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:
- Dr Hugh Rickards
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
Department of Neuropsychiatry
Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2QZ
tel: 0121 301 2000
- Dr Hazel O'Dowd
Clinical Psychologist
Pain Management Centre
Ward 22
Frenchay Hospital
Frenchay Park Road
Bristol
BS16 1LE
tel: 0117 9186795
- Professor Chris D Ward
Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
University Rehabilitation Research Unit
Derby City General Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
tel: 01322 340131 ext 5680
- Ms Sue Pemberton
Consultant Occupational Therapist
Leeds & West Yorkshire CFS/M.E. Service
Outpatients First Floor
Newsam Centre
Leeds
LS14 6WB
tel: 0113 3056513 / 3056521
- Dr Fred Nye has now retired
Consultant Physician
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Infectious Diseases
32 Link Corridor
Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8XP
tel: 0151 7063868
- Dr Damien Longson
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
North Manchester General Hospital
Safire Unit
Park House
Delauneys Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
M8 6AR
0161 720 4867
- Dr Peter D White
Reader in Psychological Medicine
CFS/M.E. Service
St Bartholomew's Hopsital
PO BOX 8108
William Harvey House
61 Bartholomew Close
EC1A 7BE
tel: 0207 601 8108
JOINT WITH:
- Dr Maurice Murphy
Consultant in Immunology and HIV Medicine
CFS/M.E. Service
St Bartholomew's Hopsital
PO BOX 8108
William Harvey House
61 Bartholomew Close
EC1A 7BE
tel: 0207 601 8108
- 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
- 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
- Dr Selwyn Richards
Consultant Rheumatologist
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Longfleet Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2JB
tel: 01202 448613
- Dr Gwyneth de Lacey
Head of Health and Medical Psychology
22 Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2BA
tel: 0114 2261903
- Dr Amolak Bansal
Department of Immunology
St Helier Hospital
Wrythe Lane
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 1AA
tel: 020 8296 2725
- Professor Anthony Pinching
Associate Dean for Cornwall
Peninsula Medical School
Peninsula Medical School Offices
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Tel: 01872 252865/ 253064
If you live in certain areas of South West England you can call the CFS/M.E. helpline for more information on accessing services.
If your GP does not have information about a local service, they can contact the nearest clinical champions for details.
