University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is a Comprehensive Care Haemophilia Centre (CCC). We provide a full range of 24-hour services, working alongside the multidisciplinary team.
We diagnose and treat a wide range of inherited bleeding disorders, including:
- Haemophilia A and B
- Von Willebrand's disease
- other clotting factor deficiencies
- Platelet disorders
Our centre compromises a waiting room, two consultant rooms, two consultation rooms and a counselling room. We are a centre of excellence, providing:
- a team of dedicated specialist doctors and nurses, with 24-hour medical on-call cover
- emergency assessment and treatment of bleeds
- regular assessments, reviews and screening
- acute assessment and treatment
- diagnostic services
- genetic testing and counselling
- specialist haemostasis laboratory
- support and counselling
- specialist physiotherapy care
- home treatment
- home delivery services
- social worker, providing emotional, financial and educational support
- dental and restorative treatment
- educational support for patients and carers
- information and advice for health care professionals, friends and employers
We work closely with a number of other specialties in order to provide comprehensive care for our patients, including:
- Orthopaedics
- Genetics
- Genetics counsellor
- Liver specialists
- Infectious diseases
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Ear, Nose and Throat (including a joint clinic once a month with a haematology doctor and an ENT doctor)
Last reviewed: 22 May 2023