Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust

Services Provided

The Care of the Elderly team provides medical treatment for conditions affecting the older population including:

·          Parkinson’s disease

·          Movement disorder

·          Elderly medicine

·          Stroke care

·          Rehabilitation

·          Falls

·          Syncope (fainting or dizzy spells)

·          Intermediate and therapeutic care

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See also Rapid Access Centre (RAC)

Consultant

Specialist Interest

Clinic Location / Frequency

Dr Beverly Castleton

Parkinson’s disease, movement disorder

·          SPH: Fri (fortnightly)

·          Wok: Fri (fortnightly)

·          WBy: Thu (monthly)

·          Sun: Thu (monthly)

Dr Zahid Dhakam

General medicine / elderly medicine, hypertension / TIA (all ages), Parkinson’s disease

·          SPH: Mon (fortnightly) – Hyper / TIA

·          ASH: Mon (fortnightly) – Hyper/ TIA

·          ASH: Wed (weekly) – one stop RAC

·          SPH: Thu – general / geriatric medicine

Dr Bhaskar Mandal

General Medicine / elderly medicine, Parkinson’s disease, Rapid Access Clinic for elderly patients, TIA / stroke medicine, stroke rehab at Ashford Hospital.

·          ASH: Mon (fortnightly) – Gen Med

·          SPH: Wed (fortnightly) – Gen Med

·          ASH: Thu (weekly) – RAC / TIA / Stroke

Dr Nader Mohajer

Falls, memory

·          SPH: Tue (weekly) – Memory Clinic – dementia and memory loss

·          Wal: Wed (weekly) - falls

Dr Raad Nari

General medicine / elderly medicine, falls / syncope, stroke rehabilitation

·          SPH: Mon (fortnightly) – TIA

·          Wok: Mon (fortnightly) – TIA

·          Wok: Wed (weekly) - falls

Contact Details

Location

The Care of the Elderly outpatient clinics are located on the first floor of the Outpatients block at Ashford Hospital.

Patient Leaflets

News Articles

06/04/09: Amongst the country's top performing Trusts for stroke care

19/09/08: Investment in stroke care improves services
12/05/08: Welly walk
12/05/08: Successful first thrombolysis
04/04/08: Acute stroke and brain injury unit opened
   

Weblinks

The following websites related to this specialty may be helpful:

Rapid Access Centre at the Trust

·          National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

·          BBC Health: Parkinson’s Disease

·          SAGA: Health pages