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The RNOH is an NHS highly specialised commissioned centre for the diagnosis and treatment of patients of all ages with confirmed or suspected bone or soft tissue tumours, including sarcomas. These include benign and malignant tumours including bone and soft tissue sarcomas and metastatic bone disease. 

Our service is an important part of the London Sarcoma Service which provides multidisciplinary care including radiotherapy and chemotherapy for patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas.

Our team are leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of bone and soft tissue tumours, including limb-sparing surgery for cancer. We offer reconstructions including endoprosthetic reconstruction, biological reconstruction, and bone grafting. The clinical team includes expert clinical nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.  

Rehabilitation guidelines for orthopaedic oncology patients can be found here

The RNOH team is an important part of the London Sarcoma Service, one of the largest sarcoma services in Europe with an international reputation for providing high quality care to patients with bone and soft tissue tumours, including sarcoma. It provides a comprehensive service to patients of all ages from the first consultation, through investigation, to treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up, seeing about 500 new patients with sarcoma each year.

For more information please see the London Sarcoma Service website.

The services offered at RNOH include:

  • Specialist surgery for pelvic, spinal and extremity bone and soft tissue tumours, including complex limb reconstruction and amputation
  • Specialist diagnostic pathology and radiology services
  • Rehabilitation including physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

The London Sarcoma Service is part of the London and South East Sarcoma Network 

  • Patients with sarcomas in the spine or spinal cord compression should be referred directly to the RNOH spinal team.
  • Patients with suspected sarcomas in non-extremity/trunk sites (abdomen, gynaecological, head and neck, breast) should be referred directly to UCLH.
  • Referrals from Primary Care should be made using the NHS e-Referral Service system, e-RS. Guidance can be found here. We do not accept patients without imaging unless there is a high risk of sarcoma (eg a history of confirmed sarcoma, fungating tumours) and the referral is discussed with the on-call team. Referrals should be made to Wood Green CDC or a local diagnostic service if there is uncertainty.
  • Referrals to the RNOH Orthopaedic Oncology service from secondary and tertiary care should be made online using EpicCare Link. We routinely ask for more information or further imaging and so it is important that you respond to messages. To refer a patient using EpicCare Link follow the instructions here.

If your referral is clinically urgent, please contact the on-call team via the switchboard on 020 3947 0100.

Consultant secretaries

Heena Ahmed – Patient Care Navigator - First contact for patients and referrers  
020 3947 0182 / heena.ahmed2@nhs.net

Mitika Nandha – Secretary to Sarcoma CNS Team
020 8909 5878 / m.nandha@nhs.net

Jan Wakeman-Blue - Secretary to Mr Pollock
020 3947 0484 / janblue@nhs.net          

Claire Valiji - Secretary to Prof Gerrand & Ms Faimali
020 3947 0485 / claire.valiji@nhs.net

Veronica White - Secretary to Ms Havard & Prof Briggs
020 3947 0491 / veronicawhite@nhs.net

Ruth Thompson - Secretary to Mr Bayliss
020 3947 0483 / ruth.thomson5@nhs.net 

Nurse Consultant

Julie Woodford – Nurse Consultant in Cancer and Supportive Care
020 3947 0458 / julie.woodford@nhs.net 

Mitika Nandha - Secretary to CNS team / Julie Woodford
020 8909 5878 / m.nandha@nhs.net

Clinical Nurse Specialists

Claire O’Sullivan - Clinical Nurse Specialist (Children and Adolescents)

020 8909 5679 / Claire.o’sullivan1@nhs.net

Jo Coleman – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
020 3947 0458 / joannecoleman@nhs.net

Lucy Denny – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0495 / lucy.denny@nhs.net

Louise Gillings – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 8909 5282 / louise.gillings@nhs.net

Laura Henshaw - Clinical Nurse Specialist TYA 
0208 909 5790 /  laura.henshaw5@nhs.net

Ruth Shea - Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 8909 1495 / ruth.shea@nhs.net

Simone Simon - Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / simone.simon@nhs.net

Nicki Willis – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 8909 5765 / nicolawillis@nhs.net

Mary Ughumu - Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / mary.ughumu@nhs.net

Therapies

Physiotherapy Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Oncology (Limb Salvage) / Therapy Team Lead Orthopaedic Oncology Service.    

Senior Occupational Therapist in Orthopaedic Oncology  (Limb Salvage), 
Email: rnoh.ortho-oncologytherapyteam@nhs.net   
020 8909 5830

Physiotherapy Clinical Specialist in Amputee Rehabilitation/ Therapy Team Lead Amputee Rehabilitation Service.

Senior Occupational Therapist in Amputee Rehabilitation.
Email: rno-tr.AmputeeTherapies@nhs.net   
020 8909 5505

 

Sarcoma

  • Mr Will Aston - Surgical treatment of arthritis, including cartilage transplantation, arthroscopic knee surgery, knee and hip replacement surgery, complex hip and...
  • Mr Lee Bayliss - Orthopaedic oncology, sarcoma, and reconstruction
  • Professor Craig Gerrand - Bone and soft tissue tumour surgery, bone and soft tissue sarcoma, metastatic bone disease
  • Ms Hel Havard
  • Mr Rob Pollock - Bone and soft tissue tumours, hip and knee replacement, metastatic bone disease.
  • Mr Jonathan Perera - Bone and soft tissue tumours, hip and knee replacement, metastatic bone disease
  • Ms Martina Faimali
  • Mr Sudhir Kannan 

Related documents

Hospital transfer summary for paediatric sarcoma patients

London and South East Sarcoma Network treatment guidelines

GP referral form