PKU
Centres Treating Maternal PKU
These contacts are for emergency use only for those who have lost contact with
their PKU centre and require urgent treatment for an unplanned PKU pregnancy.
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on the links below to find a centre in your area
Scotland
North West England
North East England
Midlands
Southern England
Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland

Scotland
Glasgow
Dr Peter Robinson / Dr Bernd Schwahn
Ward 7A
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Dalnair Street
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
Tel: 0141-201-0301 and Dr Schwahn 0141-201-9287 Bleep 8341
Bleep – urgent only Tel: 0141-201-0000 Bleep 8500
Secretary:Kerri Newlands 0141-201-0243
Dietitian: Sarah Adam 0141-201-0163 Bleep 8359
Midwife Specialists
Pre-Pregnancy Unit
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF
Tel: 0141-232-4375
Bleep 0141-201-0000 Bleep
8114

North West
Liverpool
Specialist Dietitian for Metabolic Disease: Allyson Terry
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Eaton Road
Liverpool
L12 2AP
Tel: 0151-252-5231
Email :
allyson.terry@rlc.nhs.uk
Consultant: Dr Andrew Morris
Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Manchester
M13 9WL
Tel:
0161-701-2137
Manchester
Consultant: Dr Stephen Waldek
Secretary: Karen Wynne
Metabolic Dietitian: Sarah Ripley
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Room A209, 1st Floor CSB
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
Tel: 0161-206-4365/Mob 07595-966379
Sarah.ripley@srft.nhs.uk

North East
Newcastle
Dr Nicky Leech
Consultant Physician
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
Secretary: Vivienne Coxon and Shirley Harold
Tel: 0191-282-0114
Email:
nicola.leech@northy.nhs.uk
Dietitian: Carol Ferguson
Tel:
0191-282-3167 or 0191-282-5930
Sheffield
Consultant Dr Godfrey Gillett
Consultant in Chemical Pathology
Clinical Chemistry Department
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
Tel: 0114-271-4316
Dietitian: Eleanor Weetch
Tel: 0114-271-4162 or 01226-742494
Clinical Nurse Specialists: Gillian Race and Anne-Marie
Casbolt
Tel: 0114-271-7415

Midlands
Birmingham
Consultant:
Dr Tarek Hiwot
Consultant in Inherited Metabolic Disorders
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Selly Oak Hospital
Raddlebarn Road
Birmingham
B29 6JD
Tel: 0121-621627 ext 51592
Dietitian: Louise Robertson
Clinical Nurse Specialists: Jane Lodwig and Kate Peers

South
London
Dr Robin Lachmann and Dr Elaine Murphy
Consultants in Metabolic Medicine
The Charles Dent Metabolic Unit
Box 92
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square
London
WC1N 3BG
Tel: 020-7829-8778
Fax: 0207-209-2146
Dietitians: Charlé Maritz
Email:
charle.maritz@uclh.nhs.uk
Heidi Chan
Email:
heidi.chan@uclh.nhs.uk
Charlotte Ellerton
Email:
charlotte.ellerton@uclh.nhs.uk
London
Dr Yusof Rahman
Consultant in Adult Metabolic Disease
Metabolic Dept.,
Sky – Level 6
Evelina Children’s Hospital
St Thomas’s Hospital,
Westminster Bridge Road,
London SE1 7EH
Tel: 020-7188-4004
Adult Metabolic Dietitian: Avril Micciché
Tel: 020-7188-9611
Email:
avril.micciche@gstt.nhs.uk
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Abie Lateef
Tel: 020-7188-0850

Northern
Ireland
Belfast
Royal Hospitals
Grosvenor Road,
Belfast
BT12 6BA
Dietitians: Nicola McStravick
Tel: 028-90-63-2282
Email:
nicola.gillen@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Ruth Thom
Royal Belfast Hospitals for Sick Children
Falls Road,
Belfast
BT12 6BE
Tel: 028-90-633499 and 028-90-633818
Email:
ruth.thom@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Southern Ireland
Dublin
National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Children’s University Hospital
Temple Street,
Dublin 1
Web site:
www.ncimd.ie
Metabolic Doctor on call: +3531-8784200
Dietitians, Nursing and administration +3531-8784317