Peripheral nerve surgery
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3313 5000
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Our peripheral nerve surgery team sees and assesses patients with injuries or loss of function to any of the main nerves in the arm, wrist or hand.
Conditions and treatments
This upper limb service sees a variety of cases, mainly as a result of traumatic injuries or pressure on the nerves.
These nerve compression syndromes are often called carpal tunnel syndrome (wrist) or cubital tunnel syndrome (elbow).
Clinics
Peripheral nerve surgery clinic in main outpatients department
Address
Main outpatients department
First floor
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
- Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy’s clinic is held on Monday afternoons
- Mr Jonathan Simmons runs a clinic that is held on alternate Monday mornings
Peripheral nerve surgery clinic in the fracture clinic
Address
Fracture clinic
Ground floor
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
Mr Abhilash Jain’s clinic is held on alternate Monday afternoons.
Meet the team
Consultant plastic surgeons
Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy
Mr Abhilash Jain
Mr Arvind Mohan
Mr Jon Simmons
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon
Patient information
Before your appointment
If you have undergone any previous investigations for your problem, please bring any results, scans or images with you to your appointment. Please remember to check your appointment letter for anything specific you have been asked to take with you. In addition, it would be helpful if you could bring the following:
- Your full address and telephone number(s)
- Your appointment card and appointment letter
- Your GP’s name and address
- Money to pay for any prescriptions, or an exemption card
- A list of questions you may want to ask your consultant
During your appointment
Your appointment will be in the outpatients department at Charing Cross Hospital with one of our nerve surgeons.
After your appointment
After this appointment it is likely you will be referred for further investigations and tests. These may include nerve conduction studies that look at how the nerve is working, and imaging to see where the nerve is damaged. Depending on the results of these investigations, you could be referred to our therapists for treatment or possibly surgery.
Refer to this service
Please send referrals via NHS e-Referral Service. Many hand and nerve procedures are now subject to Planned Procedure with a Threshold (PPwT) – please ensure that referrals follow these guidelines. All referrals are processed through Charing Cross Hospital.
If NHS e-Referral Service is not being used please post to:
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
GP advice
For any enquiries regarding referrals, please call 020 3311 1790.
