Nursing

This section guides you to the contact information for the MS clinical nurse specialists at St Georges and other Trusts and to the Wandsworth nursing service. There is local clinical guidance in specific areas, such as pressure care and end of life care. Links to local and national guidelines are provided and more information is available through the MS Trust and MS Society websites.

Sections:

MS Nurse Specialists

Community Nurses

Complex Care Management, CAHS GP Team

Skin Care / Tissue Viability Specialist Nursing

Community Respiratory Specialist Nursing

Continence Specialist Nursing

End of Life Care Nursing

Other specialist Community Nursing

MS Nurse Specialists

Support and information for patients who have been diagnosed with MS
Information about MS and the treatments used
Specialist nursing assessment and advice on the management of MS
Bladder and Bowel assessments
On-going support for patients with MS and their carers
Monitoring for patients on Disease Modifying Therapy: St Georges Hospital has a Disease Modifying Therapy (DMT) Clinic that takes place twice a month. DMT are treatments for people with relapsing remitting MS that can reduce the number and severity of relapses. The patient can be referred to the specialist clinic by their neurologist.
Links to other services that can support the patient
Education to other health and social care staff

Community Nurses

Contact Single Point of Access – Central London Community Healthcare Nurses .

Tel: 0333 300 2350 (Mon – Fri 8am to 8pm, weekends/ Bank Holidays 8am to 5pm)

Email: clcht.wandsworthspa@nhs.net Post: PO Box 130, Morden, SM4 9EF

Single Point of Access Referral Form

Complex case management CAHS GP Team

Daytime (including Community Nursing, Community Matron, Community Ward) – The Community nurses work closely with the GPs and are based within the GP Practices or Health centres

Night (including Night/Twilight Nursing)

Contact Single Point of Access – Central London Community Healthcare Nurses .

Tel: 0333 300 2350 (Mon – Fri 8am to 8pm, weekends/ Bank Holidays 8am to 5pm)

Email: clcht.wandsworthspa@nhs.net Post: PO Box 130, Morden, SM4 9EF

Single Point of Access Referral Form

Community Tissue Viability Specialist Nursing – This nursing team focuses on the maintenance of skin integrity of people living in the community and in the management of chronic wounds and chronic oedema. For more information see NICE guidelines on pressure ulcers.

Skin care / Tissue Viability Specialist Nursing

The tissue viability team provides assessment and treatment for patients with complex non-healing wounds including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, fungating wounds and post-operative wounds.

For more information see NICE guidelines on pressure ulcers.

Contact Single Point of Access – Central London Community Healthcare Nurses .

Tel: 0333 300 2350 (Mon – Fri 8am to 8pm, weekends/ Bank Holidays 8am to 5pm)
Email: clcht.wandsworthspa@nhs.net
Post: PO Box 130, Morden, SM4 9EF

Single Point of Access Referral Form

Community Respiratory Specialist Nursing

NB: For the Wandsworth Community Respiratory Physiotherapist – Tel: 020 8812 3016 stgh-tr.referrals@nhs.net

Community Continence Specialist Nursing

MS clinical nurse specialist
Offers assessment of incontinence and will refer to other services as appropriate such as community nursing, dietician, and hospital bowel clinics.

Wandsworth Community Neuro Team Clinical Nurse Specialist
Offers assessment of bladder and bowel continence, provides advice on retraining and management and referral to other services as appropriate.

End of life care

EOLC Community Nursing Service

Contact Single Point of Access – Central London Community Healthcare Nurses .

Tel: 0333 300 2350 (Mon – Fri 8am to 8pm, weekends/ Bank Holidays 8am to 5pm)

Email: clcht.wandsworthspa@nhs.net Post: PO Box 130, Morden, SM4 9EF

Single Point of Access Referral Form