Rheumatology

About the department

The rheumatology department aims to improve the health of patients with musculoskeletal disorders. The department uses a multi-disciplinary approach and works closely with the hospital’s orthopaedic, physiotherapy and chronic pain departments.

Outpatients

Nurse-run supervision clinic for patients who are on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.
Biologics clinic for assessment, support and further treatment for those patients with complicated inflammatory joint disease that has not responded to usual disease modifying anti-rheumatic agents.
Paediatric clinic. Patients with chronic polyarthritis are jointly managed with the department of paediatric and adolescent rheumatology at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Lupus clinic.
Extended scope practitioner injection clinic

The consultants and specialist registrars are all approved referrers to the ‘Prescription for Exercise Programme’ run by Islington local authority.