For those of you who watched the 1990 film ‘Awakenings” starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, the concept of a patient being frozen in time only to awaken when given the correct medication will not be an unfamiliar one. This true story depicted patients who appeared to be in a frozen catatonic state for […]

It’s been a busy week or two in the world of PANDAS with the publication of the Nordic guidelines (1) together with the release of the “Consensus statement on childhood neuropsychiatric presentations, with a focus on PANDAS/PANS” by the British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) (2). This was preceded by the EMTICS paper by Martino et […]

A recent paper in the journal Neurology sought to investigate the association between Group A Streptococcus exposure and chronic tic disorders (Martino D,et al. Neurology, 2021;96 (12)). The Scientific and Medical Advisory Group of The European Immuno-Neuropsychiatric Association  (EXPAND) has responded to this publication and this response can be read by clicking on the following […]

Dr Tim Ubhi makes an appearance on Steph’s Packed Lunch along with the Gilson’s to discuss a good news story of a child who was initially thought to have autism but who improved by 95% with simple treatment after only 3 days! https://twitter.com/Hopesaxons/status/1372903054434000913?s=20

PANS PANDAS as a diagnosis has been gaining significant traction in the UK especially with the amazing work of a group of parents who set up the UK PANS PANDAS charity in 2017. Following the release of the UK PANS PANDAS Physicians Network Treatment Guidelines in 2018 there was a significant amount of progress made […]

I am so pleased that The Care Quality Commission has inspected and rated our service as “Outstanding”! This is the highest category that an organisation can achieve and is the result of lots of hard work behind the scenes with our patient treatement coordinator, Vicki Greener and our newly appointed admin support, Liz Parsons, establishing […]