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:
- Skin prick testing
- Lung function testing
- Specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) testing
- Evaluation for suitability for immunotherapy
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, immunotherapy, medical/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
- Skin prick testing
- Specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) testing
- Access to further specialist testing as required
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