The Neuropsychiatry service is based at St George's Hospital and is a regional specialist tertiary care mental health service commissioned by NHS England, offering multidisciplinary outpatient assessment and time-limited treatment to adults suffering from psychiatric complications of neurological and neurosurgical disorders, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, memory disorders, brain tumours and functional neurological disorders (FND).
The service also provides specialised liaison neuropsychiatry input (assessment, advice and time-limited management) to inpatients admitted to neurological, neurosurgical and neurocritical care beds on neurosciences wards at St George's Hospital.
Referrals and access
Outpatient referrals are accepted from professional registered clinicians working in the regional neurosciences centre, including neurologists and neurosurgeons.
In addition, outpatient referrals are received from various mental health professionals, including psychiatrists working within our Trust and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust.
Referrals are also accepted from GPs, as long as they are appropriate and meet the criteria of a neurological or neuropsychiatric disorder severe or complex enough that warrants specialist neuropsychiatrist service.
We do not accept self-referrals or emergency referrals i.e. referrals that have not been assessed and require an urgent appointment.
How to refer:
Please attach a referral letter on your team's headed paper with supporting clinical information, including the clinical query/issue you would like the neuropsychiatry team to address.
Your referral must be made by or supported by a neurologist, neurosurgeon, psychiatrist or GP.
To avoid unnecessary delays in offering your patient an appointment and treatment, please ensure that all relevant clinical details are attached to your referral and patient demographic details are up to date.
Then please email the above to: