Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Service

Welcome to the Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Service page which lists consultants, inpatient and outpatient services and essential links.

The Infection team at the Homerton consists of 4 Consultants: 

Dr Tacim Karadag
Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Clinical Lead

Dr Alleyna Claxton
Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor, Director of Infection Prevention Control and Deputy Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Dr Pooja Ravji
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Lead for the OPAT service and Orthopaedic Infections.

Dr Christian Buckingham
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Deputy Lead for OPAT and Orthopaedic Infections.  

In addition, there is a Specialist Trainee in Infection on rotation working with us at any one time.

Inpatient services
In addition to the laboratory based microbiology service, the OPAT service and the Infection Prevention service, the Infection Team provide a consultant-led service for inpatients with infections which includes, but is not limited to, the following regular sessions:

  • Infection MDT; Monday 11:30am – 1pm
    Matthews Duncan Seminar Room
  • Infection Ward Rounds: Ad hoc depending on clinical need
    Inpatient wards and SDEC 


Outpatient services

  • Infectious Diseases Clinic; Tuesday Afternoons 1-4pm (alternate weeks)
  • Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Clinic: Wednesday afternoon 1 – 5pm.


Contacts
The duty microbiologist can be contacted on the Aircall via Homerton Switchboard (020 8510 5555).

GP patient referrals for the Infectious Diseases Clinic should be addressed to Dr Ravji and Dr Buckingham and must be made directly through the electronic Referral System for General Practice.

Internal, or inter-hospital, specialist referrals should also be addressed to Dr Ravji and Dr Buckingham but can be emailed to  huh-tr.microbiology@nhs.net  (from an nhs.net account) or posted to Microbiology Department, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Homerton Row, London, E9 6SR.

Non-urgent microbiology enquiries can also be emailed to   huh-tr.microbiology@nhs.net and will be responded to within 1-2 working days.