List of National Specialists

Clinical expert advice

Dr Barbara Bannister
Infection Services
Royal Free Hospital
Hampstead
London NW3 2QG

Tel: (+44) 0207 794 0500 (switchboard)

(+44) 0207 941 1831/ 1826

Barbara.Bannister@royalfree.nhs.uk 

or

Dr Ed Ong
Infectious Disease Unit
Newcastle General Hospital
Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyneside NE4 6BE

Tel: (+44) 0191 233 6161

edmund.ong@nuth.nhs.uk

Laboratory diagnosis

Dr David Brown or Dr Robin Gopal
HPA Colindale
Viral Zoonosis Unit
Enteric, Respiratory and Neurological Virus Laboratory
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HT

Tel: (+44) 0208 327 6018 or (+44) 0208 327 6437

david.brown@hpa.org.uk
robin.gopal@hpa.org.uk

or

Dr Tim Brooks
HPA Porton
Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory
Porton Down
Salisbury
Wiltshire SP4 0JG

Tel: (+44) 01980 612774 (direct) or (+44) 01980 612100 (24hrs)

tim.brooks@hpa.org.uk

Public health

Dr Dilys Morgan
HPA Colindale
Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5EQ

Tel: (+44) 0208 327 7474
dilys.morgan@hpa.org.uk

Out of hours contact details are held at HPA Colindale by the 24 hour on-call duty doctor;
Tel: (+44) 0208 200 6868 or (+44) 0208 200 4400

Last reviewed: 18 May 2012