Essential thrombocythaemia - Medical specialists

The Blackheath Hospital, part of Circle Health Group, is a renowned centre for excellence in private health care in London serving patients from Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley. The highly recommended hospital is renowned for its superb quality eye surgery, including lens replacement and for conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts. The team of top specialists at The Blackheath Hospital also offer a second to none physiotherapy and orthopaedic services, particularly surgery for the hip and knee. With comfortable ensuite rooms, television and an à la carte menu service, the friendly team of staff at The Blackheath Hospital help to ensure patients experience a restful stay. The leading hospital is conveniently located just a short walk from Blackheath train station and is well served by local buses.

London Haematology, which is part of The London Clinic Group, is situated in Marylebone and provides a range of treatments for patients with haematological disorders. These include acute and chronic leukaemia, lymphomas, multiple myelomas, myeloproliferative disorders and myelodysplastic syndromes. The practice is served by four highly-qualified and experienced consultants, Professor John Gribben, Dr Michael Potter, Dr Richard Kaczmarski and Dr Riaz Jan-Mohamed. They offer outpatient consultations and have inpatient facilities at The London Clinic, which has a state-of-the-art intensive care unit for dialysis. The London Haematology unit offers rapid access to diagnostics from its pathology and radiology services and has immediate access to CT scans, MRIs, ultrasound scans and other tests. The London Clinic is one of a small number of hospitals in the UK to offer adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma – an aggressive form of blood cancer - a new, cutting-edge form of immunotherapy called CAR-T cell therapy. The clinic has a close association with the Anthony Nolan, DKMS and the British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR). They are the largest JACIE accredited stem cell collection centre in the whole of Europe for peripheral blood stem cells collections (PBSC) and bone marrow harvest volunteer donors. The clinic provides safe chemotherapy, immunotherapy and biological treatments. They insert Hickman and PICC lines so that blood tests, chemotherapies and blood product support are given painlessly. Patients are offered holistic treatment such as massage, aromatherapy and counselling, and have access to the unit out-of-hours.

Leaders in Oncology Care, also known as LOC part of HCA Healthcare, is an award-winning clinic that specialises in both medical and clinical oncology. Located in Central London's renowned medical district, the specialist oncology clinic has notably been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark. Not only this, but the Harley Street-based clinic has also been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. The distinguished flagship outpatient centre, which comprises of a team of highly revered, skilled, and qualified consultant medical oncologists and consultant clinical oncologists, specialises in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and hormone therapy. They also specialise in bowel cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, head & neck cancer and gynaecology cancer. Impressively, LOC part of HCA Healthcare boasts up to 14 dedicated consultation and counselling suites, a pharmacy, and a fully-equipped and state-of-the-art laboratory. The clinic, that ensures and prioritises carrying out innovative, day-case cancer treatment for its patients, can guarantee that all of their patients receiving cancer treatment will be treated in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The clinic's consultants work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan that is highly and carefully personalised to any given patient's specific diagnosis. This integrative approach aims to support the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each and every patient. At LOC, patients are offered a wide range of various different supportive therapies that are each designed to help the patient and their family before, during, and after treatment. Notably, the clinic can provide much of their wellbeing support virtually, including webinars on physical and emotional wellbeing, virtual support groups, exercise classes, and guided self-care sessions with our complimentary therapy team.