Publish date: 15 November 2024
A message from the ICB
St Helens and Knowsley PLACE are pleased to announce they have a combined Tics disorders and Tourette’s Specialist Psychology clinic, hosted by Clinical Health Psychology at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital.
The Knowsley clinic appointments will be at Whiston Medical Centre. The St Helens Specialist Psychology clinic remains at Lowe House.
The service will provide a paediatric clinic appointment to aid understanding of the diagnosis and psychological support associated with the diagnosis. The clinic will offer a variety of services including psychological education, bespoke understanding of need and individual and school support where needed.
Following diagnosis parents will be offered an opportunity to attend an annual online seminar, facilitated by Tourette’s Action.
There is a free training course that can be accessed by GPs here:
A referral form is available on the ERS portal, and this must be completed to ensure the referrals can be accepted and triaged appropriately. Please note if the referral form is not used, the referral will be rejected.
The service can be found on the ERS portal under Paediatric Psychology – Tics and Tourette’s and this is referral form that needs to be used.