There are number of specialist NHS services in England for people with ME/CS. Most of these were set up in 2004-06 with an £8.5millon ring-fenced fund from the Department of Health.

Contact details for the services appear below. Please remember that, while patients can contact any of the services for information, referrals for assessment, diagnosis and treatment must be made by your GP or the professional responsible for your health care.

The details given below could change at any time, and the management regimes vary from place to place. The ME Association tries to keep the contact information up-to-date but we cannot be held responsible for the consequences of any inadvertent errors or delays in updating this information.

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NB The ME Association is collecting feedback on these new clinical services and we welcome comments from people who have been referred for either diagnosis or management. We understand that well over 20,000 people have now been seen at these new clinics and, as with any new service, we have received both good and bad reports about individual clinics. When we have sufficient feedback on the overall picture we intend to produce a summary of this information. In the meantime, if you require further information on what sort of approach is being taken at a specific clinic you could approach the service direct or contact a local ME group.

CLINICAL NETWORK COORDINATING CENTRES

There are 12 Clinical Network Coordinating Centres (CNCCs) across England – championing the development of services and improved clinical care in their area. Each CNCC has an individual, named clinical champion or network co-ordinator. Advice to patients, GPs and carers about services is available from the Network Co-ordinator at each centre.

Northern
(North of Tyne, South of Tyne, Durham and Darlington, Cumbria North.
There is no specialist NHS service on Teeside).
Tel: 0191 291 9292
(Clinical champion: Dr Gavin Spickett, consultant clinical immunologist, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP. Network co-ordinator: Louise Wilson, email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

North, East and West Yorkshire
Tel: 0113 3056513 / 0113 3056521 / 0113 3056497
(Clinical champion: Ms Sue Pemberton, consultant occupational therapist, Leeds CFS Service, J Ward, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds LS14 6UK).

Liverpool and Merseyside
Tel: 0151 706 3836
(Clinical champion: Dr Alistair Miller, consultant physician, Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital).

Greater Manchester
Silk House, Holyoak Street, Newton Heath, M40 1HA
Tel: 0161 219 9420
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(Clinical champion: Dr Damien Longson, consultant liaison psychiatrist, North Manchester General Hospital, Safire Unit, Park House, Delauneys Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 6AR. Network co-ordinator: Gillian Walsh).

South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Tel: 0114 229 2920
(Clinical champion: Professor Chris D Ward, professor of rehabilitation medicine, University Rehabilitation Research Unit, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE).

East Midlands
Tel: 01332 785913
(Network co-ordinator: Julia Grace, c/o Rehabilitation Centre, Derby City Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE). Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

East Anglia
Tel: 01493 452073
(Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough)
(The service has been under review since the retirement of Dr T Mitchell.)

North London/Essex/Sussex and Hertfordshire
Tel: 020 7601 8108 / 020 7601 8511                                                                                                                 (Joint clinical champions: Professor Peter D White, Professor of Psychological Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Dr Maurice Murphy, consultant in immunology and HIV medicine, ME/CFS Service, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, P O Box 8108, William Harvey House, 61 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BE).GPs refer to Pat Baker, tel: 020 7601 8108, other enquiries to Pauline Stone, tel: 020 7601 8511).

South West London/Surrey (Sutton)
Tel: 0208 296 4152
(Clinical champion: Dr Amolak Bansal, Department of Immunology, St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 1AA).

Dorset/Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Tel: 01929 557560
(Clinical champion: Dr Selwyn Richards, consultant rheumatologist, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2JB).

Avon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire & Somerset
Tel: 0117 918 6795
(Clinical champion: Dr Hazel O’Dowd, clinical psychologist, Pain Management Centre, Ward 22, Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol BS16 1LE. This clinical network co-ordinating centre is available on Tuesday and Wednesdays).

South-West Peninsula
(Cornwall and Devon)
Tel: 01872 252935
(Clinical champion: Professor Tony Pinching, Associate Dean for Cornwall, Peninsula Medical School, Peninsula Medical School Offices, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3LJ).

NB A 13th Clinical Network Coordinating Centre, covering the West Midlands and Birmingham, has closed due to non-renewal of funding. It is understood that the consultant in charge is still involved with the ME/CFS specialist service in the area.

ADULT TEAMS

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
(for people living in North London, Essex, Sussex and Hertfordshire).
Tel: 020 7601 8108
61 Bartholomew Close. London EC1A 7BE (see information under ‘Clinical Network Coordinating Centres’).

Bath and Wiltshire
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath, Somerset BA1 1RL.
Tel: 01225 465941 (ext 202), email:
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Provides a service for the following Primary Care Trusts: Bath and NE Somerset, Kennet and North Wiltshire, West Wiltshire, South Wiltshire and Swindon. Based in Bath, but with services in Salisbury and Swindon. [Team comprises Occupational Therapist, three GPs with a special interest, psychologist, physiotherapist and administrator]

Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 7RD, tel: 01296 393319.
[Clinical lead: Rosanna Walton, Senior Occupational Therapist, email: Rosanna.
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Interdisciplinary service offering cognitive behaviour
therapy, graded exercise therapy and self-management programmes looking at physical, practical and psychological strategies for managing ME/CFS. The service has been running for 10 years. The team is in the process of setting up an in-patient service for people with moderate to severe symptoms]

Bury and Bolton
In Bury, the adult service is provided at the Prestwich Walk-In Centre, Fairfax Road, Prestwich M25 1BT.
In Bolton, the service is at Hulton Lane Hospital, Deane, Bolton BL3 4JZ.
Tel: 01204 360071
[Lead physician: Dr Andrew Wright, c/o Neurological Rehabilitation Team, Lever Chambers, Ashburner Street, Bolton B4 1SQ]

Bristol, North Somerset and Gloucestershire
Based in the Pain Management Centre, Ward 22, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. This service has access to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, counselling and a specialist GP.
Tel: 0117 918 6795
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Tel: 01733 774583
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Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Sugar Way, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9QB
[This service is based in Peterborough but we understand efforts are being made to open another clinic in the Cambridge area]

Cheshire
There are no specialist ME/CFS services in Cheshire.

Cornwall
Clinics in Truro, Bodmin, Camborne/ Redruth, Helston, Poltair and Stratton.
Contact information: Sharon Penhaligon, Heligan Portacabin, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LJ, tel: 01872-252935 fax: 01872 256401, email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it The service offers an outpatient and community-based service for patients suspected of having CFS/ME, providing diagnosis, assessment, and a clinical management plan to enable long-term rehabilitation, sharing care with the GP and returning the patient to primary care following re-enablement. The team comprises a clinical immunologist, a GPwSI, a consultant clinical psychologist, four occupational therapists and aclinical secretary/administrator.
Services for children: There is a separate service for children and young people affected, run within paediatrics, up to the age of 18. Transition is managed jointly.
Key personnel: Professor Anthony Pinching (consultant), Marc Kelly (matron),
Dr Cristina Lopez-Chertudi (consultantclinical psychologist), Carol Wilson (head occupational therapist).

Cumbria (North)
North Cumbria CFS/ME Service, Keswick Community Hospital, Crosthwaite Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5HP.
Tel: 01766 67033 Mob: 01771 754 1783
(Clinical champion, Dr Gavin Spickett (consultant clinical immunologist); Heather Garry, occupational therapist; Steve Atkinson, physiotherapist; Sue Watkinson, cognitive behavioural therapist and children’s and young people’s service; Laura Wilson, children and young people’s CFS/ME practitioner).

Derbyshire
Tel: 01332 786657
(Clinical lead: Bozena Smith, occupational therapist, Rehabilitation Centre, Derby City Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE)

Devon (North. East. Mid and Exeter)
Tel: 01392 208614

Devon (South and West)
This service covers Plymouth, South and West Devon (Torbay, Devon and Plymouth Primary Care Trusts).
Because of a recent 15% budget cut, waiting list times have unfortunately become longer.
Castle Circus Health Centre, Abbey Road, Torquay TQ2 5YH
Mon - Fri 9am-5pm
Tel: 01803 389749
[Clinical team includes a consultant with special interests in anaesthesia, pain management and ME/CFS, and GP with a special interest. There is also physician support in clinical immunology, endocrinology, and liaison psychiatry].

Durham and Darlington
The Administrator, CFS/ME Service, St Margaret’s Health Centre, St Margaret’s Garth, Crossgate, Durham DH1 4DS
Tel: 0191 3843895
[The service only accepts referrals from GPs in Durham and Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Dales, Darlington, and Sedgefield.

Essex Neurosciences Unit
Sahara A Ward, Queen’s Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, Essex RM7 0AG
The only dedicated ME/CFS ward in the UK, with eight beds.
Tel: 01708 435004,
(Clinical lead: Professor Leslie Findley, consultant neurologist. Multi-disciplinary team includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nutritionist, Psychotherapists, and Counsellors).

Essex-wide
Tyrells Centre, 39 Seamore Avenue, Benfleet SS7 4EX
Tel: 01268 799760 (ext 242)
(This service is also available at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, every Monday, offering physiotherapy (which includes graded activity therapy, advice on pacing and some aspects of occupational therapy) and cognitive behaviour therapy. Initial assessments are also made at Broomfield. Appointments are organised by the service staff at Tyrells’, Benfleet. Access to the service is from a GP referral.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Chronic Fatigue Service
Fairways House, Mount Pleasant Industrial Park, Southampton SO14 0SP.
Tel:023 8024 1348 Fax: 023 8023 7986  
The service provides county-wide diagnosis, treatment (time-limited), information and support for adults with mild/moderate ME/CFS. A clinic is held both at Fairways House and on the Isle of Wight. Occupational therapy-led specialist lifestyle management groups are offered at various places around the county, once a diagnosis has been established/confirmed. (Key staff: Occupational Therapist (team leader), GP with a special interest, specialist OT, OT assistant, admin support).

Harrogate, North Yorkshire
CFS/ME service, Briary Wing, Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate HG2 7SX.
Tel 01423 553526 Fax: 01423 553586.
[Julie Robinson, occupational therapist (Team Leader). The service was set up by North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trusts and covers Harrogate, Ripon, Skipton and surrounding areas. It hopes to expand in the future].

Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Tel: 01562 823424 (ext 53436)
[Dr Mark Roberts, specialist in infectious diseases, is the lead clinician. Occupational
therapist Sue Gordon-Saner is the service coordinator.]

Hertfordshire
We understand the service has been discontinued.

Hillingdon and Harrow
Tel: 01895 279 374
Greenacres Centre, Hillingdon Hospital, Field Heath Road, Uxbridge UB8 3NB

Hull and East Yorkshire
Tel: 01482 675402

Kent and Medway
George Villa, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone ME16 9PH, and satellite clinics in the west of Kent.
Tel: 01622 723816
[Clinical lead: Dr Mario Vergara-Williamson, consultant clinical psychologist and pain management specialist. Other professionals include: Consultant physician, CBT Therapist, Occupational Therapist. The service is overseen by Professor Leslie Findley, consultant neurologist at the Essex Neurosciences Centre in Romford].

Lancashire and Cumbria (South)
Tel: 01772 676159

Leeds and West Yorkshire
Chronic Fatigue Unit, Outpatients Suite, Newsam Centre, Seacroft Hospital, York Road, Leeds LS14 6WB
Tel: 0113 205 6513 or 0113 305 6521.

Leicestershire Team
Tel: 0116 225 6193
(Clinical lead: Dr Trevor Friedman, consultant liaison psychiatrist, CFS Service –Liaison Psychiatry, Brandon Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW).

Lincolnshire
Tel: 01476 464046
(Clinical lead: Lynsey Woodman, occupational therapist, Grantham Hospital (14a) 101 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincs NG31 8DG).

Manchester East
The Administrator, CFS/ME Service, 9th Floor, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport SK4 1BS
Tel: 0161 426 5481
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[The service only accepts referrals from GPs / Consultants and at present we cover Stockport, Oldham, South & Central Manchester]

Norfolk and Suffolk
St James Health and Resource Centre, Queens Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 3DG.
Tel: 01493 335790.

Nottinghamshire
Tel: 0115 969 1169 (ext 59878) or 0115 993 6628
(Service lead: Sue Brennan, occupational therapist, Nottingham University Hospitals, City Campus, James Unit, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB

Nuneaton, Warwickshire
George Eliot Hospital, College Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7DJ.
Tel: 024 7686 5212
[ME/CFS service clinic days, Friday afternoons. Waiting time for initial appointment, 13 weeks. Lead clinician, Dr Vinod Patel, with multi-disciplinary team comprising occupational therapist, physiotherapist, nurse and psychologist. Dr Patel is a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology and Reader in Clinical Skills at Warwick Medical School. An interview conducted by email with Duncan Cox of Warwickshire ME Network can be read here.]

Oxfordshire
OCCMET (Oxfordshire Community
CFS/ME Tream)
Orchard Health Centre, Cope Road, Banbury OX1 2EZ
Tel: 01295 819191 Fax:01295 819111
[Team members: Hilly Quigley and Rachael Rogers, Specialist Occupational Therapists; Glenwys Wormald, Specialist Physiotherapist; Dr. Jean Bailey, GP with special interest in CFS/ME; Hélène Bush, administrator. Referrals should be made through GPs].

Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
Tel: 01733 774583
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Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Sugar Way, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9QB

Salford
Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD
Phone number not available
The Salford Chronic Fatigue Service service has been offering assessment and management to patients at Hope Hospital and Salford residents for 15 years.
[Team members: Dr Mansel Heaney, consultant immunologist; Dr Ellen Young, clinical psychologist].

Shropshire
Mytton Oak 15, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (North), Copthorne, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ
Tel: 01743 261419 Fax: 01743 261155
Deercote, Telford TF3 2BH
Tel: 01952 204346 Fax: 01952 204348
[Team members: Simon Toghill, occupational therapist (service lead), Dr Bob Wilson, GP with a special interest, with access through the Shropshire Enablement Team to a clinical psychologist, two phsyiotherapists, five rehabilitation assistants, two speech and language therapists, an additional occupational therapist, a specialist living officer and four administrative staff.

Somerset
Tel: 01749 836688

South Birmingham
Tel: 0121 678 2077

South West London and Surrey (Sutton)
Tel: 0208 296 4152

South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Fairlawns, 621 Middlewood Road, Sheffield S6 1TT
Tel: 0114 229 2937

Southern Derbyshire
Tel: 01332 786657

Staffordshire
Tel: 01543 576609

Sussex-wide
Sussex ME/CFS Service, Haywards Heath Health Centre, Heath Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3BB
Tel: 01444 444781
(Ask for Jenny Goldsmith).

Swindon and Wiltshire Adult Chronic Fatigue Services
Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, The Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon SN3 6BB.
Tel: 01793 604090
(Clinical lead: Dr Martin Lee. .This service, which has been running since 1997, came fully under the auspices of Swindon Primary Care Trust on 1 April 2008, with some joint funding from Wiltshire PCT. Dr Lee clinically assesses all ME/ CFS referrals irrespective of length of history and hopes to visit more severely affected patients in their homes, those within easy reach of Swindon. He is also piloting a fibromyalgia service alongside the ME/CFS service.

Tyne (North)
Tel: 0191 22723 6666 (ext 23284)

Wiltshire South
Tel: 01225 465941 (ext 202)
Castle Street Surgery, Salisbury SP1 3SP
[Clinical leads: Katy McCarthy, specialist occupational therapist, and Dr Graham Jaggard, GP with a special interest].

Woking, Guildford and North Surrey
Tel: 01483 715911 (ext 6357)

Worcestershire
See entry for Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TEAMS

Bath
Bath Paediatric ME/CFS Service, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic
Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1RL
Tel: 01225 465 941 ext 203
Team administrator; Heather Hill
The Bath paediatric ME/CFS service provides local, regional and national assessment and treatment for over 150 children and young people each year. It is now open to the ‘choose and book’ appointment system run by the NHS. This means that children or adolescents anywhere in the country should have access to their out-patient service for advice on either diagnosis or management through a GP referral.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The Children’s Community Nursing Teams Nightingale Court, Ida Darwin Fulbourn Cambridge CB1 5EE Tel: 01223 884335 Fax: 01223 884299
This a small community team based at the Ida Darwin, Fulbourn, who provide a specialist service to children and young people up to the age of 19 years with CSF/ME, who are registered with a GP and attend school in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.The team consists of: a paediatric consultant who acts as a link consultant to paediatricians throughout the area; children’s community nurse who provides a specialist to role in developing services for children and young people with CFS/ME throughout the area, in order to promote good practice for their care; paediatric cccupational therapist who provides a specialist role to develop good practice within the local OT team and acts as a link role with OT’s throughout the area. The remit of the team is to: to improve awareness of CFS/ME and the management of the condition offered by those working with children and young people with CFS/ME in education, social services and secondary and primary care; to support local implementation of the RCPCH guidance on CFS/ME; gather information on the needs of the above children and young people and their families in order to identify gaps in local provision and support future service development; provide specialist clinics to enable children to access the service. The service provides advice and support to local services (i.e. local paediatricians, children’s nurses, local occupational therapists and GPs) who remain the key service providers. Referrals for the CFS/ME service are accepted via telephone or letter from consultant paediatricians. Referrals for the Children’s Community Nursing Teams & Special Needs School Nursing Team are accepted via telephone, faxed referral form or letter.

Cornwall
Clinics are run in Truro, Bodmin, Camborne/Redruth, Helston, Poltair and Stratton.
Contact information: Sharon Penhaligon, Heligan Portacabin, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LJ, tel: 01872-252935 fax: 01872 256401, email: sharon. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
The service offers an outpatient and community-based service for patients
suspected of having CFS/ME, providing diagnosis, assessment, and a clinical management plan to enable long-term rehabilitation, sharing care with the GP and returning the patient to primary care following re-enablement. The team comprises a clinical immunologist, a GP with special interest, a consultant clinical psychologist, four occupational therapists and aclinical secretary/administrator.
Services for children: There is a separate service for children and young people affected, run within paediatrics, up to the age of 18. Transition is managed jointly.
Key personnel: Professor Anthony Pinching (consultant), Marc Kelly (matron), Dr Cristina Lopez-Chertudi (consultant clinical psychologist), Carol Wilson (head occupational therapist).

Cumbria (North)
Children’s Community Team, Cockermouth Cottage Hospital, Isel Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9HT
Tel: 01900 324 131 Mob: 07789 925 705
(Service lead: Laura Wilson, children and young people’s CFS/ME practitioner).

Devon
Tel: 01392 208614
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Paediatrician: Dr James Hart, Occupational therapist: Helga Gore.

Dorset
Tel: 01929 557572

Greater Manchester
The unit is based in the Chronic Fatigue Service, Ward B2, Royal Bolton
Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JL.
Tel: 01204 390 512 Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
[Team members: Frances Moulden, nurse co-ordinator; Mary Eminson, chlld and adolescent psychiatrist; Peter Powell, paediatrician; Susan Glass, paediatrician; Hilary Lloyd, child and adolescent psychiatrist; Margaret Johnston, secretary].

Hertfordshire (East and North)
We understand that this service has been discontinued.

Liverpool (Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital)
Tel: 0151 228 4811 (ext 3803)

North Hampshire and Surrey (Frimley)
Tel: 01483 782882

North London
(Great Ormond Street Hospital)
Tel: 0207 813 8541

Nottinghamshire
Children’s Service, D Floor, East Block, Nottingham University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2HU)
Tel: 0115 924 9924 (ext 66282)
(Clinical co-ordinator: Alison McDonald).

South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Tel: 0114 229 2937/2920 or 0114 271 7296