To make enquires about this service please email:
Catriona Neville (catriona.neville@nhs.net), or Tamsin Gwynn (tamsin.gwynn@nhs.net) or Karen Young (karen.young16@nhs.net)

For private treatment enquiries please contact:
Catriona, Tamsin or Karen at The Facial Rehabilitation Centre by emailing info@facialrehabilitation.com

To be referred by your GP to the Queen Victoria Hospital Facial Palsy Team please ensure your GP uses the NHS electronic referral service (ERS) and refers you to the Facial Palsy MDT Service.

To be referred by your Consultant to the Queen Victoria Hospital Facial Palsy Team please provide them with the following address and request they send a referral letter to either:

Mr Charles Nduka or Mr Ruben Kannan
Lead Consultant, Facial Palsy Team
Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road
East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3DZ

To make enquires about this service please email: Suzi (suzanne.lawford@uhb.nhs.uk)

To be referred by your GP or Consultant to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Facial Palsy Team please provide your referrer with the following address:

Mr Richard Irving
Facial Palsy Team Lead
Consultant ENT Surgeon
New Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Mindelsohn Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2WB

Specialist Facial Physiotherapy is also available privately in the Birmingham / Worcestershire region. For further information please contact Suzi Lawford on: suzi_allen@yahoo.Co.uk

To make enquires about this service please email: Facial Nerve Clinic (wfnc@uhs.nhs.uk)

To be referred by your GP or Consultant to the Southampton University Hospital Facial Palsy Team please provide your referrer with the following address:

The Face Place
Wessex Neurological Unit
Southampton University Hospital Trust
Tremona Road
Southampton
England UK
SO16 6YD

To  make queries about this service please contact Anne Rodger (lead PT) (anne.rodger1@nhs.et), Rachel Higgins (PT) (Rachel.higgins4@nhs.net) or Rebecca Kimber (SLT) (Rebecca.kimber@nhs.net)

For private treatment please contact Rebecca on bec.kimberslt@gmail.com.

The Complex Facial Clinic (CFC) accepts referrals for facial therapy and botulinum toxin. Referrals to the CFC are via GP e-referrals (to UCLH; neurology inbasket; facial rehabilitation) or consultant referral via EPIC or letter.

The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Speech and Language Therapy
Box 113
Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG

For paediatric facial physiotherapy we accept referrals from Consultants, GP’s and physiotherapists via letter to the facial rehabilitation team, Older Persons Assessment Unit, Ground Floor, Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT.

For referrals in to the paediatric facial nerve clinic, they should be via letter addressed for the attention of Ms. Normal Timoney or Mr. Simon Filson

Postal address:
Paediatric Plastic Surgeon
c/o Plastic Surgery Secretaries
Department of Plastic Surgery
3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing
St Thomas’ Hospital,
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH

Email: gst-tr.plasticsurgeryreferrals@nhs.net (please state “paediatric plastic referral” in the subject heading)

For adult facial physiotherapy we accept referrals from Consultants, GP’s and physiotherapists via letter to the facial rehabilitation team, Older Persons Assessment Unit, Ground Floor, Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT.

For referrals in to the adult facial nerve clinic, they should be via letter addressed for the attention of Mr Rupert Obholzer or Mr Chris Skilbeck. Address below. Ruth (email below) is secretary for Rupert and Chris.

ENT department
Guy’s Hospital
London SE1 9RT
Tel: 020 7188 2215
Fax: 020 7188 2206
Email: ruth.underhay@gstt.nhs.uk
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-services/ent/specialties/facial-nerve-service/referrals.aspx

Referral pathway for infants and children with Facial Palsy

Referral Criteria

• A child with persistent facial palsy at 3 months may be referred to Oxford Facial Palsy for an initial consult if the parents consent.
• Children with Moebius or CHARGE should be referred as a matter of course for ongoing monitoring with parental consent

Referral source – an appropriate medical / allied health referral is required to be accepted to the service.

Referral to be submitted via paper to:

Attn: Mr David Johnson / Ms Sarah Kilcoyne
Oxford Facial Palsy Service
LG1 Plastices Outpatients
JR Hospital, OX39DU

For GP NHS referrals:

Referral from the GP to St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust must be via the NHS Electronic Referral System.

There are facial palsy services available to choose under the plastic surgery speciality.

Mrs Harper-Machin: service name: Plastic Surgery – Facial Palsy – St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals Trust – RBN01

Or Mr Benson: service name: Plastic Surgery – Facial Palsy – St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals Trust – RBN02

For Welsh GP referrals, where E-referral is unavailable, please email a letter of referral to appointmentssthk@nhs.net including all relevant clinical detail and for the attention of either of the consultant plastic surgeons named below.

For Consultant NHS referrals:

Consultant to send a referral letter to:
Mr Alex Benson or Mrs Aenone Harper-Machin
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Department of Plastic Surgery
Whiston Hospital
Prescot
Merseyside
L35 5DR

Physiotherapy is accessed through referrals to the consultant plastic surgeons. Further enquiries about the service can be made via email to Facial Physiotherapist Helen Martin helen.martin@sthk.nhs.uk

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital (RNENTEDH), London

The Facial Function Clinic (FFC) is made up of highly specialised ENT consultants in nerve and facial diagnoses as well facial specialist physiotherapists and speech and language therapists.

Referrals to the FFC are via GP e-referrals (to UCLH; ENT inbasket and request for facial function clinic opinion); or addressed to RNENTEDH, to Professor Shakeel Saeed and Mr Peter Andrews (clinic 1) or Mr Sherif Khalil and Mr Prem Randhawa (clinic 2).

Clinic 1:

Professor Peter Andrews
Head of ENT department and Consultant Rhinologist and Facial Plastic Surgeon
Associate Professor of Rhinology (UCL).

Professor Shakeel Saeed
Professor of Otology/Neuro-otology (UCL)
Consultant ENT and Skullbase Surgeon

Clinic 2:

Mr Premjit Randhawa
Consultant Rhinologist and Facial Plastic Surgeon

Mr Sherif Khalil
Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon

For further enquiries please contact Anne Rodger (PT) – anne.rodger1@nhs.net or Rebecca Kimber (SLT) – Rebecca.kimber@nhs.net