Departmental Profile

A Profile of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology in HULL
By Dr Ahmad Bajalan

The department of Clinical Neurophysiology in Kingston upon Hull better known as Hull was inaugurated in 1984 with the appointment of a consultant physician specialist in clinical Neurophysiology. Functioning as an independent unit, from 1984 and on the department began providing its diagnostic services to the population of the city of Hull, East Yorkshire  and North Lincolnshire  accepting referrals from Hospital based clinicians in all specialities and General Practitioners.

The Clinical Neurophysiology is one of the five components of the Neuroscience services in Hull. The Hull Neurosciences consists of Neurosurgery, Neurology ( adult, and paediatric), Neuroradiology, Neuropathology and Neurophysiology. The Neurosurgery unit is one of the two Neurosurgery centres in Yorkshire. Administratively Neurophysiology and Neurology are part of the Directory of Medicine in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (HEY), but educationally both departments are closely associated with  the rest of the Neuroscience Services.

Staffing

1 consultant,
1 SpR,
1 clinical assistant (2 sessions),
2 Grade- 7 and 2 Grade- 6 clinical physiologists ( EEG Technicians)
1 Registered General Nurse,
1 PA  to Consultant
1 part time departmental clerk.

Accommodation

In 2004 The neurophysiology service was housed in a purpose built accommodation.

Clinical accommodation consists of

Patient waiting area

2 Electodiagnostic (EDX) Consultation suites

2 EEG recording  suite

1 Evoked Potential suite structured and equipped for electrophysiology of vision ( PRERG, Ganzfield ERG, EOG, VEP) .

The department has 1

Video-EEG LTM suite based on the Neurology ward, Ward 12.

Staff accommodation consists of:

Consultant office, SpR office, Chief Technician office, Technician office,  Nurse office, PA and clerk’s office, storage room, electrode cleaning room, shower room and a kitchenette.

Equipment

EMG
2 Synergy Mobile  EMG machines
1 Synergy Laptop portable EMG machine

EP
     1  5- Channel  Synergy Evoked potential system, and a Ganzfield photic stimulator for ERG, 

EEG
The EEG recording systems are all Xltek systems and all have video recording facilities. These are

2 32 channel headbox
1 Ambulatory/Portable headbox
1 Wireless EM40 head box for LTM
3 Video-EEG reading stations
2 stroboscopic photic stimulators 
1 Video generated pattern stimulator

Activity Data

Average of the last 2 years work achieved;

IT and Physics

The department of physics and IT at Hull Royal provides the necessary support.
The Department appointment system and data output  is kept  on the Hospital patient record system