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Specialty Clinics

Consultant-led subspecialty clinics running weekly across medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and the diagnostic disciplines.

Overview

Specialty clinics allow patients with defined conditions to be reviewed by a team with concentrated expertise, alongside the investigations and allied health support their condition requires. Access is usually by referral from the General Outpatient Department, from the emergency department or from another hospital.

Examples of clinics

  • Cardiology, respiratory, endocrine and diabetes, neurology and renal clinics
  • Oncology, haematology and palliative care clinics
  • Paediatric subspecialty clinics including neonatology and paediatric cardiology
  • Antenatal, gynaecology and fertility clinics
  • Orthopaedic, urology, neurosurgery, plastic and cardiothoracic surgical clinics
  • Ophthalmology, ear nose and throat, dermatology, psychiatry and dental clinics