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Allergy referrals

General allergy clinics – Royal Brompton Hospital

Run by Professor Stephen Durham (Wednesday morning) and Professor Andrew Menzies-Gow (Wednesday afternoon).

Who should be referred?

The general allergy clinics are suitable for patients with all types of suspected allergic disease.

Test and treatments available:

How to refer and who to contact:

Through e-referral or by letter to Professor Stephen Durham.

How it links with other services:

Links to the food allergy, dermatology, immunotherapymedical/surgical clinic and asthma services.

Joint medical/surgical clinic – Royal Brompton Hospital 

Joint clinic run by Professor Stephen Durham and Hesham Saleh (ear, nose and throat surgeon from Charing Cross Hospital) on a Tuesday morning.

Who should be referred? 

This clinic is suitable for patients with allergic diseases, which affect the nose, sinuses or upper airway.

Test and treatments available:

  • Nasal challenge  
  • Flexible and rigid endoscopy
  • Skin prick testing
  • Sinus CT scanning
  • Endoscopic sinus surgery and diagnostic biopsy (at Charing Cross Hospital)

How to refer and who to contact

Referrals can be made via letter addressed to Professor Stephen Durham.

How it links with other services

This clinic links to the general allergy service and the food allergy service.

Food allergy clinics – Royal Brompton Hospital

Led by Dr Joanna Szram (Wednesday morning) and run by Dr Isabel Skypala (Wednesday afternoon).

Who should be referred?

The clinics are suitable for patients with all types of suspected food allergy. 

Test and treatments available:

How to refer and who to contact

Through e-referral or by letter to Professor Durham, Dr Menzies-Gow or Dr Skypala.

How it links with other services

Links to the general allergy service and the food allergy/gastroenterology service.

Joint food allergy/gastroenterology clinic – Royal Brompton Hospital

Led by Professor Stephen Durham, and run by Dr Isabel Skypala and Dr Alan Steel (consultant gastroenterologist Chelsea and Westminster Hospital). The clinic is held on the first Wednesday morning of the month.

Who should be referred?

The joint clinic is suitable for patients with all types of suspected food allergy, whose symptoms are predominantly gastrointestinal.

Test and treatments available

How to refer and who to contact

By letter to Dr Isabel Skypala.

How it links with other services

Links to the general allergy service and the food allergy/gastroenterology service.

Food allergy clinic – Harefield Hospital

Led by Dr Joanna Szram and run by Dr Isabel Skypala.

Who should be referred?

The food allergy clinic is suitable for patients with all types of suspected food allergy.

Test and treatments available

How to refer and who to contact

Through choose and book or by letter to Dr Isabel Skypala.

How it links with other services

Links to the occupational allergy and respiratory services at Harefield Hospital, and to the food challenge service at Royal Brompton Hospital.

Specialist diagnostic tests and treatments 

  • Skin prick testing with foods – this can identify food allergies not always identified by conventional testing
  • Molecular diagnosis and detailed knowledge of molecular allergy testing – testing for individual food and aeroallergens, which advances the diagnosis of food allergy 
  • Food challenge testing – takes place on the day-case unit and provides open and blinded oral food challenges carried out in accordance with international guidelines on best practice
  • Drug challenge testing – takes place on the day-case unit and consists of skin prick and intradermal testing followed by oral challenge as indicated
  • Immunotherapy services

Our award-winning food allergy clinic

The Trust's food allergy service has been recognised in a national award scheme.

Isabel Skypala, consultant dietitian and clinical lead for food allergy, was rewarded at the Allied Health Professionals & Healthcare Scientists (AHP & HS) UK Awards 2009 for her innovative work in setting up a dedicated food allergy clinics for adults. The clinic enables patients with a suspected food allergy to be seen quickly by an expert team, and as a result to receive a rapid diagnosis.

The clinic was chosen from over 300 applicants to receive one of the six AHP & HS awards at a ceremony held in February at London’s Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. As well as recognising the benefits to patients, the award also acknowledges the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis of food allergy.


Contact

Fulham wing/South block
Fulham Road
SW3 6HP

Telephone: 020 7351 8892

Fax: 020 7351 8949

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