Welcome to the North of Tyne ME/ CFS Service
We are made up of:
- The secondary care (hospital)- based diagnostic team.
- The community-based rehabilitation and management team.
- A paediatric service.
Meet the teams
North of Tyne ME/ CFS service (adult):
- Medical lead: Dr Brendan Payne
- Patients are also seen by other medical consultants from the Infectious Diseases Team, based at the RVI.
- Therapy lead and specialist psychologist: Dr Evelyn Jannetta
- Cognitive behavioural therapist: Dr Luis Salayandia
- Specialist physiotherapists: Matthew Chase, Elaine Nyman
Paediatric ME/ CFS service (under 16s):
- Consultant: Dr Neil Davidson
- Specialist physiotherapist: Victoria Harbottle
- Specialist psychologist: Dr Heather Borrill
Services for people with chronic fatigue
North of Tyne ME/ CFS service:
- Offers medical assessment for adult patients with suspected ME/ CFS
- Offers therapy for adult patients with ME/ CFS
- Paediatric ME/ CFS service
- Offers medical assessment for children and young people (aged under 16) with suspected ME/ CFS
- Offers therapy for children and young people (aged under 16) with ME/ CFS
- Young people who require ongoing help will be offered transition into the adult service at age 16-18
We are the service you need if you are looking for a diagnosis of ME/ CFS, or for help with management.
- If you are a GP (or other health professional) looking for guidance regarding ME/ CFS.
- If you are a person living with ongoing fatigue looking for support.
We are not able to offer support for people with fatigue with a clear cause (such as persistent pain, MS, primary sleep disorders, mood disorders…).
Other related services
Chronic pain services
- Patients with chronic pain often also have significant fatigue symptoms.
- If chronic pain is the major symptom, you should be seen in the chronic pain service.
Self-referral physio/pain teams
North Tyneside
Newcastle / Gateshead
Northumberland
Northumberland (JMAPS) – You may need a GP referral into this service.
Mental health services
Patients with mental health difficulties (such as depression) often have significant fatigue symptoms
- Mental health difficulties are treated by your GP or your community mental health team
- We are not able to treat active mental health difficulties in our chronic fatigue services.
Sleep service
- Patients with sleep disorders often have significant fatigue symptoms
The Sleep Service assesses and treats patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders.
