Children's tuberculosis

West London Children's Healthcare

Locations

St Mary's Hospital

Contact

General Enquiries: 020 3312 1013

Visitor Information

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Visiting

We run a weekly dedicated paediatric tuberculosis (TB) clinic on Wednesday mornings. In this clinic multidisciplinary care is delivered with an emphasis on the whole family unit.

We receive many referrals for complex/atypical cases throughout the region, including multi-drug resistant TB.

Clinics

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

St Mary's Hospital clinics

Address

Paediatric outpatients
Sixth floor
Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY

Please note: The Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building can be accessed via South Wharf Road.

Hours

Wednesday mornings

Contact information

Clinical nurse specialist: Chris Snook – contact via St Mary’s Hospital switchboard 020 3312 6666, bleep 1366.
For emergencies: call the Grand Union ward on 020 3312 6465.

Meet the team

Our children's TB service is run by the paediatric infectious diseases team and the St Mary's adult TB team. The TB clinical nurse specialist team supports families attending both paediatric and adult clinics.

Paediatric infectious diseases team

Dr Hermione Lyall
Dr Gareth Tudor-Williams
Dr Jethro Herberg
Dr Aubrey Cunnington
Dr Shun May Yeung
Dr Elizabeth Whittaker
Dr James Seddon
Dr Anna Turkova
Professor Mike Levin
Professor Simon Kroll
Chris Snook, clinical nurse specialist

Patient information

Find out what to expect when you come to hospital for your child’s TB appointment.

Before your appointment

Children should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Anyone in the family with active TB should not attend. Contact the TB clinical nurse specialist with any questions. Bring all current medications.

During your appointment

On arrival, children will be weighed and measured. Your first appointment will take 40–50 minutes; follow-ups are typically under 30 minutes. You may see the clinical nurse specialist and/or a consultant.

If TB screening is required, this usually involves a skin test, and sometimes a blood test and chest X-ray. These are typically scheduled for the Monday before your appointment.

Note: Medical students may be present. If you prefer they not attend, let staff know.

Referrals

Find out how to refer patients to our children’s tuberculosis service.

GP referrals

Use NHS e-Referrals to refer to the children’s infectious diseases clinic.

Urgent referrals

Contact the paediatric infectious disease registrar via switchboard: 020 3312 6666

In hours: ask for paediatric infectious disease registrar on bleep 1802
Out of hours: ask for the on-call registrar on bleep 1202

GP advice

For non-urgent advice, contact the TB clinical nurse specialist via switchboard.
For urgent advice: call the paediatric infectious diseases team (via switchboard) and ask for the SPR on bleep 1802 or the on-call consultant out of hours.