We are pleased to anounce the formalisation of a Portsmouth Lipid Service from February 2010.

At present patients with lipid disorders have been referred ad hoc to a number of clinicians and this new development gives an opportunity for these patients to be seen in a dedicated clinic run by two clinicians with a specialist interest in lipid disorders

(Professor Mike Cummings, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and  Dr Ali Al-Bahrani, Chemical Pathologist, IOW Health Care Trust).

• Lack of response (in severe hypercholestrolaemia) or intolerance to statin therapy
• Mixed dyslipidaemia where multiple lipid lowering therapies are often required
• Low HDL cholesterol concentrations
• Moderate to severe hypertriglyceridaemia  (triglycerides >5 mmol/L) 
• Patients with presumed  Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and primary genetic dyslipidaemias 

Please send referrals to the Lipid Service at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital. We anticipate being able to make appointments through Choose and Book in the near future