Children's infectious diseases
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3312 6251
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The children's infectious diseases service serves the local community as well as being the regional centre caring for children with rare, complex or life-threatening infections.
As well as ‘general‘ infectious diseases clinics we also offer several specialist clinics such as:
- HIV
- tuberculosis (TB)
- hepatitis
- congenital infection
- suspected immune deficiency
- complex vaccine issues
- Kawasaki’s disease
- bone and joint infection
Inpatient services are on grand union ward, one of the few paediatric wards in London with negative pressure facilities for serious respiratory infections (for example, TB, drug-resistant TB, emerging new flu viruses).
We work closely with the adjacent children's intensive care unit.
The unit has gained an international reputation for research in paediatric infectious diseases for example, significantly improving the survival of children with meningococcal infection and other forms of sepsis.
Clinics
Our children's infectious diseases service holds clinics at St Mary's Hospital.
General infections diseases/congenital infections clinic
Hours
Monday afternoons with Dr Lyall and Wednesday afternoons with Dr Tudor-Williams
HIV clinic
Hours
Tuesday mornings with Dr Foster and Thursday mornings with Dr Lyall or Dr Tudor-Williams
Further information about our children's HIV clinic can be found here.
TB clinic
Hours
Wednesday mornings with Dr Herberg or Dr Turkova
Further information about our children's TB clinic can be found here.
Immune deficiency clinic
Hours
Wednesday mornings with Professor Kroll or Dr Ninis
Hepatitis clinic
Hours
First Wednesday afternoon of every month with Dr Tudor-Williams.
Further information about our children's hepatitis clinic can be found here.
Kawasaki and other inflammatory disease clinic
Hours
Wednesday morning, once a month with Professor Levin
Complex vaccine issues
Hours
Friday afternoons with Professor Kroll
All our clinics are held in the children's outpatients department at St Mary’s Hospital.
Address
Children’s outpatients department
Sixth floor
Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building
St Mary’s Hospital
South Wharf Road
London W2 1NY
Contact information
Phone: 020 3312 6251
Phone: 020 3312 6465 (Inpatients in grand union ward)
Contacting our service in emergencies
Call the hospital switchboard on 020 3312 6666 and ask for the on-call infectious disease consultant.
Meet the team
Our children's infectious diseases service is managed by a team of consultants and clinical nurse specialists.
Consultants
Dr Elizabeth Whittaker
Professor Hermione Lyall
Dr Charlene Rodrigues
Dr Aisleen Bennett
Dr Caroline Foster
Professor Aubrey Cunnington
Dr Jethro Herberg
Dr James Seddon
Dr Felicity Fitzgerald
Professor Shun May Yeung
Clinical nurse specialists
Paula Seery
Sophie Raghunanan
Hana Jadayel
Patient information
Find out what to expect when you come to hospital for your child's infectious diseases appointment.
Before your appointment
We usually see patients within four weeks of referral, depending on the urgency of their referral.
You, or a family member, should attend all appointments with your child if they are under the age of 16.
Please bring any current medications and a list of any questions you have for the team to the appointment.
During your appointment
When you arrive please check-in at reception in paediatric outpatients on the sixth floor of the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building.
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present. Let us know if you'd prefer they step out.
If this is your first appointment it will likely last between 45 to 60 minutes.
During your appointment we will ask you and your child about the problem. Your child will be examined, findings will be discussed, and a treatment plan will be made.
After your appointment
We will be in touch soon after your appointment to discuss any results and follow-up appointments will be made if required.
Patient information leaflets
Referrals
Find out how to refer patients to our children's infectious diseases service.
GP
Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our children's infectious diseases service.
GP advice
There is always a paediatric infectious disease consultant on-call. Call the St Mary’s Hospital switchboard on 020 3312 6666 and ask for the on-call consultant for paediatric infectious diseases.
Secondary care
To refer a patient, contact the paediatric infectious diseases consultant on call via the St Mary’s switchboard on 020 3312 6666.
During working hours the paediatric infectious diseases SPR can also be contacted on bleep 1802.
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