Resources

Please find a list of resources with regards to FND treatments, setting up services and more.

The UK FND Network has access to clinicians who have put together previous business cases for FND services locally.

Please contact the chair Niels Dietert –[email protected] for more information

Consider contacting the FND charities listed in the Links page and also the Neurological Alliance or Neurological Alliance of Scotland who the FND charities have been working with.

The UK now has some regional networks of health professionals interested in FND. Some of these are in early stages or informal. Please email the contact for more information about a network.

These contacts are provided for those creating other networks to make contact with

The contacts are NOT to facilitate patient referrals.

FND Hope – FND Hope’s provider map and FND Action provide maps of providers FND Action provider map

• Durham – County Durham has an MDT community team for FND comprising 16 specialist staff. This does not cover the whole of the north east. Contacts:Dr Philippa Bolton (Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist), Dr Miriam Lomas (Senior psychologist), Ashley Rede (Team Manager). Bowes Lyon Unit, Lanchester Road hospital, Durham. DH15RD. [email protected] or [email protected]
• East Anglia – There is a special interest group in East Anglia but currently no separately funded specialist FND provision. Contact Josephine Scott, Highly Specialised Psychologist, Colman Centre for Specialised Rehabilitation Services, Colman Hospital – [email protected]
• Wales – Contact Helena Cook –[email protected] or  Tanya Edmonds (Swansea Bay UHB – Neuropsychology) – [email protected]
• South West – (Exeter  – Leo Russell [email protected], Bristol – Beth Mallam –[email protected])
• Bristol
• South East Scotland  –  https://apps.nhslothian.scot/refhelp/guidelines/neurology/functional-neurological-disorder-fnd/
• Lancashire and South Cumbria – (under development) – Contact Dr Abhijit Das (Consultant Neurologist) – [email protected]
• Sheffield and South Yorkshire – Contact Rebecca Murray-Leslie (Neurology Psychotherapy Service Manager) [email protected] or contact Lee Drake (Physiotherapist) [email protected]
• North East England – A multi-disciplinary special interest group for NHS clinicians working in the North East of England. Please feel free to contact the founding members for more information: Dr Tim Chapman (Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (Newcastle upon Tyne)) Email: [email protected], Dr Isobel Williams (Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (Newcastle upon Tyne)) Email: [email protected], Margaret Whittaker (Professional Lead & Consultant Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Specialist Psychological Therapies Service – Benfield House (Newcastle upon Tyne)) Email: [email protected]
• SW London & Surrey – Large FND service provider with 3 neurologists, 4 physiotherapists and active neuropsychiatry with psychology, educational seminar, inpatient rehab at Wolfson, regular network meetings with SW London/Surrey and FND care advisor. Co-leads: [email protected], [email protected]