We provide a range of services for children and young people up to 18 years of age.
Clinics take place within the children and young people's outpatients department. Family groups can be seen within our family clinic. Remote consultations can be provided.
Services are supported by a clinical nurse specialist and a dedicated administrator.
We provide paediatric input to the North Central London South Hub Tuberculosis service MDT, the Respond MDT and Hospital for Tropical Diseases MDTs.
Please note that we do not provide an emergency or walk in service. For emergencies, including suspected malaria or fever on return from tropical countries, you should attend your local emergency department, who may liaise with our team if necessary.
For healthcare professionals only: urgent out of hours telephone advice regarding tropical issues may be sought by contacting the Tropical Registrar through UCLH switchboard (0203 456 7890).
We work closely with Respond, which offers services for children seeking asylum and refugees and their families and is provided by both children and young people’s services and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Children with suspected tuberculosis should be referred to the North Central London South Hub Tuberculosis service based at the Whittington Hospital.
- Unusual, complicated or recurrent infections
- Neonatal infections
- Tropical and parasitic infections and infections in the returning traveller
- Dermatological infections (including cutaneous leishmaniasis)
- Infection screening in the returned traveller
- Infection screening for children and young people seeking asylum (Unaccompanied); (for children accompanied by parents, please see Respond)
- Infections in family groups
General enquiries
Service management
Address
Children and Young People’s Outpatient Department
Lower Ground Floor
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Building
25 Grafton Way
London WC1E 6DB
Other referral information
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Primary care referrals: Please refer via GP e-referrals system. If the patient requires attention within two weeks, please also email uclh.referrals.paedidgrading@nhs.net and attach referral letter (please note this is an email for professionals only)
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Infection screening for unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum and refugees: please complete and return this form to uclh.referrals.paedidgrading@nhs.net
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Respond referrals (family infection screening, family complex care clinic or MDT): please email uclh.respondmailbox@nhs.net
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Self-referral: Children and young people’s tropical medicine and parasitology service only: We can accept self-referral only for those who have recently travelled to the tropics (within last six months) and have symptoms such as fever, diarrhoea, or rash. Please email uclh.paedsidadmin@nhs.net including name, date of birth, and mobile phone number. Our admin team will contact you within five working days. Please note this is not for emergency issues, for which you should call 111 or attend your local emergency department.
Email addresses and phones are monitored during opening hours (Monday – Friday, 9am - 4 pm).
Appointments are scheduled based on clinical urgency.
Clinics
The children and young people’s tropical medicine and parasitology service is a tertiary specialist service for children and young people up to 18 years old. We work closely with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases team who provide the adult tropical medicine service.
We accept referrals from any geographical area for this service.
Young people aged 16 years and over may also attend the walk-in clinic at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Children and young people’s tropical medicine and parasitology services include:
- Returned traveller screening and treatment
- Parasitology clinics (including joint adult and child/young person appointments with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases team)
- Diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases and other imported infections, and bites and stings
- Children and young people tropical dermatology clinics (including for cutaneous leishmaniasis), jointly with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases team
We provide paediatric representation to the following Hospital for Tropical Diseases MDTs:
- Chagas
- Leishmaniasis
- Echinococcosis
- Neuroparasitology
The travel clinic, including for paediatric patients, is based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
This clinic provides a secondary care service within North Central London to children and young people up to 18 years with unusual, complicated or recurrent infections.
We offer family Infectious Diseases clinic appointments at UCLH to family groups where both adults and children require a consultation and/or treatment.
The family infection clinic is supported by Dr Laura Nabarro and Dr Nicky Longley from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases team.
This clinic, which is a part of the Respond health system, provides infectious diseases screening at UCLH for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees who are unaccompanied (CYPSAR-U). We work in partnership with local children looked after health services.
This is a nurse-led appointment. All staff have expertise in provision of healthcare to people seeking asylum and refugees, and in trauma-informed care.
Information for service users:
We offer appointments to test for various infections. This is a free service. All the information you give us is confidential. Interpreters are always available.
At your appointment:
Appointments will generally last for 45 minutes and will include blood, stool and urine tests for infection.
After your appointment:
We will support you to arrange your ongoing care and appointment with your GP or hospital doctor if you need it. We may telephone you to discuss results of your tests.
In a few weeks, you will receive a copy of your results and any necessary actions. If you need an appointment to treat any infections, we will arrange this for you and contact you regarding this. Your GP will get a copy of this document to be uploaded to your GP records.
