List of National Specialists

Clinical and treatment advice

Advice on tularemia including, diagnosis, management and public health aspects can be obtained from:

Dr Tim Brooks
HPA Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Rare and Imorted Pathogens Laboratory
Porton Down
Salibury SP4 0JG

Tel: 0980 612774
e-mail: tim.brooks@hpa.org.uk

Dr Robert Spencer
HPA South West
Level 8, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Marlborough Street
Bristol BS2 8HW

Tel: 0117 3423242
e-mail: robert.spencer@UHBristol.nhs.uk

Dr Andrew Simpson
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Dstl Porton Down
Salisbury SP4 0JQ

Tel: 01980 613102
e-mail: ajsimpson@dstl.gov.uk

Advice on laboratory diagnosis

Dr Tim Brooks
HPA Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Special Pathogens Reference Unit
Porton Down
Salisbury SP4 0JG

Tel: 01980 612774 or 01980 612100 (24 hour)
e-mail: tim.brooks@hpa.org.uk

Public Health and Out-of-Hours contact details

HPA Colindale by the 24 hour on-call duty doctor Tel: 020 8200 6868

Last reviewed: 18 May 2012