Hemianopia rehabilitation clinic

Hemianopia rehabilitation clinic

Hemianopia rehabilitation clinic at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

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A multi-disciplinary ‘one-stop’ clinic for patients with hemifield disturbances, reading or other higher-level impairments of object or space perception (e.g. spatial inattention, also known as neglect).

The clinic offers:

  1. Assessment by: by a neurologist, a neuropsychologist and an orthoptist. Providing an “eye to brain” examination.

  2. Rehabilitation: compensatory strategies for reading and other visual tasks.

  3. Advice: on fitness to drive (DVLA) and partial sight registration.

  4. Treatment: for any underlying cause.

Referrals accepted from any NHS doctor in the UK.

General Practitioners:

Please use the NHS electronic referral service, eRS as follows:

To refer, please select the following on the choose and book pathway:

Ø NHNN

Ø Outpatient Services

Ø Neuro-rehabilitation

Ø Rehabilitation

Ø Hemianopia

That will bring a list of our rehab services and hemianopia service will be included.

If you are not able to locate, contact us on 0203 448 4777

Consultants:

@UCLH, please refer via EPIC ‘add orders’ and search for hemianopia clinic

Outside UCLH, please email me a short referral letter with the patient’s address and contact number and GP address to: alexander.leff@nhs.net