Referring Patients

To make enquires about this service please email: Catriona (catriona.neville@nhs.net) or Tamsin on (tamsin.gwynn@nhs.net)

For private treatment enquiries please email Catriona on trina_curtis@hotmail.co.uk or Tamsin on tamsingwynn16@gmail.com

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

Mr Charles Nduka and Mr Ruben Kannan
Facial Palsy Team Lead
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
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)

For private treatment enquiries please email Sally on slglover@icloud.com

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

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

• 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.

o ENT department
Guy's Hospital
London SE1 9RT
o 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