Paediatrics

This section is provided for health professionals (GPs, dentists, pharmacists etc).

Members of the general public are welcome to use these pages but should be aware that they are not written with them in mind. Please choose an option on the left for information aimed at the general public.

Newborn hearing screen

The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) ensures that children with hearing loss are identified as early in life as possible. The screening test is carried out by Health Visitors in the first 25 days after birth. Coverage is over 99%.

If hearing loss is diagnosed:

• as the child’s GP you will be informed
• diagnosis is made by the Audiology staff at RSCH
• a multi-agency team offer support and help, and first contact with the family is usually within 24 hours of diagnosis
• a newly diagnosed baby is offered an appointment with a specialist community paediatrician

If risk factors are identified:

• risk factors are: congenital infections, cranio-facial abnormalities, family history (parents and siblings only), Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation for more than five days, jaundice at exchange transfusion level and syndromes related to hearing loss.
• babies with risk factors are seen at ten months corrected age in community audiology clinics. Risk factors are identified at the time of the initial screen and families are offered an appointment at the appropriate time.

Progressive losses can occur so if you or the family have any concerns about this or any matters relating to a child’s hearing please contact the community audiology department on (01273) 267312.

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Guidance

• GP Info paediatric referral guidance – guidance for common paediatric conditions (207kb Word file)
• Paediactric Palliative Care (42kb Word file)
• Paediactric surgical guidelines (29 Word file)
• Flat feet (63kb Word file)
• Knock knees bow legs (62kb Word file)
• Pigeon toes (62kb PDF file)
• UTI (25kb Word file)
• Faltering growth-referral pathway (43kb PDF file)
• Feeding To Thrive team terms of reference (24kb Word file)
• Info for GPs re Feeding to Thrive team (40kb Word file)

Newsletters

• Hospital services and your General Practice – (60kb Word file) Paediatric newsletter

Patient Information

• Constipation in children information
• Positional Occipital Flattening (31kb Word file)
• Head injuries advice
• ABICCUS Leaflet for professionals

Referral proforma

• Paediatric outpatient referral letter (126kb Word file)

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