Neurology
Our neurology department deals with the diagnosis, treatment and management of conditions affecting the nervous system. Treatments are mainly based in the outpatients department (unless specified).
Conditions treated
- Brain injury
- Movement disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Epilepsy
- Headaches / facial pain
- Multiple sclerosis
- Ataxias
- Motor neurone disease
- Dementias
- Spinal cord disorders
- Peripheral nerve disorders
- Muscle diseases
- Myasthenia gravis
- Neuro-genetic / Hereditary conditions
Specialist areas
Specialist areas
Most conditions are assessed in the general neurology outpatient clinics. In addition we offer specialist clinics in the following areas:
- first seizure clinic (Dr Neligan)
- specialist epilepsy clinics (Dr Neligan, Harriet Spencer)
- multi-disciplinary epilepsy (transition paediatric, neuro-obstetric, learning disability)
- Adult Focal Spasticity Service (assessment and management of spasticity with botulinum toxin injections, Joseph Buttell)
- multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation assessment clinic (Dr Greenwood and Dr Liu; please refer to the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit service page
- Rapid Access Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) clinic (Drs Lehmann, Talelli and Saastamoninen)