Tuberculosis

The Royal Free London provides an open access, integrated tuberculosis (TB) service for both adults and children.

The Royal Free London has cared for people diagnosed with and at risk of tuberculosis for many years. Patient-focused, we have an acknowledged reputation for innovation, with care provided by a dedicated multidisciplinary team of specialists.

Our services

• Comprehensive and state of the art diagnostics
• Consultant and nurse-led clinics
• Adult and children TB case management
• TB/HIV dedicated clinic
• Drug resistant TB specialist referral centre
• Incident screening in the community
• Specialist non-TB mycobacteria referral centre
• TB contact tracing
• Management of latent TB infection
• Community follow up
• Community directly observed therapy team
• Social care support and advice
• Raising TB awareness locally
• Training and education
• World class research

Our tuberculosis clinics

We run a tuberculosis clinic at The Grove Centre, Royal Free Hospital, and at Edgware Hospital on Mondays at 1.30-4.30pm and on Fridays from 9.30am-12.30pm.

If you suffer from any of the symptoms below and suspect you may have tuberculosis, please drop in to our clinic and you will be seen by one of our specialist team.

Tuberculosis symptoms include:

• Cough for more than three weeks, which may be dry or productive
• Night sweats
• Fever
• Weight loss
• Loss of appetite
• Tiredness and fatigue
• Swellings in the neck and other sites

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