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Neurosciences
Our neuroscience team provides a range of general and specialist clinical services.
The Neurology team is made up of eight consultant neurologists, junior doctors, and a specialist registrar, who may conduct your consultation or treatment. You may be seen by other members of the team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, clinical physiologists, speech and language therapists, and dieticians.
Our specialist nurses assess and monitor patients on a range of drug therapies and provide expert advice and information on neurological conditions.
Location
The Neurosciences unit is situated at Junction 2 on the ground floor of York Hospital.
Patient information leaflets
You can find more information regarding your appointments on our neuroscience patient information leaflets page.
Clinical neurophysiology opening hours
- Department: Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 4.00 pm.
- EEG/EP clinic appointments: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 3.30 pm.
- EMG/NCS outpatient clinics in York: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Video-Telemetry EEG patients are admitted onto ward 32 for inpatient monitoring.
Our services
Epilepsy nurse
Patients with an epilepsy diagnosis and under a York neurologist are eligible for our nurse-led clinics. These clinics are held morning and afternoon, four days per week. Clinics are held at Scarborough, Selby, and by telephone. If necessary, home visits can be arranged.
A joint learning disability clinic is held every two months with community learning disability nurses.
Headache nurse
We provide treatment, management, and education for people suffering from all types of headaches.
We run six Botulinum Toxin clinics and six follow-up clinics per week, including a mixture of telephone and face-to-face appointments.
Parkinson's nurse
Patients with a Parkinson’s disease or Parkinson’s Plus diagnosis and who are under a York neurologist within the NHS are eligible for our nurse-led clinics. These clinics are held in the morning and afternoon, four days a week. Clinics are held at York, Selby, and Malton.
Epilepsy nurse
Patients with an epilepsy diagnosis who are under a York neurologist are eligible for our nurse-led clinics. These clinics are held in the morning and afternoon, four days a week. Clinics are held at York, Scarborough, Selby, and Bridlington, and also by telephone. If necessary, home visits can be arranged.
Neurosciences physiotherapy
We provide physiotherapy advice and treatment for people aged 16 and over with any neurological condition. This doesn’t include stroke patients, who are seen by another specialist physiotherapy team.
We assess patients individually, then develop a problem list, specific treatment programme (including advice on managing their condition, if appropriate), and joint goals.
Click here for more information on physiotherapy services.
Neuroscience occupational therapy
Our neuroscience occupational therapy team provides specialist assessment and treatment for patients with a neurological condition. This doesn’t include stroke patients, who are seen by another specialist physiotherapy team.
Occupational therapy aims to maximise patients’ ability to carry out everyday tasks, such as getting washed and dressed, making meals, engaging in leisure activities, and getting to and from work.
Click here for more information on occupational therapy services.
The York Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC) Clinic
We run a multi-disciplinary clinic with a core team of consultants, including:
- Dr Clare Johnston, Consultant Neurologist
- Dr Colin Jones, Renal Consultant
- Dr Keith Wu, Consultant Dermatologist
- Dr Howard Wong, Consultant Neurologist
- Kym Brown, Advanced Epilepsy Specialist Nurse
- Charlotte Pollock and Natalie Phelps, Neurology Co-ordinators
We have access to support from diverse specialities such as interventional radiology, eye clinic, psychiatry, and learning disability services, and consult outside the Trust with clinical genetics and neurosurgery when needed.
The clinic now forms one of a small number of regional referral centres, recognised nationally by NHS England and approved to prescribe Everolimus in TSC. Clinics take place approximately six times per year, and we see patients from across the region, covering North, East and West Yorkshire.
Our teams
Consultants
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Dr Clare Johnston Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Epilepsy, Tuberous Sclerosis |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725743 |
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Dr Howard Wong Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Tuberous Sclerosis |
Secretary Tel: 01904 721950 |
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Dr Malcolm Proudfoot Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Motor Neurone Disease |
Secretary Tel: 01904 721055 |
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Dr Phil Duffey Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Movement Disorders, Botulinum Toxin Therapy |
Secretary Tel: 01904 721950 |
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Dr Sayan Datta Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Epilepsy |
Secretary Tel: 01904 721055 |
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Dr Fan Cheng Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Movement Disorders, Botulinum Toxin Therapy and Headaches |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725743 |
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Dr Tom Button Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Multiple Sclerosis |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725602 |
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Dr Chisha Weerasinghe Consultant Neurologist Special interest: Headache |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725602 |
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Dr Karolis Zienius Consultant Neurologist Special Interest: Cognitive and Movement Disorders |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725743 |
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Dr Jyotirmoy Pal Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist Special interest: Epilepsy, Peripheral nerve muscle disorder, Visual Electrodiagnosis |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725667 |
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Dr Stephen Evans Consultant Neuropsychologist |
Secretary Tel: 01904 725353 |
Administrative staff
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Clinic Co-ordinators |
Tel: 01904 725744 |
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Outpatient Administrators |
Tel: 01904 725751/5741/5752 |
Specialist nurses
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Epilepsy Nurses |
Tel: 01904 725742 / 721864 |
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Headache Nurse |
Tel: 01904 725741 / 725743 |
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Multiple Sclerosis Nurse |
Tel: 01904 725748 |
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Motor Neurone Disease Nurse |
Tel: 07468 755560 |
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Parkinson’s Nurse |
Tel: 01904 721061 |
Allied health professionals/Supporting therapies
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Physiotherapy |
Tel: 01904 721547 |
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Occupational Therapy |
Tel: 01904 721547 |
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Psychology |
Tel: 01904 725353 |
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Neurophysiology |
Tel: 01904 725667 |
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Speech and Language Therapy |
Tel: 01904 725768 |
