Patient information

Ward information

Below is information about our wards, their specialties and the staff that work on them.



Acute care unit (ACU)

35 beds arranged in 5 bays and 5 single side rooms

Ward manager: Mousomi Bhattacharryya and Alesia Parker 

tel: 020 8510 7666

Specialty: Acute admissions, medical, surgical and orthopaedic

Consultants

  • Dr B Ghosh

Lead nurse or matron: Jackie Bines

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Adult rehabilitation unit (ARU)

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager: Marie Ryan 

tel: 020 8510 7430/5238 

Specialty: Rehabilitation

Consultants:

  • Dr D Dasgupta 
  • Dr S Singhai

Lead nurse or matron: Jasmine Smith

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Aske ward

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager: Rosemary Wiggan

tel: 020 8510 7410/7411 
tel office: 020 8510 7652 

Specialty: Elderly care, Acute medicine

Consultants:

  • Dr A Lehmann
  • Dr D Dasgupta
  • Dr C O'Sullivan 

Lead nurse or matron: Jackie Bines

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Bryning: day unit

Ward manager: Rokey Jagne

tel: 020 8510 8048 or  020 8510 8941

Specialty: Elderly care providing assessment, rehabilitation and support for older people with complex problems. 

Consultants:

  • Dr A Lehmann
  • Dr C O’Sullivan
  • Dr D Dasgupta 
  • Dr S Singhai
  • Dr N Arnold

Lead nurse or matron: Jasmine Smith

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Cardiology/medical ward

20 beds arranged in 3 bays and 2 single side rooms

Ward manager: Daniel Wicks

tel: 020 8510 7253/7511 

Specialty: Cardiology

Consultants:

  • Dr H Xiao
  • Dr T Bowker 

Lead nurse or matron: Jackie Bines

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Children's emergency assessment (CEA)

Managers: Elizabeth Essoof and Karen Patrick   

tel: 020 8510 7808 

Specialty: Paediatric Emergency 

Consultants:

  • Dr D Burns
  • Dr R Sood
  • Dr N Lessof
  • Dr J Bucknall
  • Dr C Pal
  • Dr A Washington
  • Dr D Gurtin  

Lead nurse or matron: Rachel Kirby
 

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Continuing Care at Home (CCAH)

A ‘virtual ward’ where up to 13 patients are supported and cared for in their own accommodation

Ward manager: Mohamed Madarbux  

tel: 020 7301 3541 

Specialty: 

  • Stroke with severe disability
  • Multiple sclerosis (end stage)
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy with reduced mobility
  • Paraplegic/quadraplegic due to trauma
  • Cancer in terminal stage
  • End stage renal heart failure 

Consultant:

  • Dr C O’Sullivan 

Lead nurse: Roy Tecson

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Daniel Defoe ward

This ward is not in use at present.

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Delivery suite and birthing centre

Delivery Suite: 14 ensuite delivery rooms which cover maternity care from low to high risk.
Birth Centre: 4 double bedded, ensuite rooms; two with permanent pools, two optional ‘pop up’ pools available

Midwifery Matron: Janet Bradley

tel: 020 8510 5955 Maternity Helpline, 10.00 - 18.00hrs everyday
tel: 020 8510 7351/7352/7354Delivery Suite                   
tel: 020 8510 7350 Janet Bradley, Matron       
                                                
Consultants:

  • Miss K Erskine
  • Mr E Dorman
  • Mr Y Akinfenwa
  • Mr A Gudi
  • Miss C Kingman
  • Miss S Watson
  • Miss C Roberts
  • Mr A Shah
  • Mr E Nyarko
  • Mr C Barnick 
  • Miss M Parisaei

 

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Edith Cavell ward

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager: Lynne de Castro Arenas 

tel: 020 8510 7401/7856
tel: office: 020 8510 7400 

Specialty: Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, 

Consultants:

Gastroenterology

  • Dr R Shidrawi
  • Dr E Wood

Rheumatology

  • Dr B Hameed

Lead nurse or matron: Nikki Wagstaff

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Graham ward

27 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager:  Paulina Louis

tel: 020 8510 7420/1 

Specialty: Stroke rehabilitation

Consultants:

  • Dr A Lehmann
  • Dr P Talelli
  • Dr K Saastamoinen

Stroke specialist nurse: E Maleweze

Lead nurse or matron: Jasmine Smith

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Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU)

9 beds including 1 side room

tel: 020 8510 7300/7301/7302

Consultants:

  • Dr Robert Ghosh Clinical Director ITU
  • Dr John Coakley
  • Dr Cathy Peters
  • Dr Lawrence Tham

Lead nurse: Mike Potter

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Lamb ward

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager: Barbara Afrifa 

tel: 020 8510 7520/1 

Specialty: Respiratory medicine, General medicine 

Consultants:

  • Dr R Rajakulasingham
  • Prof G Bothamley
  • Dr A Bhowmik 

Lead nurse or matron: Nikki Wagstaff

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Lloyd ward

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms

Ward manager: Maria Zwane

tel: 020 8510 7530/7531 

Specialty: Endocrinology, Haematology, General medicine 

Consultants:

  • Dr F Medici
  • Dr J Anderson
  • Dr R Amos  

Lead nurse or matron: Jackie Bines

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Mary Seacole nursing home

50 Beds (43 beds for Continuing Care, 7 beds for Respite Care)

Team leaders:

  • Jenette Gilarty (senior staff nurse – ground floor)
  • Aminata Cozier (senior staff nurse – first floor)

 Tel: ground floor: 020 7301 3180 / first floor: 020 7301 3185

 Speciality:

  • long term conditions
  • end of life/pallative care
  • care for people with some degree of dementia
  • stroke with severe disability
  • multiple sclerosis (end stage)
  • progressive supranuclear palsy with reduced mobility
  • paraplegic/quadraplegic due to trauma
  • end stage renal/ heart failure

Consultant: Dr. Cianan O’Sullivan

Matron : Roy Tecson

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Medical Day Unit (MDU)

Located in the Bryning Unit comprising 4 beds and 6 chairs

Ward manager:  Kelly Ladlow 

tel: 020 8510 5169/5031

Specialty: General medicine, Haematology 

Consultants:

  • Dr R Amos
  • Dr R Mootoo
  • Dr L Abrams
  • Dr T Bowker
  • Dr A Kurbaan 

Lead nurse or matron: Jean Lyon

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Neontal unit (special care baby unit)

42 cots; 16 intensive, 4 high dependency and 22 special care

tel: 020 8510 7361/7364

Specialty: care for babies requiring specialist care for more than 24 hours from within the north-east London area (this includes babies from the following hospitals: North Middlesex, Whipps Cross, King Georges, Queen's Romford, Newham and the Royal London).

Consultants:

  • Dr Shahid Husain
  • Dr Narendra Aladangady
  • Dr Swee Fang
  • Dr Olga Kapellou
  • Dr Zoe Smith
  • Dr Elia Maalouf
  • Dr Ravi Prakash
  • Dr Vicky Rowell
  • Dr Philippa Chisholm
  • Dr Neil Murray

Lead nurse: Jacki Oughton

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Priestley ward

25 beds arranged in 4 bays, 3 single side rooms and 3 double side rooms

Ward manager: Ijeoma Ogbonna 

tel: 020 8510 7142/7724 

Specialty: Female surgical/gynaecology

Consultants:

General surgery

  • Mr P Lunniss
  • Mr K Mannur
  • Ms H Pardoe
  • Mr F Olagbaiye
  • Ms J Pati
  • Mr Y Koak
  • Mr L Angelini
  • Mr S Agarwal

Urology

  • Ms J Pati
  • Mr S Nargund

Breast

  • Mr M Ornstein
  • Miss C Choy
  • Miss L Parvanta

Orthopaedics

  • Mr C Mbubaegbu
  • Mr Z Sivardeen
  • Mr A Qamar
  • Mr A Zurgani
  • Mr A Khan
  • Mr D McCarthy

MaxFax

  • Mr L Cheng
  • Mr A Ezsias

Gynaecology

  • Dr K Erskine
  • Miss S Watson
  • Mr E Dorman
  • Miss C Roberts
  • Mr C Barnick

Lead nurse or matron: Nawaz Hosenee

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Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (RNRU)

27 beds arranged in 3 bays, 3 single side rooms and 1 flatlet

Ward manager: Hilary Spearman 

tel: 020 8510 7969/7452 

Specialty: Neurological rehabilitation for patients following single incident neurological events other than spinal cord injury 

Consultants:

  • Dr R Greenwood
  • Dr C Liu 

Neurology specialist nurse: Sharmen Thompson

Lead nurse or matron: Jasmine Smith

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Starlight children's unit

18 beds arranged as a 4 bedded observational unit, 2 bays, 2 single cubicles, 2 double cubicles

Matron: Rachel Kirby

tel: 020 8510 7450 

Specialty: Paediatric ambulatory care, Paediatric outpatients 

Consultants:

  • Dr D Burns
  • Dr R Sood
  • Dr N Lessof
  • Dr J Bucknall
  • Dr C Pal
  • Dr A Washington
  • Dr D Gurtin  

Lead nurse or matron: Rachel Kirby

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Templar ward

Templar ward: 46 beds
Main ward – 37 beds arranged in 5 bays and 5 single side rooms
Turpin suite – 1 bay containing 9 beds

Ward manager: Paulette Morris and Ruth Stocks 

tel: 020 8510 7541/7561
tel: 020 8510 7571/7146  Maternity   

Consultants:

  • Miss K Erskine
  • Mr E Dorman
  • Mr Y Akinfenwa
  • Mr A Gudi
  • Miss C Kingman
  • Miss S Watson
  • Miss C Roberts
  • Mr A Shah
  • Mr E Nyarko
  • Mr C Barnick 

Lead nurse or matron: Beavle Scantlebury

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Thomas Audley ward

28 beds arranged in 4 bays and 4 single side rooms 

Ward manager: Noreen Chindawi 

tel: 020 8510 7424 or 020 8510 5160

Specialty: Male and female surgical ward 

Consultants:

General surgery

  • Mr P Lunniss
  • Mr K Mannur
  • Ms H Pardoe
  • Mr F Olagbaiye
  • Ms J Pati
  • Mr Y Koak
  • Mr L Angelini
  • Mr S Agarwal

Urology

  • Ms J Pati
  • Mr S Nargund

Breast

  • Mr M Ornstein
  • Miss C Choy
  • Miss L Parvanta

Orthopaedics

  • Mr C Mbubaegbu
  • Mr Z Sivardeen
  • Mr A Qamar
  • Mr A Zurgani
  • Mr A Khan
  • Mr D McCarthy

MaxFax

  • Mr L Cheng
  • Mr A Ezsias

Lead nurse or matron: Nawaz Hosenee

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2012 ward

This ward is not in use at present.

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