Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service
Our Kent-wide service provides neuropsychological assessment and community-based neuropsychological rehabilitation to people aged 18 years and above who are living in their own home or in a residential setting. We are all registered clinical psychologists with expertise in brain injury and neurological conditions. We offer appointments at many different locations across Kent, depending on where the person is living.
Neuropsychologists in our service support people with acquired brain injury (including stroke) and long-term neurological conditions in the following ways:
- Assessment of cognitive abilities (also known as thinking skills such as memory, concentration, decision making)
- Provision of cognitive rehabilitation strategies to support cognitive difficulties and encourage independence
- Psychological support to aid adjustment to your diagnosis
- Psychological support to aid symptom management
- Advice regarding possible return to work
- Advice to colleagues regarding the management of cognitive, behavioural and personality changes following a neurological change
- Working with families to help them understand and manage severe cognitive and behavioural changes in their loved one.
We often work closely with our medical and neurorehabilitation team colleagues such as neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, specialist nurses, speech and language therapists and dieticians.
East Kent
In East Kent we support people living in Ashford, Tenterden, Canterbury, Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Dover, Deal, Folkstone, Hythe and New Romney) we accept referrals for people with a clinical neuropsychological need relating to a traumatic brain injury, a stroke, a non-progressive acquired brain injury (for example, after encephalitis, an infection or hypoxia), or a long-term neurological condition (for example, epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and motor neurone disease).
East Kent Team
Postal Address (please note we do not see patients at this location)
Disablement Services Centre
Medway Maritime Hospital
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent ME7 5NY
Email - kamnascpt.neuropsych@nhs.net
Tel: 01634 833937
West Kent
In west Kent we accept referrals for people living in Dartford, Sevenoaks, Edenbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Maidstone and Cranbrook with a clinical need relating to a traumatic brain injury, a stroke or a non-progressive acquired brain injury such as after encephalitis, an infection or hypoxia.
As our referral criteria can sometimes seem confusing please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team if you want to check on the suitability of a referral.
West Kent Team
Darent House
Hospital Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 3PG
Email - KAMNASCPT.npsychadminwest@nhs.net
Tel: 01732 228200
Referrals
Inclusion criteria:
You need to be over the age of 18 to access our service
Your GP needs to be within our area.
To access our service in the West of Kent you will need to have a confirmed diagnosis of stroke or acquired brain injury (traumatic brain injury, encephalitis, infection, abscess, hypoxia).
To access our service in the East of Kent you will need to have a confirmed diagnosis of stroke or acquired brain injury (traumatic brain injury, encephalitis, infection, abscess, hypoxia) or long-term neurological condition (epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Motor Neurone Disease).
Exclusion criteria:
We are unable to see people who have a congenital or neuro developmental brain condition.
We are unable to see people with functional neurological symptoms such as non-epileptic seizures and functional weakness. However, you can be referred to the East Kent Neuropsychiatry Service or the West Kent Neuropsychiatry Service.
We are unable to see people living in Medway or Sittingbourne. If you have experienced a brain injury and live in Medway please refer to the Community Brain Injury Service (CBIT) referral criteria to see if you can be referred.
Referral form
Meet the manager
Your feedback is important to the team so that we can continue to improve our services.
You can meet the manager Dr Alexandra Garfield, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist on the last Thursday of every month between 2-4pm. Meetings can take place at Gregory House in Canterbury or Darent House in Sevenoaks.
To make an appointment please call 01634 833937.