if you have been diagnosed with MND and have clinical queries)
  • Respiratory assessment and genetic services off site
  • Access to Neuroscience Research Centre for engagement in clinical research (NRC; our clinical trials unit) where available
     

Patient leaflets

Biopsy - muscle

Biopsy - skin

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the treatment of acute and chronic neurological diseases

Multifocal motor neuropathy

Neurological long-term conditions – Neuromuscular Team

 

Consultants

Dr James Holt

Dr Sivakumar Sathasivam

Dr Charlotte Dougan

Dr Simon McCrory

Dr Shagufay Mahendran