About Professor Henderson
Professor Emily Henderson is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Royal United Hospitals Bath and Professor of Ageing and Movement Disorders at the University of Bristol, where she leads the Ageing and Movement Research Group.
She specialises in the diagnosis and management of people with Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders, falls, bone health and fracture prevention, memory problems, and the care of people living frailty and several conditions at once.
She trained in medicine at Bristol Medical School and completed her PhD, on preventing falls in Parkinson's disease, at the University of Bristol. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, including first-author work in Lancet Neurology, and has led national clinical trials including CHIEF-PD and PRIME-UK as Chief Investigator. She has secured over £26 million in research funding, and she was the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the British Geriatrics Society.
She has pioneered a new undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine, and has delivered keynote lectures at international congresses. and been invited to speak at the Royal College of Physicians.
In clinic
Appointments are unhurried. The first part of a consultation is spent listening and understanding what has changed, what has become difficult, and what matters most to you and to the people around you.
An examination usually follows, along with whatever tests are appropriate to the problem. Professor Henderson will provide a clear explanation of what is going on, what can be done about it, and what happens next, with the reasoning behind each step. Where scans or other investigations are needed, Professor Henderson will explain what each one is for, what it can and cannot tell you, and what will happen with the result.
You will receive that plan in writing, in a detailed letter addressed to you rather than about you. With your agreement, a copy goes to your GP, so that everyone involved in your care is working from the same understanding.
No GP referral is needed. You or a family member can book directly.
