Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

Main Address
- Whittington Hospital
Department of Haematology
Level 5, Diagnostic Block - 020 7288 5437 / 5144
The Whittington has a long history of providing holistic care for people with thalassaemia and sickle cell. For more than 20 years we have embraced the principle of managing our patients within a multidisciplinary team comprising of hospital and community professionals.
We treat the largest number of people with thalassaemia in the country and already work with many hospitals. We can also help you to meet the national standards that exist already and those that are being developed to improve the care of
children and adults with thalassaemia or sickle cell.
We treat the largest number of people with thalassaemia in the country and already work with many hospitals. We can also help you to meet the national standards that exist already and those that are being developed to improve the care of
children and adults with thalassaemia or sickle cell.
Range of services
- Clinical Sickle cell disorders e.g. haemoglobin S/S; Haemoglobin S/C
- Alpha, beta Thalassaemia, including paediatric patients
For out-of-hours emergencies the Switchboard has our oncall rota. A registrar may be first on-call but we recognise that you will be calling for consultant advice so please ask them to put you through to the covering consultant.
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Department Card
Patient Leaflet
- Deferiprone treatment for iron overload
- Exjade treatment for iron overload
- Genetic Haemochromatosis
- Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency - A parents guide
- Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency - A patients guide
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- Medications, vaccinations and travel with sickle cell - information for parents
- Medications, vaccinations and travel with thalassaemia - information for parents
- Medications, vaccinations and travel with thalassaemia - Information for patients
- Sexual health, contraception and preparing for pregnancy
- Sickle Cell disease and pregnancy
- Sickle cell disease in adulthood
- Thalassaemia syndromes and pregnancy
Last updated02 Feb 2022