Over the past 25 years, we have developed a wide network of specialist referral networks and knowledge about what else is available in the medical world to help support and treat your health and medical conditions.
Your permission will be sought, before a Specialist referral is made. Your doctor will complete a full referral letter detailing your medical condition, your past medical history, your medications and the rationale and thinking behind the referral, stating specific requirements.
You will be sent a copy of the referral letter, which will also be sent to your specialist. It is advisable that copies of your Specialist’s letters are sent to your NHS GP, but this would only happen with your consent.
Once you have seen the specialist, the specialist will write back to the doctor who referred you and with your consent, will copy it into the other doctors who are involved in your care. Please note that a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to your care in always advisable.
It is then advisable that you have a further consultation with the Doctor who referred you to the specialist for follow-up and contextualisation of care and future management.
Dr Dinkar Bakshi MBBS MD(Paed) MSc(Allergy) MRCPCH FRCPCH
Consultant Paediatrician & Allergy Specialist
DR Dinkar Bakshi is a Consultant in Child Health and Allergy. Dr Bakshi has 25 years of experience as a clinician. He completed his specialist training in Paediatrics in the London Deanery and an MSc in Allergy at Imperial College London. Dr Bakshi is one of the few formally trained allergists in the UK.
He has trained in the best teaching hospitals including Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, St Mary’s Hospital Paddington and The Royal London Hospital. He was a Consultant Paediatrician and clinical lead for Children’s Allergy at Nottingham Children’s Hospital until 2018. Dr Bakshi has previously been an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London. He is an expert in interpreting skin prick tests/ patch tests and allergen desensitisation (immunotherapy).
Dr Robyn Cooley, BSc (Hons) MSc DClinPsy CPsychol
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Dr Robyn Cooley joins our mental health support team to provide psychological assessments and therapy to individuals across the life span, as well as couples and family systems. She has over 10 years experience supporting people with their distress, mental health, relationships, unwanted thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and work-related stress.
Robyn brings a broad and extensive understanding of psychological theory to develop a formulation to make sense of a person’s presenting concerns. Her training in the delivery of multiple models of psychotherapy means she offers an integrative, evidence-based and clinically-informed intervention that is tailored to the individual.