Paediatrics

London North West Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of services for children at our different hospital sites - Central Middlesex, Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals as well as in the community.

We deliver family-centred care with parents and extended families joining with the hospital team which is the key to paediatric care today. Everything is planned in discussion with children's families who are encouraged to play an active part whilst the child is under our care.

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Central Middlesex Hospital

• Paediatric day surgical service, Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm, providing day surgery facilities for children undergoing minor surgical procedures.  
• Paediatric outpatients (such as general paediatrics, epilepsy, diabetes and allergies) Monday to Friday
• The Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Centre

The GP led urgent care centre treats adults and children and is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It is located at Central Middlesex Hospital although managed and provided by Care UK.

Ealing Hospital

• Paediatric  outpatients (such as general paediatrics, diabetes, allergies and infectious diseases) Monday to Friday
• Paediatric day care Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm

Paediatric day care is a children’s nurse led day care unit caring for children who attend for special investigations, treatments and blood tests.

• Paediatric Rapid Access Clinic Monday to Friday, from 9am to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 2pm 

The RAC clinic provides GP’s in the Borough of Ealing and the Ealing UCC with access to expert advice, provided by Consultant Paediatricians, on children’s health and access to specialist appointments.

• Community nursing team and continuing care nursing team. 

Our community children's nursing team provides expert support for children and families at home as part of the continuing care in Ealing. The team will be based at Ealing Hospital alongside our other children’s services to ensure seamless care between hospital and care in the community. We work in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital providing shared care in the community for oncology children. We work closely with the community child development team to care for children with long-term disabling conditions.

The above services are provided on level 10 at Ealing Hospital. As much as possible our treatment for children takes place on a day care basis which is welcomed by children and parents. Being able to recover in the familiar surroundings of home makes the experience far less traumatic. 

All our facilities for children are designed to make their visit as pleasant and non-intimidating as possible for our young patients.

 Ealing UCC 

Ealing Hospital has a 24 hour a day, seven days a week urgent care centre for children   and adults who require urgent medical help.  The urgent care centre provides treatment for minor injuries and illnesses that are urgent but not life-threatening.  Examples include sprains and strains, minor burns to small areas, minor cuts, including those needing stitches, common infections such as chest, ear or throat and minor broken bones.  

The UCC at Ealing Hospital is managed by Greenbrook Healthcare working in partnership with LNWHT. More information: http://www.ealingccg.nhs.uk/your-services/urgent-care-centres.aspx

 Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital 

The service at Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital provides inpatient beds on Jack’s Place children’s ward, which also has a Day Care unit.   

• Our dedicated children’s accident and emergency department is within main A&E and has an adjacent observation unit.
• The PAU, paediatric assessment unit, is located within the children’s emergency department. The unit contains 4 beds and cares for children who require hospital stays of up to 24 hours. The PAU aims to avoid an inpatient hospital admission by ensuring senior paediatric medical assessment, early treatment and observation and where clinically possible discharge home for ongoing care by parents.
• Paediatric outpatient clinics (such as general paediatrics, cardiology,endocrinology, enuresis, respiratory, community clinics, infectious diseases, diabetes, rheumatology and allergy) take place in the children’s outpatient department (on Chaucer unit) Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
• The Northwick Park site also has a dedicated neonatal intensive care unit for children born prematurely or new-born babies with other problems.