General Paediatric Services
The service is for newborns, children and young people aged 0 to 16 years.
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Overview
The service is for newborns, children and young people aged 0 to 16 years and provides:
- assessment, care and treatment for a wide range of acute and ongoing medical problems or illness
- inpatient facilities for children who need surgery
- planned referrals for outpatient consultation
- day case procedures / investigation
- impatient treatments
aediatric wards also take admissions of children who have attended Urgent care or Accident and emergency departments when children require admission for assessment observation or treatment.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for babies born before or around 40 weeks who are either born prematurely or and have significant medical or physical problems some of which may continue through childhood into adulthood.
Support available
There is a range of support available, including:
- hospital and community based services
- support and management of children with life limiting or long term conditions
- avoiding a late diagnosis
- improving health outcomes for children with long-term conditions
- onward referral for children needed tertiary care and joint-care provision
- supporting transition to adulthood planning
- safeguarding
- paediatric physiotherapy
- paediatric speech and language therapy and assessments
- wheelchair and specialised equipment services
- dietetics
- children's community nurses and nurse specialists (i.e. epilepsy nurse, asthma and allergy etc.)
- work with other health professional / providers involved in care provision to help coordinate plans and avoid duplication
- adapt our approach so that it is specific to individual needs
Who can access the service
Referrals are accepted for children with a range of issues, including:
- acute illness
- nutrition
- allergies respiratory problems
- diabetes
- growth and development
- specific issues around safeguarding
How to access the service
Referrals are received from:
- Accident and Emergency at Sunderland Royal Hospital
- Urgent Care Centre at South Tyneside
- GPs
- Primary care professionals
- Tertiary Centres for shared care
Services are provided by:
- Consultant Paediatricians
- Doctors in training
- Nursing and Allied health professionals
They work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and on children's inpatient wards 24 / 7 (Sunderland Royal only).
Admissions to the Neonatal Intensive care Unit are either via the local Maternity Service or are transferred in form other hospitals across the region.
Contact information
Phone: 0191 404 100
Address: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields
Email: derek.curry@nhs.ne