Neurology and Neurosurgery specialty

Referral Criteria

Category ACategory BCategory C
Local hospital planned care
Refer to MDT for opinion if required
Consider referral to MDT for discussion and adviceRefer to MDT
Consider transfer of Care
• Epilepsy managed in a combined clinic including specialist neurology and obstetrics
• Migraine
• Previous brain tumour
• Previous ischaemic stroke
• Previous intracranial haemorrhage
• Untreated intracranial aneurysm
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Pituitary apoplexy
• Poorly controlled epilepsy on multiple AEDs
• Multiple sclerosis on disease modifying therapy
• Current brain tumour
• Neurofibromatosis

• Myasthenia Gravis
• All epilepsy without local access to a combined clinic including specialist neurology and obstetrics
• Progressive brain tumour
• Acute stroke
• New-onset Guillain-Barre

Make or Retrieve a Referral

East Midlands Neurology and Neurosurgery Leads

Neurology LeadsObstetricianMidwifeSpecialist Nurse
UHLEamonn Breslin
Farah Siddiqui
Fran Hills
Manjiri Khare
Annah Pisa
Zoe Barrett
Lucy Murena
NUHPhilip Ambrose
Donald McArthur
Priya Kanagaraj epilepsynurses@nuh.nhs.uk
multiplesclerosisnurse@nuh.nhs.uk
UHDBAnuja Joshi
Sasha Rajendran
CRH
SFHFTAnupriya Annapurni
Jyothi Rajeswary
ULH
NGHKannan Nithi
KGH

MDT chairs

Anuja Joshi

Anuja Joshi
Obstetrician
UHBD

Phil Ambrose, Chair in Neurology

Phil Ambrose
Neurologist
NUH

Donald Macarthur, Chair in Neurosurgery

Donald McArthur
Neurosurgeon
NUH

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