Children's orthopaedics

About

Our paediatric orthopaedic service at St Mary’s Hospital offers an outpatient and inpatient service to treat children with ongoing orthopaedic problems, as well as more acute problems such as fractures and bone and joint infections.

We see, advise and treat all congenital problems such as hip problems in babies, and the vast majority of disorders affecting bones and joints in babies and children of any age.

Further online resources

• NHS Choices – leg and foot problems in children
• NHS Choices – Developmental dysplasia of the hip
• NHS Choices – Irritable hip
• NHS Choices – A limp in a child
• NHS Choices – Arthuroscopy
• NHS Choices – Cartilage damage
• NHS Choices – Knee pain
• NHS Choices – Knee ligament surgery
• NHS Choices – Knock knees
• NHS Choices – Bone cyst
• NHS Choices – Elbow and arm pain
• NHS Choices – Tennis elbow
• NHS Choices – Bursitis
• NHS Choices – Joint hypermobility syndrome
• NHS Choices – Joint pain
• NHS Choices – Osteomyelitis 
• NHS Choices – Sports injuries
• NHS Choices – Hamstring injury
• NHS Choices – Dislocated kneecap
• NHS Choices – Sprains and strains
• NHS Choices – Broken arm or wrist
• NHS Choices – Broken ankle
• NHS Choices – Hip fracture
• NHS Choices – Broken leg
• NHS Choices – broken finger
• NHS Choices – Broken toe
• NHS Choices – Broken collarbone

Clinics

Our children's orthopaedics service holds clinics at St Mary's Hospital.

Children's orthopaedic clinics at St Mary's Hospital

All clinics are held in the adult orthopaedic and fracture clinic on the ground floor of Salton House at St Mary's Hospital.  

We run the following clinics:

• dedicated paediatric fracture clinics
• dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
• joint paediatric hand clinic
• neuromuscular disorders (usually cerebral palsy) and orthopaedic problems combined clinic

Address

Paediatric trauma and orthopaedic clinic
First floor
Salton House
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street 
London W2 1NY

Please note: the entrance to the clinic is on South Wharf Road, next to the Victoria and Albert building.

Contact information

Phone: 020 3313 5000

Meet the team

Our children's orthopaedics service is managed by a team of consultants.

Lead consultant for paediatric trauma and orthopaedics

Mr Khaled Sarraf

Consultants

Mr Rajarshi Bhattacharya, consultant orthopaedic surgeon
Mr Chinmay Gupte, consultant trauma and knee surgeon
Mr Ian Sinha, consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon

Patient information

Find out what to expect when you come to hospital for your child's orthopaedics appointment.

Before your appointment

Please remember to check your appointment letter for anything specific you have been asked to take with you. In addition, it would be helpful if you could bring the following:

• your full address and telephone number(s)
• your appointment card and appointment letter
• Your GP’s name and address
• a list of questions you may want to ask your consultant

During your appointment

The adult orthopaedic and fracture clinic on the ground floor of Salton House on South Wharf road at St Mary's Hospital. Please use the entrance on South Wharf road. You can check in using electronic kiosks or simply go to reception. 

The care of all patients is overseen by a consultant, however, you may well be seen by either an extended scope practitioner (a senior physiotherapist who has been specially trained to see and treat certain problems) or a registrar. The registrar will discuss your case with one of the consultants, and if necessary the consultant will also come to see you. Allocating patients in this way allows each patient to be seen by the most appropriate person and with the least waiting time.

After your appointment

You may need to have follow-up scans or appointments, this will be discussed with you at the end of your first appointment. 

Referrals

GP

Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our children's orthopaedics service.

Email: caroline.king12@nhs.net

 

GP advice

If you have questions about a patient or a referral, please call;

• St Mary’s Hospital: 020 3312 1127
• Hammersmith Hospital: 020 3313 5805

Self-referrals

Paediatric patients can only self-refer if they are under a consultant within the Trust. If you are under our care and would like to self-refer please do so by contacting the lead clinical lead dietitians listed above.