Clinical services and support

Resources and Support information for patients and families

Our Clinical Services

The MDC clinical members offer a multi-disciplinary movement disorders services across UCL-affiliated hospitals: University College London Hospital (UCLH) and The Royal Free Hospital (RFH).

The movement disorders clinical group offers specialized assessment, diagnosis and treatment across a range of conditions, including:

Parkinson’s Disease
Atypical Parkinsonism, including Multiple system atrophy (MSA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), cortico-basal degeneration (CBD) and other related conditions.
Dystonia
Tremor
Myoclonus and tics
Chorea
Gait and balance disorders

We offer regular weekly out-patient clinics led by consultant neurologists specialising in movement disorders, as well as clinics led by our team of nurse specialists. Our clinicians are supported by the neurosciences team and the speech and language team.

We also offer a number of specialized services including apomorphine therapy and botulinum toxin.

Our group is a leader in surgical treatment of movement disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor, and we provide the UK’s largest DBS service. We offer a weekly multidisciplinary clinic for evaluation of patients with movement disorders in view of Deep Brain Stimulation and other surgical treatment options.

Our clinical centres are part of the UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network and consultant Professor Anette Schrag is the lead for north London.

For more information on clinical services at University College London Hospital (UCLH) please visit the UCLH Movement Disorders webpages .

For more information on clinical services at The Royal Free Hospital (RFH) please visit the RFH Movement Disorders webpages.