Rheumatology at George Eliot Hospital
Our Rheumatology department offers a wide range of services to diagnose and treat joint, bone and connective tissue diseases. We also diagnose and treat patients with back pain. We work closely with the hospital's pain clinics to help patients develop long-term pain management programmes.
Tel: 02476865234 / 02476865330
Clinical Nurse Specialists:
Clare Rowe, Merlin Sabu, William Panes and Alison Ashford
Rheumatology Support Nurse:
Leah Feeney
Speciality Doctor:
Dr Narendar Singh
Locum Consultant:
Dr Tanoy Bose
Secretaries:
Lauren Smith, Amanda Watts and Sophie McDonnell
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Our Rheumatology department offers a wide range of services to diagnose and treat joint, bone and connective tissue diseases. We also diagnose and treat patients with back pain. We work closely with the hospital's pain clinics to help patients develop long-term pain management programmes.
There are over 200 types of rheumatic and arthritis disease, with arthritis being the second most common cause for time off work. Early diagnosis and treatment is therefore essential in ensuring that patients can control their disease.
Our rheumatology department is one of the largest departments of its kind in the UK. We offer a range of specialist clinics, with close links with several other departments.
We accept referrals from all over the UK, from GPs as well as tertiary and can be for a range of conditions, including:
- Rheumatoid, inflammatory, psoriatic and temporal arteritis
- Back, neck and shoulder pain
- Spondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Polymyalgia
- Gout
- Vasculitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjogren’s syndrome.