Adult Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Contact number: 01772 522130
Members of the team on the photo from left to right: Secretary Christopher Taylor, Specialist Nurse Loveness Kusaloka, Dr Pavaladurai Vijayadurai, Dr Haggar Elbashir, Secretary Donna Hutt, Lead Specialist Nurse Kathryn Haworth, Dr Georgios Gkimpas, Dr Elizabeth Forouzanfar, Dr Samuel Chee, Specialist Nurse Margarida Nicolau, Specialist Nurse Carole Strickland
Welcome to Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at Royal Preston Hospital - we offer a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and management of patients with Allergy and Immunodeficiencies.
- Meet the team
Consultants
Dr Samuel Chee, Consultant Clinical Immunologist (Lead)
Dr Georgios Gkimpas, Consultant Allergist
Dr Alla Nakonechna, Consultant Allergist
Dr Pavaladurai Vijayadurai, Locum Consultant Clinical Immunologist
Specialist Registrars
Dr H Elbashir, Immunology Specialist Registrar
Dr E Forouzanfar, Immunology Specialist Registrar
Specialist Nurses
Kathryn Haworth (Lead Specialist Nurse)
Margarida Nicolau
Loveness Kusaloka
Carole Strickland
Secretaries
Donna Hutt
Christopher Taylor
- Services Offered
Allergy Services
The Allergy team provides services for the following conditions:
- Seasonal Rhinitis (hay fever)
- Rhinitis due to dust mites, pets, or other allergies
- Hives/Urticaria
- Allergic swelling (Angioedema)
- Food allergy (immediate type, like a peanut allergy)
- Antibiotic and other drug allergies
- Anaesthetic allergies
- Bee or wasp sting allergies
- Latex allergy
- Anaphylaxis
Clinical Immunology Services
Our Clinical Immunology Services offer diagnoses and treatments for a range of immunological conditions.
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients with Primary Antibody Deficiency and C1 Inhibitor Deficiency (both hereditary and acquired)
- A home therapy training programme for Subcutaneous and Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Immunodeficiency, C1 Inhibitor Replacement Therapy, and/or Icatibant Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema
- The investigation of patients with suspected immune deficiency, recurrent infections and other immunological conditions (complement deficiency, combined immunodeficiency, and Di George Syndrome)
- Our Clinics
Allergy clinics
- Adult allergy clinics
- Challenge clinic day case for drug allergy and food allergy provocation testing
- Adult allergy follow-up
- Desensitisation treatment/Immunotherapy
- Anaphylaxis and adrenaline autoinjector education
Clinical Immunology clinics
- Immunodeficiency clinics
- Immunoglobulin infusions
- Self-infusion training for immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Self-injectable medication training for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) treatments
- How to refer to our service
- General Practitioners can request triage through the Choose and Book system
- Referrals letters from external hospitals may be addressed to department
- Further management and pathway guidance is available under the "Referral Guidance and Management Pathways for Primary Care Providers" tab, located within both the Allergy and Clinical Immunology sub-sections
- Patient representation
Would you consider joining our online meetings to share your views and help improve our service?
If so, please contact us either via phone or via email.
- 01772 522130
- allergy&immunologynurses@lthtr.nhs.uk
- Contact us
If you wish to contact us, you can phone the Allergy & Clinical Immunology Department on 01772 522130.
Allergy & Clinical Immunology Department
Pathology
Royal Preston Hospital
Sharoe Green Lane
Fulwood
PR2 9HT
If you wish to cancel/ rebook your appointment, please call our Booking Team on 01772 524555.
