Rheumatology
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3313 5000
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Our dedicated rheumatology service at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals offers assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal diseases.
Conditions and treatments
We treat the following musculoskeletal diseases:
- inflammatory arthritis, including:
- rheumatoid arthritis
- psoriatic arthritis
- inflammatory spondylitis (chronic arthritis affecting the spine)
- other sero-negative arthritides - osteoarthritis
- crystal arthritis (gout /pseudogout)
- connective tissues diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Clinics
Our dedicated rheumatology service at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals offers assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal diseases.
Rheumatology clinic at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
First floor
Clinic block
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Hours
09.00 to 17.00, Monday and Tuesday
Rheumatology clinic at Hammersmith Hospital
Address
Rheumatology clinic
Outpatients department
Ground floor
A Block
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Hours
09.00 to 17.00, Monday through Thursday
Rheumatology clinic at St Mary’s Hospital
Address
Rheumatology clinic
Outpatients department
Winston Churchill Wing
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY
Please note: The entrance to the Winston Churchill wing is on Winsland Street, off of Praed Street.
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Hours
09.00 to 17.00, Monday through Friday
Meet the team
Consultant rheumatologists
Dr Charles Mackworth-Young
Dr Benjamin Ellis
Dr Maresa Carulli
Professor Marina Botto
Dr Colin Tench
Professor Matthew Pickering
Dr Taryn Youngstein
Dr Francesco Carlucci
Clinical nurse specialists
Jess Borbon
Antonia Greeves
Bridget Moloney
Michael Smithwick
Kate Heath
Anna Spenkova
John-Heritier Tampu
Patient information
Before your appointment
We aim to see our patients within six weeks of referral. If you have copies of preview medical letters or test results, please bring these to your consultation.
During your appointment
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present for some appointments. If you do not wish to have them in the room please let the nurse or doctor know and the students will be asked to step outside.
At your first appointment you will see one of our rheumatology doctors. A detailed history of your symptoms will be taken and the necessary investigations will be coordinated to establish a diagnosis and provide treatment to you as soon as possible. Tests typically include a blood test and x-rays.
After your appointment
After every appointment we send a letter to your general practitioner and other medical professionals involved in your treatment. We routinely copy these letters to you. We expect our letters to reach you within one week of your appointment.
Refer to this service
GP referrals
Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our rheumatology service.
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I cannot thank my consultant physician and professor of practice enough. The thoroughly professional way my illness and care via the medications prescribed, care in explaining just what it was I was suffering from and how I was to deal with the side effects one can experience along the way has greatly assisted me.
Anonymous
Thanks to the hardworking staff of this department, I am now in a stable condition. Through the sheer perseverance of the rheumatology team, I am now on a course of medication which has helped tremendously in slowing the progress of this degenerative disease. This in turn has helped me to plan and manage my lifestyle accordingly. I am extremely grateful to the rheumatology team and the NHS.
Anonymous