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.
Doctors
Dr Lucy Strens, Consultant Neurologist (University Hospital Coventry, Hospital of St Cross Rugby, Stratford Hospital)
Dr Andrea Lindahl, Consultant Neurologist (University Hospital Coventry,Hospital of St Cross Rugby, Warwick Hospital, Stratford Hospital)
Dr Lara Teare, Consultant Neurologist (University Hospital Coventry, George Eliot Hospital)
Dr Analiza Grubneac, Consultant Neurologist (University Hospital Coventry)
Dr Richard Hills, GP with specialist interest (University Hospital Coventry, Warwick Hospital)
Dr Raj Thanvi, Consultant Physician (Warwick Hospital)
Parkinson’s Nurse Specialists
Hannah Martin, Hospital Nurse (University Hospital Coventry, Hospital of St Cross Rugby)
Jodie Cooke, Community Nurse (Coventry North & East)
Rachel Peskett, Community Nurse (Coventry South & West)
Anita Hallett, Community Nurse (North Warwickshire)
Lynne Sayer, Community Nurse (Central Warwickshire)
Karen Wears, Community Nurse (South Warwickshire)
Parkinson’s Local Advisers
Anne Sage (Coventry)
Lisa Turley (North Warwickshire, Rugby, Central Warwickshire)
Rekha Tanna Hirani (South Warwickshire)
Other local support
MSA Nurse Specialist: Emma Saunders
Apomorphine Nurse Specialist: Liz Carter
Duodopa Nurse Specialists: Ramesh Chauhan
DBS Nurse Specialists: Jamilla Kausar
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Update 30 January 2018
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
Shielding Patients in very high risk for COVID Group
All people who have been identified as very high risk (requiring shielding) for COVID are in the process of being contacted by their clinician regarding their ongoing care. If you require a blood test whilst shielding as part of your care, appointment details including when and where your blood test will be carried out will be sent to you via a text message from SwiftQueue who manage our blood test bookings.
If you have regular blood tests and have been asked to have these, please ensure you have blood forms at home available; if you haven’t please contact your specialty to have some sent to you in advance of your blood tests.
Older People and Vulnerable Adults
People who are in the groups identified by the government as higher risk e.g are over 70 or receive a yearly flu jab, but are not in the very high risk (requiring shielding) group, can attend our normal blood test clinics. The blood test clinics and waiting areas have been adapted so that social distancing can be maintained.
Please check the locations on the map below.
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.