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Hemianopia rehabilitation clinic at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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:
Assessment by: by a neurologist, a neuropsychologist and an orthoptist. Providing an “eye to brain” examination.
Rehabilitation: compensatory strategies for reading and other visual tasks.
Advice: on fitness to drive (DVLA) and partial sight registration.
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