Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust

Services Provided

Comprehensive general paediatric service that includes:

·          General paediatric outpatients

·          Emergency 24 hour on-site paediatric service

·          Paediatric A&E department

·          Paediatric day ward

·          Level 3, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

·          Adolescent area

·          Hospital school (incl. day centre for children with medical problems)

·          Cardiology and echocardiography (incl. fetal echoes)

·          Paediatric diabetes

·          Gastroeneterology

·          Cystic fibrosis

·          Respiratory paediatrics (incl. skin testing and food challenges)

·          Neuro-developmental

·          Behavioural

·          Rheumatology

·          Oncology service

·          Epilepsy service

·          Endocrinology service

·          Paediatric haematology

Consultant

Specialist Interest

Clinic Location / Frequency

Dr Shailini Bashl

·          General paediatrics

·          Diabetes

·          Endocrinology

·          SPH: 2.5 weekly

·          SPH: Thu AM – Endocrine

·          SPH: Tue PM – Diabetic

Dr Gillian Baksh

·          General paediatrics

·          Paediatric diabetes

·          Rheumatology

·          Obesity

·          ASH: 8 per month

·          SPH: 3 per week

·          SPH: Joint rheumatology (monthly)

Dr Tariq Bhatti

·          General paediatrics

·          Paediatric renal medicine / haematology

·          SPH: 1 fortnightly

·          SPH: Oncology (weekly)

·          ASH: Weekly

·          SPH: Joint Haem (quarterly)

·          Wok: Fortnightly

Dr Paul Crawshaw

·          Neonatal Intensive Care

·          General paediatrics

·          SPH: Weekly

·          Wok: Twice a month

·          Wey: Monthly

·          ASH: 1 or 2 a month

Dr Alison Groves

·          General Paediatrics

·          Paediatric cardiology

·          Paediatric A&E

·          ASH; Monthly

·          SPH: Tue AM

·          SPH: Wed PM – Echo clinic

·          SPH: Wed AM – Fetal echo

·          SPH: Wed PM – GUCH (3 per year)

·          SPH: Thu AM – Joint cardiac (5 per year)

Dr Diab Haddad

·          General paediatrics

·          Allergy and respiratory disorders

·          SPH: Allergy and asthma (weekly)

·          SPH: General Paeds (weekly)

·          SPH: CF clinic (monthly)

Dr Kate Irwin

·          General paediatrics

·          Epilepsy

·          SPH: Weekly

·          ASH: Twice a month

·          ASH: Seizure clinic (monthly)

·          ASH: Epilepsy clinic (monthly)

·          ASH: Neurodeveloment (monthly)

Dr Tracy Lawson

·          Neonatal Intensive Care and general paediatrics

·          SPH: Twice weekly

·          SPH: Development clinic (monthly)

Dr Peter Martin

·          Neonatal Intensive Care

·          General paediatrics

·          Gastroenterology

·          SPH: Twice weekly

·          SPH: Gastroenterology (monthly)

·          ASH: Three a month

Dr Wajdi Nackasha

·          General paediatrics

·          Neuro-development and educational paediatrics

·          Attention deficit disorder

·          Child protection

·          SPH: Twice a week
SPH: Thu PM (fortnightly)

D Tosin Otunla

·          Neonatal Intensive Care

·          General paediatrics

·          Paediatric cardiology

·          Joint cardiac clinic

·          SPH: Twice a week

·          SPH: Echo clinic – twice a month
SPH: 4 clinics per year

Dr Peter Reynolds

·          Neonatal Intensive Care

·          General neonatal paediatrics

·          SPH: Twice a week

·          SPH: Baby tongue tie clinic (wkly)

Dr Bozhena Zoritch

·          General paediatrics

·          Behavioural paediatrics

·          Sleep disorders

·          ASH: Weekly

·          SPH: Twice a week

·          SPH: 1^st and 3^rd Mon of each month

·          SPH: Tue - Telephone clinic

Contact Details

·          Paediatric Outpatient Appointments: 01932 722508

·          Ash Ward: 01932 722714

·          Oak Ward: 01932 722016

·          Children’s Day Unit (Merlin): 01784 884396

Location

The children unit is located on the third floor of the outpatient/departmental block at St. Peter’s.

The children wards (Ash and Oak ward) are on the third floor of the Duchess of Kent wing (SPH).

The NICU unit is on the third level of Abbey Wing at St. Peter’s.

Patient Leaflets

·          See documents attached below.

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News Articles

 
14/01/09: Dreamers bring pleasure to children receiving hospital treatment

31/12/08: Special garden for special children
24/12/08: Boost for children from footballers
11/11/08: Helping children's dreams come true
29/09/08: Work of young offenders benefits sick children and their parents
07/08/08: Cbeebies Boo! is a hit at St. Peter's Hospital
28/07/08: Play specialist retires to play with grandchildren
21/07/08: Fish expert cleans tank
23/06/08: Meeting the needs of teenagers
12/06/08: Remembering our children
05/06/08: Timberland get their boots muddy
17/03/08: Princely gift to children's ward
07/01/08: Lights brighten the day
 

Weblinks

The following websites related to this specialty may be helpful:

·          Children’s Services at the Trust

·          NHS Direct: Children’s Health

·          BBC Health: A to Z of Children’s Ailments

·          Great Ormond Street: Children First website

·          DoH: National Service Framework for Children

·          Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health