Neuropsychology Service

Our Clinical Neuropsychology team helps people understand how neurological conditions affect thinking, emotions, and behaviour. We work with adults who have acquired or adult-onset neurological conditions, such as stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy.

Our Clinical Neuropsychology team helps people understand how neurological conditions affect thinking, emotions, and behaviour. We work with adults who have acquired or adult-onset neurological conditions, such as stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy.

Neuropsychological assessment
You may be referred for a neuropsychological assessment if you have a neurological condition and you or others have noticed changes in your behaviour or thinking skills, such as difficulties with memory, concentration or problem solving.

We will invite you to an initial appointment to discuss the changes you have experienced and to decide together whether an assessment would be helpful. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions. We will then invite you back to complete the assessment, which includes completing a series of tasks such as remembering things and solving puzzles. We may also ask you to complete some questionnaires.

When the assessment is complete we will invite you back to discuss the findings and next steps. This might include recommendations to support any difficulties highlighted in the assessment, short-term sessions to support these difficulties or onward referrals for support.

Referrals: We accept referrals for neuropsychological assessment from our Trust's Neurology or Neurosciences colleagues. We cannot accept GP or self-referrals.

Neuropsychology support via Community Neurorehabilitation Team
We offer support and neuropsychology input to patients who are currently working with the MY Therapy Community Neurorehabilitation Team. You may be referred for Neuropsychology support if you or the team have noticed changes in your behaviour or thinking skills, or if you are experiencing emotional distress linked to your neurological condition, and this is impacting your rehabilitation.

We will invite you for an initial appointment to discuss the difficulties you are experiencing and to plan next steps together. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Referrals: We accept referrals from MY Therapy Community Neurorehabilitation team colleagues. We cannot accept GP or self-referrals.

You may be referred if:

• You have thinking or memory difficulties linked to a neurological condition (e.g., after stroke, brain injury, MS, Parkinson’s, epilepsy).
• You have complex symptoms involving your thinking, emotions, and physical health.

We offer a service to those who are under the care of Mid Yorkshire Neurosciences service (Neurologist, Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine, Specialist Neurology Nurses, Specialist Neurology Therapies).  Any of these healthcare professionals can refer you to our service.  We do not accept self-referrals or referrals from GPs.

You may be referred to the Neuropsychology FND pathway if you have a newly confirmed diagnosis of FND and would like support with understanding and managing your FND symptoms. We offer a neuropsychology led group intervention for people living with FND, which includes information about FND and ways of understanding and managing your own individual symptoms. Before the group, we will invite you to an initial appointment to get to know more about you and how FND is impacting your life. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please note: we do not provide ongoing psychological therapy as part of this pathway. 

Referrals: We accept referrals from MY Neurology and Neurosciences colleagues and member of the MY Therapy Community Neurorehabilitation Team following discussion with them. We cannot accept GP or self-referrals.