Children's infectious diseases

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

• Congenital CMV
• Valganciclovir for congenital CMV infection
• Syphilis in pregnancy and newborn babies

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.