The telephone number given is for the appointments team for the hospital, not the neurology department. The main reception was not able to give a working phone number for the neurology department. The neurology department does not have a specialist epilepsy nurse and has not had one for several years.
If you are being referred and think that you will be able to see a neurologist shortly after having an MRI then be prepared for a wait. Current waiting time for MRI results are over 8 weeks and then they sort out your appointment.
In my case I had an MRI and then saw the Neurologist a few weeks later. No results for the MRI available but Neurologist decided to send me back for additional MRI testing. 3 months later the Neurologist rings me to tell me only just got MRI result and tells me I have a Brain Tumour over the phone, 2 days later was at John Radcliffe seeing a Neurosurgeon.
To cap this off just had my latest appointment cancelled as my Neurologist has left the hospital and no new date for an appointment. As I need a follow up MRI it is going to be at least 2 months before they get me results anyway so my regular follow up is going to months late and if I need referring back to John Radcliffe it could be months before I know anything about it.
"Webpage out of date, team short staffed but..."
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