Please note
This service is for patients at the Royal Sussex County and Princess Royal hospitals only.
Please see the contact details for Worthing and St Richard’s Hospital IBD service below.
Our specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) team consists of medical and surgical consultants, nurses, pharmacists and dietitians and supported by administrative and secretarial staff.
Weekly multi-disciplinary meetings
We hold weekly multi-disciplinary meetings to discuss patient cases and ensure best care. We will give you feedback after the meeting if your case is discussed.
Medical doctor IBD clinics
At our medical doctor IBD clinics, the doctor will discuss the nature, extent and severity of your disease with you. Together you will decide the most appropriate way to investigate and treat your IBD. You will have a named consultant who will lead your treatment, but you may not see them at each appointment.
Nursing IBD clinics
Our nursing IBD clinics are led by senior nurses with special training in IBD. They offer support and information about IBD and manage treatment in some cases. The nurses run the IBD advice line and are often the best point of contact within team. They also see outpatients, visit the wards, and run telephone clinics and administer treatments at the infusion clinic.
Pharmacy IBD clinics
Pharmacy IBD clinics are led by specialist pharmacists. They give advice to patients who are starting a new treatment and prescribe and monitor patients on these new medications. They can provide support with any medication concerns.
Surgical IBD clinics
IBD sometimes needs surgical treatments. We work closely with our surgical colleagues to decide on the best treatment. If surgery is being considered, you will have the opportunity to discuss this with our surgeons in their surgical IBD clinics.
Stoma clinics
We run Stoma clinics led by specialist stoma care nurses who support patients with new and existing stomas. We offer a range of clinic locations and can do home visits if needed.
Paediatric to adult transition clinic
If you are transitioning to our service from the Royal Alex in Brighton we run a paediatric to adult transition clinic. The clinic aims to see all 16–18-year-olds with IBD on an annual basis in addition to their standard care. You will have the opportunity to talk through the transition process with the nursing team as well as the more medical aspects with a paediatric and adult IBD specialist.
Virtual biologic review
We hold virtual biologic review meetings attended by the IBD lead gastroenterologist, IBD nurse specialists and IBD pharmacy team to discuss patient biologic medication management as required by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence). Feedback is provided to patients after the meeting.
Dietitian clinics
Our dietician clinics give advice about dietary management of IBD. They may also see you to discuss more general nutritional issues, or to help you to adapt your diet to improve your symptoms.
Research
Research is vital to make advances in IBD for both treatment and management. We have a dedicated team of research nurses who may approach you to become involved. You can choose to be involved or not.
Endoscopy
Visit the Endoscopy service pages for information.
IBD infusion clinics
IBD infusion clinics run at the Princess Royal Hospital on Wednesdays (morning only) and Thursday each week.
Homecare medication service
- Our Homecare medication service provides medications to patients at home.
- Different medications are supplied by different companies. Please make sure you know which company your medication comes from before contacting (this information will be in your welcome pack):
- HealthNet: [email protected]
- Sciensus: [email protected]