General Paediatric Services

The service is for newborns, children and young people aged 0 to 16 years.

Website: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust: Children's Outpatient Service

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Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Support available
  3. Who can access the service
  4. How to access the service

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  
  • assessments for children referred by social services for child protection medicals

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for babies born before, or around 40 weeks who are born prematurely or and have significant medical or physical problems.

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.) 

Who can access the service

Children aged young people aged 0 to 16.

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
  • Urgent care centre
  • GPs
  • Primary care professionals
  • Tertiary centres for shared care

Admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are through the local maternity service, or are transferred in from other hospitals across the region.