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Paediatrics

The Trust provides a wide range of services and facilities for children and young people, and information and support for their parents.

Services are provided from Epsom Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, and a wide range of community settings, including children's own homes.

The children's wards and departments have large play areas and play specialists who help the children through their visit or stay. They use play to support children emotionally through some of the necessary treatments they may undergo.

You can find out more about the different services we offer by using the links below:

  • Neonatal care The neonatal unit provides emergency care for sick newborn babies. Babies born at less than 34 weeks and those likely to need intensive or high dependency care are brought to St Helier Hospital which offers level two care.
  • Children's accidents and emergencies (A&E) The Trust provides accident and emergency facilities at both Epsom and St Helier hospitals, and there is a dedicated paediatric A&E area on both hospital sites, where children under the age of 16 are seen.
  • Inpatient services We have two dedicated children's wards in the Trust: Casey ward at Epsom Hospital and the children's ward at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children. Our children's wards care for children with a variety of surgical, orthopaedic and medical conditions.
  • Outpatient services We have two designated children's outpatients departments providing services for babies, children and young adults (0-16 years).
  • Assessment units The assessment units at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and Ebbisham ward at Epsom Hospital provide a day service for medical investigations and procedures.
  • Specialist care The paediatric department provides treatment and care in a number of specialist areas: cystic fibrosis, diabetes, endocrinology, epilepsy, gastroenterology, haematology, nephrology, respiratory services and oncology.
  • Paediatric surgery All types of paediatric surgery are performed by the Trust; mostly day surgery but also some inpatient surgery for orthopaedics and general surgery such as appendicectomy.
  • Children's therapies and other departments Children being cared for at Epsom Hospital or Queen Mary's Hospital for Children can be referred by their consultant to a range of therapies including physiotherapy, dietetics and occupational therapy.
  • Investigative services The paediatric department is supported by the following investigative services: paediatric radiology and clinical neurophysiology.
  • Community paediatrics Our community paediatric services are made up of a team of specialist children's doctors with skills and expertise in child development, immunisation, social and educational paediatrics.
  • Home care teams The paediatric department has two home care teams, based at the following locations: Epsom Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children.
  • 'Meet the health experts' forum for children and young people Queen Mary's Hospital staff are working with local LINKs groups to develop a forum to support children and young people in the community with issues relating to health.

Key staff

Dr Janet Nicholls
Clinical lead, Epsom Hospital

Dr Sandy Blewitt
Clinical lead, St Helier Hospital
Tel: 020 82962871

Pauline Fonteriz
Head of Paediatric Nursing
Tel: 020 82962458

Dr Paula Sneath
Consultant

Suzette Fernandes
Service Manager (St Helier)
Tel: 020 8296 2391

Marion De
Service Manager (Epsom)
Tel: 01372 735 735

Location

Epsom Hospital

Queen Mary's Hospital for Children

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