Welcome to the Coventry & Warwickshire Regional Parkinson's Service. This website provides information for people with Parkinson's, their carers and their health professionals. We hope that you find it useful but please do let us know if there is anything else you would like information about.
The regional Parkinson’s team comprises of doctors, nurses and therapists with specialist training in Parkinson’s who work closely together. We also have very close links with the Parkinson’s UK Local Advisers as well as the specialist nurses for other Parkinsonian conditions and non-oral therapies. The Service was Highly Commended in the inaugural Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network Awards in 2017.
The regional team helps look after over 1700 people with Parkinsonian conditions living in Coventry and Warwickshire. Specialist Parkinson’s clinics (nurse and/or consultant led) are held in the areas shown on the map below.
UHCW NHS Trust Movement Disorder Team
Dr Lucy Strens, Consultant Neurologist.
Dr Andrea Lindahl, Consultant Neurologist.
Dr Lara Teare, Consultant Neurologist.
Dr Amrit-Deep Samra, Consultant Neurologist
Hannah Martin, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Parkinson's
Bonita Bateman, Hospital Parkinson's Nurse Specialist.
South Warwickshire Foundation Trust Parkinson's specialists
Dr Raj Thanvi, Consultant Geriatrician.
Dr Eliza Griffiths, Consultant Geriatrician
Dr Robert Wears, Consultant Geriatrician.
Community Parkinson's Nurse specialists
Rachel Peskett, Coventry North & East.
Jodie Cooke, Coventry South & West.
Anita Hallett, North Warwickshire.
Lynne Sayer, South Warwickshire.
Karen Wears, South Warwickshire.
Maria Starling, South Warwickshire.
Parkinson’s UK helpline: 0808 800 0303
Anne Sage, Coventry and Warwickshire 0344 225 3762
Helen Brewin, Leicestershire 0344 225 3626
Angela Jeffery, Northamptonshire 0344 225 3628
Contact us (opens in new window)
Last updated 10 February 2022.
Back
Visit the UHCW CHarity Website
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.