Meet the team

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Dr David Herdman – Clinical Lead Physiotherapist  David is the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist at St George’s Hospital and research fellow at University College London, allowing him to combine clinical expertise with research to provide the very best care to people with complex neurological and vestibular conditions. He obtained a first-class …
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Resources

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Below are links to some of the main support charities for common neurological conditions. Ménière’s Society Parkinsons UK MS Society UK MND Association Stroke Association Facial Palsy UK FND Hope International  Functional Neurological Disorders  

Referrals

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Internal Referrals If you are referring to us from within St Georges Trust, please refer via iClip, External Referrals Please access the Neuro OP Referral Form here. Please attach the form by email and send to: therapiesbookinghub@stgeorges.nhs.uk Functional neurological disorder (FND) Referrals to this service can only come from the …
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Rescheduling

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

What if I need to cancel my appointment? If you are unable to attend your appointment, you can reschedule in the following ways: Call the central bookings team on 0208 725 0007 Via the trust website – Change your Appointment – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (stgeorges.nhs.uk) Using …
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Appointments

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

How do I get referred? We only accept referrals for dizziness from other healthcare professionals. For the vestibular service, we only accept referrals from the Audiovestibular Medicine Department. This is so your dizziness can be fully evaluated, and all the relevant tests can be carried out. If your referral is …
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Functional Neurological Disorder

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common condition that can result in a broad range of symptoms including problems with movement, cognition, and speech. People often experience other symptoms alongside FND, including persistent pain and fatigue.  As a physiotherapy service, we see people whose main problems is with their movement. …
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Neurological Rehab

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

The goal of neurological rehabilitation is to help you achieve the highest level of function and independence as possible, whilst improving your overall quality of life. You will usually be seen every three to four weeks and will be given exercises to complete in between sessions. If your goals are …
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BPPV Open Access List

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

BPPV is a condition which we know can come back from time to time. So if you have been treated by us for BPPV before, you will be put on the open access register for  two years. This means that if your BPPV symptoms come back you can call the …
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of dizziness. It is called ‘benign’ because it is not a life-threatening condition. It can, however, be quite bothersome and affect your quality of life. The spinning sensation, or ‘vertigo’, can be brief but intense, causing nausea and unsteadiness. BPPV happens …
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Vestibular & Balance Rehabilitation

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

Vestibular rehabilitation consists of specific eye and head exercises, walking exercises, balance exercises, clinical manoeuvres, and counselling/education about dizziness. Not all balance problems are the same and so not everyone will do every exercise. Exercises are progressed as you improve so you become less dizzy over time. The physiotherapists at …
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