Regional care advisors
Specialist advice and support for people affected by muscle disease
Regional care advisors provide practical and emotional support for people with muscle disease and their families. They are based at NHS neuromuscular clinics in various regions throughout the UK.
Their training backgrounds include nursing, social care, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. They work with statutory service providers, education authorities and other professionals to advise, support and best meet the needs of people with muscle disease.
In order to have ongoing support from a regional care advisor, you will usually need to be referred by your GP to the clinic that the regional care advisor supports.
Regional care advisors are based at the following locations:
- Belfast The regional care advisor in Belfast covers Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.
- Birmingham The regional care advisors are based in Birmingham and cover the West Midlands.
- East of England Carol Wood is based in Stansted. Carol covers Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Luton & Peterborough.
- East of England Andrea Russell is based in Bury St Edmunds. Andrea covers: Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
- East Yorkshire Joanne Syson is based in Hull.
- Edinburgh The regional care advisor in Edinburgh covers East Scotland and North Scotland.
- Glasgow The regional care advisor in Glasgow covers West Scotland.
- Hampshire Sunitha Narayan is based in Southampton
- Leeds The regional care advisor in Leeds covers North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and North Humberside.
- Liverpool The regional care advisors in Liverpool cover Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Preston and Manchester.
