What we offer

• We hold consultant-led dedicated routine SLE clinics, as well as daily emergency clinics for patients that require urgent review before planned appointments
• We have a 'Lupus Annual Review' clinic, where patients meet with a doctor and/or nurse in an extended clinic appointment, allowing time for a comprehensive and specialised SLE health assessment
• Patients have the opportunity to discuss their condition and medications during appointments with our connective tissue disease nurse specialists
• We work with colleagues across a range of additional specialities to offer combined clinics including:
  
  (i)   Rheumatology/ Dermatology combined clinic
  (ii)  Rheumatology/ Obstetrics combined clinic
  (iii) Rheumatology/ Respiratory combined clinic
• We hold a formal monthly multi-disciplinary meeting, involving colleagues from Nephrology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology and Neurology where we discuss the management of more complex patients
• We provide a weekly ward round, where complex or unwell patients are reviewed by a consultant either on our Day Unit or in the main hospital
• All patients are offered the opportunity to become part of our active lupus research programme
• We are a British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) centre and a recruitment site for the BILAG Biologics Register (BILAG-BR): a large observational study underway in UK hospitals looking at the safety and effectiveness of biologic and biosimilar treatment for SLE
• We are an NHS England specialist prescribing centre for Rituximab and Belimumab
• We hold regular, organised training for resident doctors, nursing staff and other allied health professionals about SLE
• We were designated a 'LUPUS UK Centre of Excellence' in 2016

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