Accessing services
The normal referral route will be via your GP. The clinical champions, listed here, can provide your doctor with details of your nearest service.
There are 13 Clinical Network Coordinating Centres (CNCCs) across England which are championing the development of services and improved clinical care in their area. Each CNCC has an individual, named clinical champion or network coordinator:
- West Midlands and Birmingham
Dr Hugh Rickards
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
Department of Neuropsychiatry
The Barberry
25 Vincent Drive
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2FG
tel: 0121 301 2290
- Avon, Wiltshire, Gloucester and Somerset
Dr Hazel O'Dowd
Clinical Psychologist
Pain Management Centre
Ward 22
Frenchay Hospital
Frenchay Park Road
Bristol
BS16 1LE
tel: 0117 9186795
- East Midlands
Professor Chris D Ward
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
tel: 01332 785599
- North, East and West Yorkshire
Ms Sue Pemberton
Consultant Occupational Therapist
Leeds & West Yorkshire CFS/M.E. Service
Outpatients First Floor
Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
Leeds
LS14 6WB
tel: 0113 3056300
- Liverpool and Mersey
Dr Alastair Miller
Consultant Physician Infectious Diseases
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Infectious Diseases
32 Link Corridor
Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8XP
tel: 0151 7063868
- Greater Manchester
Dr Damien Longson – has stepped down
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
North Manchester General Hospital
Safire Unit
Park House
Delauneys Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
M8 6AR
0161 720 4867
- North London, Essex, Sussex and Hertfordshire
Dr Peter D White – (Dr Norman Poole standing in until October)
Reader in Psychological Medicine
CFS/M.E. Service
St Bartholomew's Hopsital
61 Bartholomew Close
EC1A 7BE
tel: 0207 601 8108
JOINT WITH:
- Dr Maurice Murphy
Consultant in Immunology
CFS/M.E. Service
St Bartholomew's Hopsital
CFS/M.E. Service
61 Bartholomew Close
EC1A 7BE
tel: 0207 601 8108
- Northern
Dr Gavin Spickett
Consultant Clinical Immunologist
Head of Regional Immunology Services
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
tel: 0191 2825517
- East Anglia
Dr Terry Mitchell has now retired
Contact Mrs Linda Woods, CFS/ME Service
James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust
Lowerstof Road
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR13 6LA
Tel: 01493 453321
- Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Dr Selwyn Richards
Consultant Rheumatologist
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Longfleet Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2JB
tel: 01202 448613
- South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Anne Nichol
Service manager and Lead OT
CFS/M.E. service for South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Fairlawns
621 Middlewood Road
Sheffield
S6 1TT
tel: 0114 2292937
- South West London, Surrey
Dr Amolak Bansal
Department of Immunology
St Helier Hospital
Wrythe Lane
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 1AA
tel: 0208 2964152
- South-West Peninsula
Professor Anthony Pinching
Associate Dean for Cornwall
Peninsula Medical School
Peninsula Medical School Offices
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Tel: 01872 252865/ 253064
A report by the CFS/ME Clinical and Research Network and Collaborative (CCRNC) on patient satisfaction within their clinics was presented to the APPG Inquiry on NHS Service Provision for ME/CFS in England in 2009.
If your GP does not have information about a local service, they can contact the nearest clinical champions for details.
