List of National Specialists

Advice can be obtained from:

Dr Nick Beeching
Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Prescot Street
Liverpool L7 8XP
Tel: (+44) 0151 706 3835
E-mail: nicholas.beeching@rlbuht.nhs.uk

Dr Tim Brooks
HPA Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory
Porton Down
Salisbury SP4 0JG
Tel: (+44) 01980 612774
E-mail: tim.brooks@hpa.org.uk

Dr Barbara Bannister
Infection Services
Royal Free Hospital
Hampstead
London NW3 2QG
Tel(switchboard): (+44) 020 7794 0500
Tel (DDI): (+44) 020 7941 1831/ 1826
E-mail: barbara.bannister@royalfree.nhs.uk

Advice on Laboratory Diagnosis can be obtained from:

Dr Kathie Grant
Microbiology Services HPA Colindale
Foodborne Pathogens Reference Unit
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5EQ
Tel: (+44) 0208 327 6505
E-mail: kathie.grant@hpa.org.uk

Public Health and Out-of-Hours contact details:

Public health and out-of-hours contact details are held at HPA Colindale by the 24 hr on-call duty doctor; Tel: (+44) 020 8200 6868 or (+44) 020 8200 4400

Last reviewed: 18 May 2012