Services
- The Clinical Immunology Service at Manchester Royal Infirmary offers the following services:
- Anaesthetic Reaction Clinic (joint with anaesthesia)
- Drug Allergy Assessment
- Food Allergy Assessment
- Allergic Rhinitis Assessment
- Assessment for Immunodeficiency
- Hospital-based intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Training for home subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Training for home intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Venom immunotherapy (honey bee, wasp)
- Pollen immunotherapy (grass and/or tree)
- House Dust Mite immunotherapy
- Drug Allergy Challenges
- Food Allergy Challenges
Contacts
The service offers telephone, text and e-mail contact for patients already under our care. We aim to reply to queries within one working day but more complicated queries may require a longer period between replies.
The Clinical Immunology Hub is the admin office: 01612766686
The Immunology nurses can be contacted by mobile telephone, either by text or voice call. This number will be supplied on request from patients of the department.
The department can be contacted by e-mail at clinical.immunology@mft.nhs.uk either internally or externally. If e-mailing from a non-Trust e-mail for the first time, please read the disclaimer. By sending us an e-mail, you are agreeing to the points set out in the disclaimer; please do not contact us via e-mail if you have any concerns about these points.
If patients have questions about clinical matters before their appointment, they can contact 01612766686 in good time beforehand. If patients need to reschedule clinic appointments, this should be done through the same telephone number.
Staff
Consultants:
- Dr Tomaz Garcez, Consultant Immunologist, Greater Manchester Immunology Service Laboratory Clinical Director and Head of Service (Full time)
- Dr Sara Drinkwater, Consultant Immunologist, Training Programme Director (Part time)
- Dr Andrew Parkes, Consultant Anaesthetist, Combined anaesthetic allergy (Anaesthetic Reaction Clinic) clinical lead, (Full time)
Other doctors:
There is also a position for a specialist trainee in Clinical Immunology through the Deanery.
Specialist Nurses:
- Jen Osborne, Lead Nurse in Allergy and Immunology
- Shauna Summers, Specialist Nurse in Allergy and Immunology
- Ting Ting Guo, Specialist Nurse in Allergy and Immunology
- Francesca O’Rourke, Specialist Nurse in Allergy and Immunology (Temporary)
Administration team:
- Josephine (Jo) Hopkinson, Medical secretary
- Julie Redshaw, Medical secretary
Clinics and day case sessions
Please note clinic times are subject to change
Monday AM
Nurse led allergy new patient clinics.
One consultant led clinic for new referrals and follow up patients previously seen by the department.
Tuesday AM
One consultant led clinic for new referrals and follow up patients previously seen by the department.
A joint clinic ran between anaesthetics and clinical immunology; this clinic is specifically to review patients referred following a suspected allergic reaction associated with anaesthesia using the NAP6 pathway. Referrals should be addressed to Dr Andrew Parkes, Department of Anaesthesia, Manchester Royal Infirmary (see referral guidance on https://mft.nhs.uk/clinical-immunology-referral-guidance/).
Tuesday all day
Specialist Medicine Day Unit – Nurse led day case sessions all day for challenge testing and desensitisation.
Wednesday AM one week in 4
One consultant led clinic run every forth Wednesday morning for new referrals and follow up patients previously seen by the department.
Thursday AM
One consultant led clinic for new referrals and follow up patients previously seen by the department.
Nurse-led allergy follow-up clinics.
Thursday PM
Nurse-led follow-up or new patient clinics via telephone.
Friday all day
Specialist Medicine Day Unit – Nurse led day case sessions all day for challenge testing and desensitisation.
Most face-to-face clinics are based in Main Outpatients within the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The department is accessed from within the hospital, at the Grafton Street entrance.