CCSVI Scanning comes to UK
Essential Health Clinic
Dr Tom Gilhooly
Unit 75
Mitchell Arcade,
Rutherglen,
Glasgow,
G73 2LS.
Website: The Essential Health Clinic
Freephone : 0800 027 4969
The Clinic's Opening Hours:
- Monday - 9am to 8pm
- Tuesday - 9am to 8pm
- Thursday - 9am to 8pm
- Wednesday - 9am to 5pm
- Friday - 9am to 5pm
Location of the Glasgow Clinic
Rutherglen is on the outskirts of Glasgow, four miles from the city centre. The Essential Health Clinic is situated above the Mitchell Arcade in Main Street, Rutherglen. The clinic is upstairs at the back entrance of the Arcade. (Just ask for Mitchell Arcade's car park).
Rutherglen By Bus
Ruthergen By Train - Follow main exit - Rutherglen Arcade (front entrance) 150 yards.
By car - M8 to Glasgow then M74 - cut off at Cambuslang (currently building Rutherglen cut off).
Glasgow Airport approximately 20 miles from the clinic. You can get the shuttle bus to glasgow city centre for about £5, or you can get a taxi directly to Rutherglen for around £25.
About the CCSVI Scan
The appointment lasts for up to two hours and includes a Doppler ultrasound scan and up to one hour with the Doctor in a medical consultation. Where appropriate, onward referral for further investigation and treatment will be arranged.
Appointment Days for CCSVI Screening
The first block of appointments have now all been taken
We are sorry, but all the first block of appointments have now been taken. We will be releasing new appointments as soon as we can make the necessary arrangements.
Please do not phone the clinic for any information on CCSVI or appointments for scanning etc, as our systems are struggling with the demand. We cannot take appointment requests over the phone or give medical information over the phone.
For those people that have secured an appointment, we will be sending out a detailed e-mail outlining all the necessary details about the next steps, including treatment planning and options, the location of our clinic and hotel recommendations etc. This will be sent out in the next few weeks.
Awaiting more locations/bookings... Ensure you sign up for the newsletter for the latest news.
Cost of Scan & Consultation
£450 - Doppler ultrasound scan and up to one hour with the Doctor in a medical consultation.
Treatment Centre in London To Be Confirmed
The Essential Health Clinic have secured premises in London and will be pubishing CCSVI screening dates in due course. Initial appointments are reserved for existing clinic patients, followed by those who have registered on their website.
About Dr. Tom Gilhooly (Essential Health Clinic)
- Graduated from Glasgow University Medical School in 1993
- Entered General Practice in Parkhead in Glasgow's East End in 1989.
Dr Tom Gilhooly - My Recommendation for Multiple Sclerosis
A career long interest in nutrition resulted in the founding of The Centre For Nutritional Studies Ltd in 2002 and Glasgow Health Solutions Ltd in 2005. He advocates integrative medical approaches to health where natural treatments and nutritional assessment is central to management of medical conditions.
Dr Tom Gilhooly is a principal in General Practice and Medical Officer to Glasgow Drug Crisis Centre. In addition he has held posts as Medical Director in the Lanarkshire Drug Problem Service and was lead Consultant in Drug Misuse training for medical and affiliated practitioners in the Glasgow Drug Problem Service.
Dr Tom applies this in his daily General Practice and also in a private nutritional clinic which concentrates on multiple sclerosis. He is involved in several ongoing research projects including The Chinese Illness Perception Study and a study into bladder dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis. He is also involved in fund raising for MS research.
He became actively involved in management of addiction in practice and is now known nationally and internationally as an addiction expert. Has published original research on methadone, ecstasy and the abuse of tranquillisers.
He has also presented papers at national and international conferences on the subject. In 1999 he became clinical director of the Lanarkshire Drug Service and was successful in greatly increasing the number of General Practices in Lanarkshire who offered substitution treatment to their patients.
More Information
- Tom Gilhooly - Twitter Page
- Tom Gilhooly - Curriculum Vitae
- LDN Conference, Glasgow, chaired by Dr Gilhooly
- The Essential Health Clinic - Facebook Page
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I have booked my sister in for 3rd August 2010. It will be the first examination she will ever want to fail. We are all in the odd situation that we want a problem, the problem being a vascular blockage that could possibly be the start, of the road to recovery. The Essential Health Clinic is within a mile from my sister house. The clinic offers many of the therapies advocated by patients, including Low Dose Naloxone (LDN).
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