Get in touch with LSTM

Course and admissions enquiries

Course and admissions enquiries should be directed to our dedicated team, who can help with applications, student support and programme information.

General Enquiries

For general questions about Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine:

Address:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L3 5QA
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)151 705 3100
Fax: +44 (0)151 705 3370
Email: info@lstmed.ac.uk

Please note: We are unable to answer individual clinical queries via these contact details. These addresses should not be used for patient referrals.

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Media Enquiries

For journalists and media requests only:

Corporate Communications Manager: Dominic Smith

Telephone: +44 (0)151 702 3154

Mobile: +44 (0)7469 105025

Email: dominic.smith@lstmed.ac.uk

Please note: The media office handles journalist enquiries only.

Services

LSTM Library

Access specialist databases, resources, and research support.

The library is open 24/7 for study. Library staff are available at the issue desk Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm for assistance with resources, inter-library loans, and research support.

Telephone: +44 (0)151 705 3221

Email: library@lstmed.ac.uk

Accessibility: If you have special requirements that may affect your use of the library, please contact our User Services Manager on +44 (0)151 702 9339.

External visitors: SCONUL users and external researchers are welcome by appointment. Please contact us to arrange your visit.

Respiratory Research Team

For further information about respiratory research studies:

Text: 2VOL to 88802
Telephone: 07740 410290
Email: 2volresearch@lstmed.ac.uk

For all non-urgent queries, please contact main reception during office hours.

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Advice for health professionals

Well Travelled Clinics

Expert pre-travel health advice, vaccinations, and tropical medicine consultations

Our clinics provide comprehensive travel health services including country-specific advice, vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis. We operate at two convenient locations in Liverpool and Chester.

Telephone: +44 (0)151 705 3223

Fax: +44 (0)151 705 3365

Email: tropshop@lstmed.ac.uk (general enquiries only)

For specific travel health advice or to book vaccination appointments, please call or visit welltravelledclinics.co.uk.

Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory

Specialist diagnostic services for parasitic infections | UKAS accredited (No. 9362)

Our UKAS-accredited laboratory provides specialist diagnostic testing for a full range of human parasitic infections including malaria, filariasis, schistosomiasis, strongyloides, and African trypanosomiasis.

Laboratory Manager: Jayne Jones

Telephone: +44 (0)151 705 3220

Address: LSTM, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA

DX: 6966301 Liverpool 92L

Important information for healthcare professionals:

We accept samples from NHS and PHE laboratories, private hospitals, and private laboratories

We cannot accept samples directly from patients – samples must be referred by a health professional

GPs are advised to send samples via your local hospital pathology department for efficient results and invoicing

Telephone advice

This 24 hour, 365 days a year service is available to doctors seeking a specialist opinion on patients with imported disease. Please telephone 0151 705 3100 from Mon-Fri 0900-1700 or through the Royal Liverpool University Hospital switchboard on 0151 706 2000 at all other times.

The tropical out-patient clinic

The tropical out-patient clinic is situated within the Well Travelled Clinics at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and is supported by a diagnostic laboratory. Specialist clinicians hold regular NHS out-patients clinics; appointments for these clinics are by General Practitioner referral only.

Referrals can be faxed, FAO: Tropical Diseases Consultant on fax number: 0151 705 3365 or emailed to ahn-tr.liverpooltropicalclinics@nhs.net

Malaria

LSTM diagnostic laboratory provides an emergency same day service for patients needing to be screened for malaria. Health professionals wanting to arrange a test should telephone the clinic for an appointment on 0151 705 3223.

Post exposure to rabies

All travellers with a possible exposure to rabies should be discussed with the clinical team. Post exposure treatment is available free on the NHS at the Well Travelled clinic at LSTM, by prior arrangement – ring us on 0151 705 3223 to arrange to come in for post-exposure rabies vaccines.

You can get more information from Public Health England here: Post Exposure Rabies