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 e-mail address is being protected from spambots. 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 e-mail address is being protected from spambots. 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.