The Welsh Centre of Burns and Plastic Surgery - Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT)

This list provides information on facial palsy health services provided by multidisciplinary teams in the UK only. It is not an endorsement or recommendation of the services listed. If your multidisciplinary team's service is missing please do let us know.

Key:
Adults Only MDT Adults
Children Only MDT Children
All Ages MDT All Ages

Specialist Centre:
The Welsh Centre of Burns and Plastic Surgery

Please note: the health care provider will discuss with the individual patient what treatment is appropriate for them.

Address:

The Welsh Centre of Burns and Plastic Surgery
Morriston Hospital
Swansea
SA6 6NL

MDT Type:

This MDT is not Face to Face Face to Face

This MDT is not Informal, communicate as required Informal, communicate as required

This MDT is not Virtual Virtual

How often does the MDT meet?

Who is in the MDT network?

This MDT does not have ENT ENT

This MDT does not have Maxillofacial surgery Maxillofacial surgery

This MDT does not have Neurology Neurology

This MDT does not have Neurophysiology Neurophysiology

This MDT does not have Neurosurgery Neurosurgery

This MDT does not have Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

This MDT has Plastic surgery Plastic surgery

This MDT does not have Psychology Psychology

This MDT does not have Specialist facial therapy Specialist facial therapy

May be offered:

This MDT offers Chemodenervation, e.g. Botulinum Toxin Chemodenervation, e.g. Botulinum Toxin

This MDT offers Oculoplastic surgery Oculoplastic surgery

This MDT offers Plastic surgery Plastic surgery

This MDT does not have Psychology Psychology

This MDT does not have Psychology – restricted Psychology – restricted

This MDT does not have Skin camouflage Skin camouflage

This MDT does not have Specialist facial therapy Specialist facial therapy

This MDT does not have Specialist facial therapy - surgical patients only Specialist facial therapy - surgical patients only

EMG on site:

No

Patient group:

Both Adults and Children

Referral should be made to:

Referrals should be made to Mr J Cubitt.

This is not yet a formal MDT but it is the only national centre for in Wales for patients with facial palsy and has been listed for this reason.

Mr Cubitt works within a wider MDT of ENT surgeons, Max fax Surgeons and Neurosurgeons who refer patients into the service.  He will accept referrals from any healthcare professional.

New patient clinics are once a month and botox treatment clinics are twice a month.

Facial palsy is covered by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee and patients from north Wales can also be referred to St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Patients from anywhere in Wales can be referred to Mr Cubitt at the Morriston Hospital. This is not subject to local funding restrictions by health board.