Infectious diseases

We provide infectious diseases, microbiology, virology and infection control services at Charing Cross, Hammersmith, and St Mary’s hospitals.

Our inpatient unit is based on Rodney Porter ward at St Mary’s hospital and provides specialist care for patients with infections, including those requiring isolation.

The microbiology and virology laboratories, operated by North West London Pathology, are located at Charing Cross Hospital.

Our clinical microbiology team provide clinical oversight for the microbiology laboratory and provide infection advice to clinical teams across all three hospital sites.

Our infectious diseases team manage inpatients on the infectious diseases ward, provide specialist infection opinions for patients admitted under other clinical teams and operate outpatient clinics across all three hospital sites.

Our virology team provide clinical oversight for the virology laboratory and provide clinical advice across all three hospital sites.

Our outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) team, based at St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospitals, manage the delivery of intravenous antibiotics to patients who are medically stable, within their own homes.

Our infection prevention and control (IPC) team works alongside clinical teams to develop and implement strategies to improve the quality of patient care within the organisation.

We have strong links with Imperial College London, with many of our clinicians being academics at the college.