Movement disorders

Neurology

Locations

Contact

Outpatients appointments: 020 3311 1182

Visitor Information

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Visiting

Our movement disorders service is based at Charing Cross Hospital and provides specialist services for inpatients and outpatients. We see people with suspected movement disorders or conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. GPs can also refer directly into this service for investigation of abnormal movements such as tremor, slowness and restlessness. Pending that assessment you may be referred for further investigations or treatment. We provide all medical and surgical treatments for these disorders currently available in the UK.

We have six specialist neurologists, one specialist surgeon and a dedicated specialist nurse who provides clinical support to all patients and a dedicated clinical trials unit to allow access to novel treatments and research opportunities and are closely allied to the neurosciences academic unit at Imperial College London.

Conditions and treatments

Our team provides clinical care for all patients with abnormal movements and particularly care for patients with Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders at any stage of their disease (diagnosis, treatment, complex etc.) and provide specialist Botulinum toxin treatment clinics.

We provide expertise in the management of tremor, functional movement disorders, dystonia, hereditary movement disorders (including Huntington’s disease) and cognitive problems associated with movement disorders. We offer all nationally available treatments (including apomorphine, duodopa, deep brain stimulation and other surgical procedures) for Parkinson’s disease.

Clinics

Movement disorders clinics at Charing Cross Hospital

Address

Main outpatients department
First floor
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF

Hours

Dr Peter Bain holds clinics for neuro-deep brain stimulation at 14.45 on the second Thursday of every month.

Dr Gavin Charlesworth holds clinics from 09.00 to 13.00 on Wednesdays and 13.00 to 17.00 on Thursdays.

Dr Sophie Molloy holds clinics from 09.00 to 13.00 on Wednesdays and 13.00 to 16.00 on Fridays.

Dr Ronald Pearce holds clinics from 11.00 to 14.30 on Wednesdays and 13.00 to 17.00 on Fridays.

Professor Paola Piccini holds clinics from 09.00 to 13.00 on Wednesdays.

Dr Yen Tai holds clinics from 09.00 to 13.00 on Wednesdays, and 09.30 to 13.00 on Thursdays.

Dr Dipankar Nandi, neurosurgeon, holds clinics from 13.00 to 16.00 on Thursdays.

Mr David Singh, Parkinson’s specialist nurse, holds clinics from 13.30 to 16.30 on Mondays and 09.00 to 12.30 on Wednesdays.
Phone: 020 3311 1166
Email: david.singh3@nhs.net

Meet the team

Consultants

Dr Peter Bain
Dr Gavin Charlesworth
Dr Sophie Molloy
Mr Dipankar Nandi
Dr Ronald Pearce
Dr Yen Tai

Nurses

David Singh, Parkinson’s specialist nurse
Ami Bocum, deep brain stimulation and movement disorder clinical nurse specialist

Patient information

Before your appointment

When you come to hospital for your initial appointment, please bring along any current prescriptions and any visual, hearing and walking aids you use. If communication is troublesome a carer and/or interpreter should also attend.

During your appointment

At your initial outpatient appointment you will see a consultant neurologist with a specialist interest in movement disorders. The consultant will ask a lot of questions, and will take a full history.

The consultant will also review all your medications and conduct a thorough examination before discussing their thoughts with you.

After your appointment

Depending on the outcome of the appointment you may need further investigations and/or treatment and follow up.

On occasion, patients are electively admitted to the neurology ward at Charing Cross Hospital either as a day case or longer to facilitate their further management.

Refer to this service

GP referrals

Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our neurology services.

For any urgent referrals/queries, please call switchboard on 020 3311 1234 and ask for the on-call specialist registrar for neurology.

Additional information

Clinical trials and research

We are currently conducting a trial of MR guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for essential tremor. Our active clinical trials unit offers patients the opportunity to become involved in research and novel therapies, and we have clear academic ties with Imperial College London.