IBD centres in United Kingdom
24 hospitals with a dedicated service for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Listed alphabetically by city — not ranked.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
The Gastroenterology Unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is the main GI referral centre for Grampian and surrounding regions. Its inflammatory bowel disease team manages people with IBD from stable outpatients to complex cases, including biological therapies, timing of surgery, nutrition and pregnancy.
Birmingham
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham runs a dedicated inflammatory bowel disease service for ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and indeterminate colitis. Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of consultant gastroenterologists, surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, a specialist pharmacist, endoscopists and dietitians. An IBD advice line staffed by IBD clinical nurse specialists handles symptom flares, prescription renewals and medication queries.
1 named clinician
Brighton
Royal Sussex County Hospital (University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT)
An IBD service for patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital, covering medical, nursing and surgical treatment, nutritional support, research and education. A specialist multidisciplinary team of consultants, nurses, pharmacists and dietitians runs medical, nursing, pharmacy, surgical and dietitian IBD clinics, stoma clinics, a paediatric-to-adult transition clinic for 16–18 year-olds, virtual biologic review meetings and IBD infusion clinics at the Princess Royal Hospital.
Cambridge
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The service looks after around 10,000 patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or microscopic colitis. Care is led by consultant gastroenterologists with IBD specialist nurses and an IBD specialist pharmacist, working alongside dietitians, psychology, and the surgical and paediatric IBD services. An IBD advice line provides non-urgent advice between appointments.
Cardiff
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (University Hospital of Wales / University Hospital Llandough)
The Cardiff and Vale IBD team works across two hospital sites — the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough — with doctors, specialist nurses and a pharmacist. It runs a separate flare advice line for each site and an infusion room for biologic therapy. Patient information is published in Welsh, English and British Sign Language.
Dundee
Ninewells Hospital
NHS Tayside's inflammatory bowel disease service is based at Ninewells Hospital and models itself on the UK IBD Standards. It runs an IBD advice line for patients with a confirmed diagnosis, provides specialist dietitian support and diet resources, and is delivered by a multidisciplinary team.
Edinburgh
NHS Lothian (Western General Hospital)
NHS Lothian's IBD team is based at the Western General Hospital, where the IBD nurse helpline and Edinburgh's biologics service sit. Patients may also be seen at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and St John's Hospital, but IBD surgery is concentrated at the Western General. The unit publishes patient guidance on managing Crohn's and colitis flares, and runs structured drug and disease monitoring.
1 named clinician
Glasgow
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde runs a nurse-led inflammatory bowel disease service, with IBD nursing teams that have developed self-management and relapse pathways, telemedicine and patient-initiated review for people with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Leeds
St James's University Hospital
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals inflammatory bowel disease service supports around 3,000 adult patients and provides tertiary referral care for West Yorkshire. Consultant-led IBD clinics run at St James's University Hospital, attended by specialist IBD nurses and dietitians. The service also runs a paediatric IBD service and transition clinics for adolescents.
London
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The gastroenterology department treats all diseases of the digestive tract and runs specialist outpatient clinics for inflammatory bowel disease. It employs dedicated IBD nursing staff, including a lead IBD nurse specialist and several IBD clinical nurse specialists, and works with colorectal surgery for bowel conditions.
1 named clinician
London
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
The gastroenterology department runs a specialist inflammatory bowel disease service at the Royal Free Hospital. An IBD nursing team of clinical nurse specialists runs nurse-led clinics and a non-urgent telephone and email advice line, and monitors patients on immunomodulators and biologic therapies. A gastroenterology transition clinic supports 16–18 year-olds moving to adult care.
London
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
An IBD service running face-to-face and telephone clinics with a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterologists, IBD nurse specialists, colorectal surgeons, dietitians, pharmacists and psychologists. It has its own infusion unit for biologic therapy and offers surgery including laparoscopic procedures. The IBD clinic is based at the outpatient centre, Gassiot House, St Thomas' Hospital.
6 named clinicians
London
St Mark's Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
St Mark's is a national and international referral centre for intestinal and colorectal disorders. Its specialist IBD team of medical and surgical consultants, nurses, clinical fellows, dietitians and pharmacists, supported by psychological services, cares for patients aged 16 and over. The service covers medical, nursing and surgical treatment, psychological and nutritional support, research and education.
Londonderry
Western Health and Social Care Trust (Altnagelvin Area Hospital, South West Acute Hospital, Omagh Hospital)
A Northern Ireland IBD service supporting people with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis across three hospital sites. It provides outpatient clinics, medication management and rapid-access appointments for flare-ups, with named IBD nurses running site-specific advice lines. Dietetics, psychology and colorectal surgery are available within the pathway.
5 named clinicians
Manchester
Manchester Royal Infirmary
The gastroenterology and hepatology team at Manchester Royal Infirmary runs an inflammatory bowel disease service for adults with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Care is delivered by IBD consultants, surgical consultants and a team of IBD clinical nurse specialists led by a Consultant Nurse in IBD. Patients are supported with symptom tracking through the MYIBDCARE app.
1 named clinician
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Victoria Infirmary
The gastroenterology and colorectal surgical teams at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Medical care includes the full range of biologic therapies, and the surgical service performs over 100 major IBD resections per year with high-volume pouch surgery. Support includes dietitians, stoma nurse specialists and clinical psychology.
3 named clinicians
Norwich
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The gastroenterology and endoscopy department at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital runs dedicated specialist nurse clinics for inflammatory bowel disease, and patients with IBD have telephone access to a specialist nurse. The consultant team includes gastroenterologists whose declared sub-speciality is inflammatory bowel disease.
2 named clinicians
Nottingham
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (Queen's Medical Centre / City Hospital)
The Nottingham IBD service supports more than five thousand adults with IBD across Nottinghamshire, running face-to-face, telephone, video and digital clinics from the Treatment Centre and City Hospital. It has an IBD helpline staffed by IBD nurse specialists and a Medical Day Case Unit that delivers infusions. The service publicly names its consultant, nurse specialist and pharmacist team.
6 named clinicians
Oxford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The gastroenterology service investigates and treats inflammatory bowel conditions, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, alongside a programme of trials and research. Patients under the service can use an IBD advice line answered by IBD nurses for support between appointments. Referrals for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are accepted into the Inflammatory Bowel Disease clinic via e-Referral.
Plymouth
Derriford Hospital (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust)
A dedicated IBD team within gastroenterology at Derriford Hospital. Four of the department’s eleven nurse practitioners specialise in inflammatory bowel disease, and a multidisciplinary clinic runs each Friday giving access to nurse, consultant, surgeon, dietitian and registrar. The service provides intravenous biologic drugs, runs a direct telephone helpline for patients, and coordinates care through weekly meetings and a monthly IBD MDT.
3 named clinicians
Portsmouth
Queen Alexandra Hospital (Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust)
A dedicated IBD service at Queen Alexandra Hospital for patients under gastroenterology with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's. The team runs a nurse-led IBD advice line for non-urgent enquiries, manages medication including mesalazine, steroids, immunosuppressants and biologics, coordinates blood and stool monitoring, and arranges dietary-advice referrals and travel documentation for patients on immunosuppressants or biologics.
Sheffield
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Sheffield Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre delivers specialist IBD care through consultant gastroenterologists and IBD nurse specialists at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. It works jointly with a colorectal surgical team experienced in IBD surgery, holding a joint IBD medical and surgical clinic every month. The centre established one of the first transition services for young people moving from Sheffield Children's Hospital to adult care.
Southampton
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
The gastrointestinal medicine team runs a specialist service for people with inflammatory bowel disease and related conditions. It provides a dedicated telephone advice line, advice during flare-ups, diet and lifestyle guidance, medication monitoring, outpatient clinics and nurse-led gastroscopy. The IBD team can be reached on a recorded advice line.
3 named clinicians
Swansea
Morriston Hospital
Morriston Hospital's inflammatory bowel disease service treats adults with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, providing medication management and coordinating surgical care. It is supported by a dedicated IBD nursing team covering Morriston and Neath Port Talbot.
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