Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Our specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease team look after you for all parts of your IBD care.

Telephone number: 020 8453 2368
Location: St Mark's at Central Middlesex Hospital
Division: Surgery and St Mark's
General manager: William Bannister

• 020 8453 2368
• open Monday to Thursday 9am to 3pm
• open Friday 9am to 1pm

Find more information in our IBD flare card.

Our specialist team look after you for all parts of your IBD care, including:

• care from our doctors and nurses
• prescribe and monitor specialist treatments
• investigations and monitor disease
• any surgical treatment you might need
• psychological and nutritional support
• supporting young people as they transition from childhood to adulthood
• research and education.

Our nursing team are your first point of contact if you require any advice or support about your IBD. Just leave a message on our advice line if you have a query, particularly if you're concerned that you are becoming unwell.

You can find our IBD outpatient clinics on level 1, ACAD at Central Middlesex Hospital. We are open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

We have clinics for:

• Adults and children
• Joint medical and surgical review
• Daily fistula review

You can have your blood tests at the clinic but you will need to book an appointment by visiting blood tests at St Marks Hospital or call 020 8235 4200.

When you come for your outpatient appointment, please expect to be weighed by our outpatient nursing staff, who are also available to asssit you whilst you are in the department.

At your appointment you might see a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or a combination of these specialists. This depends on the reason for your visit. We will:

• review your current symptoms
• physically examine you, if appropriate
• discuss any concerns you might have
• take some blood from you for a blood test, if you need one
• organise investigations if needed to monitor and assess your condition

If you're coming for a follow-up appointment, please make sure any tests or investigations we've arranged are done before your visit. If you're still waiting for tests, you can reschedule your follow-up appointment by calling 020 8235 4051 and choose option 2.

We also offer telephone and online appointments.

Read more about your outpatient appointment.

• Location: level 1, BeCAD, Central Middlesex Hospital
• Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm

If you need to change or cancel your appointment call the reception team on 020 8453 2488.

Toilet facilities are available within each department. If you need any assistance finding them, just speak with a member of staff.

Read more about our facilities at:

• Central Middlesex Hospital
• Ealing Hospital
• Northwick Park Hospital

Our dedicated intestinal imaging unit is equipped with modern digital screening units and ultrasound scanners. It performs specialised contrast and ultrasound studies including: 

• evacuation proctography
• transit studies
• endosonography of the anus and rectum
• pouchography
• sinography
• modified video swallows with the speech therapy department
• barium studies including small bowel enema intubation examinations
• double contrast barium enemas
• transvaginal ultrasound
• CT of the abdomen and pelvis
• MRI of the abdomen, pelvis and anal fistula
• endocoil studies of the anus.

Please check your appointment letter to make sure you are attending the correct hospital site for your endoscopy procedure. Find out more about our endoscopy service.

Our IBD Patient Panel meet regularly to discuss our care. If you use our service, or are the carer of someone who uses our service, it's a forum for you to offer our team feedback and suggestions for improvements.

If you would like to contribute to the patient panel by either attending the meetings, or by highlighting a particular area you would like to see the panel address, please get in touch with the IBD nurse to join the IBD Patient Panel.

Our stoma care service

Find out more about our stoma care service.

Other organisations

• Information about Crohn's and colitis on the Crohn's and Colitis UK website
• Information for children with Crohn's and colitis via the CICRA website
• Information for patients on the gut via the Gut UK website
• Comprehensive information about living with a stoma via the Colostomy UK website 
• Ileostomy and internal pouch support group via the IA support website

As a hospital specialising in IBD care, we have an active research and clinical trials programme. We may ask you if you're interested in participating in a research project, but you are not under any obligation to take part.

If you're interested in taking part in some of our research, or just want more information, email our clinical trials co-ordinator on lnwh-tr.stmclinicalresearch@nhs.net.