All visitors should report to the CSC reception on the ground floor of the Commonwealth Building.

• 7 Bus: Russell Square, British Museum, Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Ladbroke Grove, Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton

• 70 Bus:  South  Kensington, Kensington,  Nottinghill Gate, Bayswater, Westbourne Grove, Ladbroke Grove, Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton, Acton

• 72 Bus: Roehampton, Barnes, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, White City, Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton

• 272 Bus: Grove Park, Chiswick, Turnham Green, Acton Vale, Old Oak Road, Hammersmith Hospital, White City, Shepherd's Bush Green

• 283 Bus: Barnes, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, White City, Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton

Travelling to the CSC by Tube

White City – Central Line (10 minutes walk)
East Acton – Central Line (10 minutes walk)

Hammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London and is part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which is the largest Trust in the country. The establishment of the UK’s first Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) brings together the delivery of healthcare services, teaching and research in a partnership whose purpose is to improve the health of its patients.

Hammersmith Hospital serves as a referral center for West London and is located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Confusingly the hospital is north of White City adjacent to Wormwood Scrubs and East Acton, rather than in Hammersmith.

Currently, HD disease patients and presymptomatic HD gene carriers can see the members of our team in two different clinics located in Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals. Both clinics are led by Dr Paola Piccini, Consultant Neurologist.
The patients in order to make appointments they have to be referred by a GP.
 
The clinics provide:
•          Management of neurological symptoms
•          Management of psychiatric symptoms
•          Management of cognitive symptoms
•          About research and the opportunity to take part in research initiatives where appropriate
 
The clinics are located:
General Neurology Clinic at Hammersmith Hospital
 
Clinic time: The clinic is held every Tuesday from 9am to 11am
 
Parking: There are a limited number of parking bays at the front of the hospital and a local authority pay and display car park on Wormwood scrubs at the rear of the hospital. It is accessed off Artillery Lane (West Gate). Parking is on a first come first served basis.
Disabled badge holders: There are a number of allocated bays for disabled badge pass holders and parking is free for badge holders in any of the available spaces.
 
Movement Disorder Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital
 
Clinic time: The clinic is held every Wednesday from 9am to 11am
 
Parking: There are a limited number of parking bays at both the front and back of Charing Cross Hospital.
Disabled badge holders: There are a number of allocated bays for disabled badge pass holders and parking is free for badge holders in any of the available spaces.
 
How to find Charing Cross Hospital..
 
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road,

London
W6 8RF
020 8846 1234


Travelling by Bus
190 (West Brompton - Richmond)
211 (Waterloo - Hammersmith)
220 (Harlesden - Wandsworth)
295 (Clapham Junction - Ladbroke Grove)
 
Travelling by Tube
Hammersmith (piccadilly and district line) about a 5-10 mins walk to the main entrance or a short bus ride.

Dr Paola Piccini MD, PhD, FRCP
Head of the HD team
Consultant Neurologist and Reader in Neurology

Dr Marios Politis MD, MSc
Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Neurology

Dr Nicola Pavese MD
Senior Investigator Scientist & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Yen Tai MD
Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology

Areas of research at the London Hammersmith study site include:
Functional imaging in movement disorders (including Huntington's disease
and Parkinson's disease) using PET and fMRI scans.