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    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
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