King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust private patients service: Epilepsy treatment in London

King’s College Hospital in London is a specialist UK centre for epilepsy treatment and surgery.

King’s College Hospital is one of London’s most prestigious teaching hospitals, with a history of clinical excellence dating back to 1840. The Private Patient Service is housed in the Guthrie Wing. Called King’s International, it offers private patients the highest standards of clinical and customer care, whether they are from the UK or overseas (residents of more than 50 countries were treated last year).

Clinical expertise in epilepsy treatment and surgery

• King's has unrivalled expertise in video-telemetry and magnetic brain stimulation, and specialised EMF and intracortical recordings for epilepsy. The hospital performs some 3,700 EEGs (electroencephalography), 4,100 EMGs (electromyography), 500 evoked potentials each year, as well as providing video telemetry for adults and children.

• King’s has become one of the UK’s biggest Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) transplantation centres. This treatment, offered to epilepsy patients whose seizures can not be controlled with drugs or surgery, uses an electrical device to stimulate the vagus nerve in the neck. Energy pulses help prevent the electrical activity in the brain that leads to seizures.

• The Clinical Neurophysiology department is the largest department in the UK, with seven consultant clinical neurophysiologists and 16 technicians providing the full range of investigations in a fully networked, purpose build environment.
• King's provides clinical/academic teaching for both technical and medical teams within the trust and for staff from other hospitals across the NHS.

Key staff: Epilepsy service

Dr Robert Elwes - Clinical Lead and Consultant in Neurophysiology
Dr Franz Brunnhuber - Consultant Neurophysiologist
Dr Nandini Mullatti - Consultant Neurophysiologist

Key staff: Epilepsy surgery

Mr Richard Selway - Clinical Lead and Consultant Neurosurgeon
Mr Chris Chandler - Consultant Neurosurgeon

Supporting team

The service involves neuro-imaging by Clinical Leads, Dr Jo Jarosz, Consultant Neuroradiologist and Dr Safa Al-Sarraj, Consultant Neuropathologist. The team is supported by Epilepsy Nurse Specialist Cathy Queally, Epilepsy Coordinator Gaynor Walker and Chief Telemetry Technician Devi Amin.

A designated General Manager and a Clinical Director lead a highly commended nursing team and pharmacy team dedicated to patient safety and care. Staff keep their clinical skills continuously updated, while ensuring customer service standards are met through the ‘King’s behaviour standards’ programme. All consultants work in the National Health Service (NHS), so their clinical practice is also up to date.

King's international private patients services

The service provides excellent clinical support facilities including:

• A private outpatient suite with five consulting rooms

• 21 single-bed rooms

• A two-bed high dependency unit

• A day room

• Some visitor parking outside the Guthrie Wing or main car park

The colour-coordinated rooms are pleasantly furnished, many with their own shower or bath. All rooms have a remote-controlled television, a direct dial telephone and a safe for valuables. Accommodation for a relative in the room can sometimes be arranged on request.

As well as excellent nursing care, the Clinic offers a special catering service to meet individual requirements and a multi-faith chaplaincy service for your spiritual needs. Four in 10 of patients are from overseas so all staff have a high level of cultural awareness.

Contact details

General enquiries: +44 (0) 20 3299 3192.

Referrals should be made via:

Mr Romi Appanah: Head of Nursing for International & Private Patients

Email: Romi.Appanah@kingsch.nhs.uk

Fax: 00 44 (0) 207 346 4718

Phone: 00 44 (0) 207 346 1763

Or Mrs Jean Smith: In-Patient Coordinator for International & Private Patients

Email:Jean.Smith@kingsch.nhs.uk

Fax:00 44 (0) 207 346 4718

Phone:00 44 (0) 207 346 4716

Address

International & Private Patient Services
Guthrie Wing
King’s College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS

Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7346 3192
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7274 5453
Email: private.enquires@kingsch.nhs.uk

Web: www.kch.nhs.uk/private-patients

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