Barts NHS & QMUL Dance Injury Clinic
Mile End Hospital
Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DG
Founded in partnership with NIDMS
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How can I get an appointment?
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You must first visit your GP, explain your injury concern and that you are a dancer, teacher, or choreographer and would benefit from dance-specialist treatment. Your GP will refer you to your chosen NHS Dance Injury clinic using the information below.
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Please print this information or show this information on your phone during your GP appointment to help them make the referral.
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Please note this service is a Secondary service, not Tertiary. Due to this service being an NHS service it is free at the point of use and as an NHS patient it is your legal right to choose where you would like to be referred.
Referral options/details
From 1st October 2018, all GP referrals are now done electronically through the e-Referral System (e-RS).
The Sports and Dance clinics are available on e-RS as follows:
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Mile End Hospital
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Rheumatology - MSK - Routine Referral
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Mile End Sport and Exercise Clinic
If you are unable to find the clinic on eRS, please contact the clinic secretary:
0208 223 8518 – Susan Lawrence
0208 223 8408 – Deborah Hession
Email bhnt.rheumatology@nhs.net
Your appointment will take place at Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DG. You will be seen at the dance injury clinic on a Monday afternoon.
If you have any problems or questions regarding your referral please contact the NIDMS Manager on: 020 7940 9804 or
About the Barts & QMUL clinic
The Sports Medicine clinic at Mile End Hospital is staffed by highly qualified and experienced staff. It is part of the Bart’s Health NHS Trust. There are clinical sessions on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Staff include Sport and Exercise Medicine Consultants, Physiotherapists, and Podiatrists. There are regular multi-disciplinary meetings where complex cases are assessed and discussed by these staff as well as Radiologists and Orthopaedic Surgeons. The clinics have post-graduate students of Sport and Exercise Medicine attending, as part of a master’s programme run by the Centre of Sport and Exercise Medicine. The Centre is a world-renowned research unit which publishes regularly on aspects of Dance Medicine, as well as all other aspects of Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Meet the team
Dr Farrah Jawad
Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine
Dr Farrah Jawad runs the Sport and Musculoskeletal Medicine and Dance Clinics at Mile End Hospital, as well as two Sport and Exercise Medicine Clinics a week (Monday and Friday) at the Homerton Hospital. She has an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine from UCL, did her Masters project with the Royal Ballet Company, and conducted a Travelling Fellowship in 2017 at various sites within the UK and USA with a dance and sports medicine focus.
Dr Dylan Morrissey
Reader in SEM, Consultant Physiotherapist & Academic lead for SEM
Role in Department:
Academic Lead
NIHR/HEE Consultant Physiotherapist
Research interests:
The link between movement and pathology
Pathways, Clinical Reasoning and AI
Clinical Trials
Paralympic Sport
Mr Trevor Prior
Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
Role in Department:
MDT Sports Injuries Clinic
Certificate in Podiatric Sports Medicine joint clinical lead
Podiatric Sports injuries joint module lead
Research Projects supervisor
Personal Tutor
Research interests:
Lower limb biomechanics
Rowing mechanics
3D gait analysis
Dr Nikos Malliaropoulos
Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant in SEM
Role in Department:
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Module Co Lead
Research Project Supervisor
Graduate of the department, link to ECOSEP
Research Interests:
Hamstring Injuries
Judo, Athletics
ESWT
Ultrasound Imaging
Dr Dev Pyne
Consultant Rheumatologist/Clinical Lead
Dr D Pyne is Clinical Lead for Rheumatology with an interest in sports injuries. He is Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer In Sports and Exercise. He lectures on the Sports MSc and is responsible for the running of the weekly Sports Clinics within the rheumatology department at Mile End Hospital