Paediatrics
Introduction
Paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in children.
Within Paediatrics there are many specialised areas, these include: -
Paediatric Cardiology: The medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the heart in children.
Paediatric Neurology: The diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system in children, such as headaches, epilepsy, numbness, loss of movement or memory.
Neonatology: The branch of paediatric medicine concerned with the treatment of diseases and disorders in newborn infants.
Paediatric Surgery: Surgeons who operate exclusively on children. Within paediatric surgery there are the same sub-specialties as in surgery generally, e.g. paediatric urology, paediatric ophthalmology or paediatric orthopaedics.
Services Provided
Outpatient Services
The Department provides the following Outpatient services: -
- General Paediatric Service
- Paediatric Cardiology Service
- Paediatric Dermatology Service
- Paediatric Diabetic Service
- Paediatric Ear Disease Service
- Paediatric Neurology Service
- Paediatric Nose Disease Service
- Paediatric Ophthalmology Service
- Paediatric Orthopaedic Service
- Paediatric Rheumatology Service
- Paediatric/Special Care Service
- Paediatric Surgery Service
- Paediatric Throat Disease Service
- Paediatric Urology Service
- Specialist Nurse Paediatric Continence Service
- Specialist Paediatric Diabetic Service
- Specialist Paediatric Oncology Service
Please Note: Not all Services are provided at every Location.
Inpatient Services
Inpatient and Day Case Services are based at: -
- Cheltenham General Hospital – Battledown Ward (Day Case Only)
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital – Children’s Inpatient Ward
Declaration: Safeguarding Children & Care Quality Commission Review
'The Board of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is satisfied that it has addressed the five key priorities of the Safeguarding Children and Care Quality Commission Review.
On priority three, relating to safeguarding training level 1, the Trust has recently established a programme of e-learning for which the uptake has been very good. In the coming weeks and months, the learning package will be robustly promoted within the Trust to achieve the level of uptake required.