Children’s services
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St Georges University Hospital has a long and proud history in providing specialist children’s services from the days of the Fountain Hospital. We currently provide an integrated mix of secondary care and specialist services to children of Wandsworth, Merton and South West London, Surrey and further afield.
Our aim is to provide an excellent, safe and innovative service that is child and family orientated. We are developing new services to help reduce inpatient admission while we work towards more consultant led provision of care.
We have a comprehensive range of paediatric specialist services in both medical and surgical fields. These are supported by PICU and NICU. Our medical specialities include: Allergy, Asthma, Cardiology, Developmental, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Epilepsy, Gastroenterology, Haematology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Respiratory and Rheumatology with a joint treatment centre for Oncology with the Royal Marsden Hospital. These services offer a seamless transition from birth through to transition to adulthood.
Children are also seen in ENT, orthopaedics, dermatology and plastics clinics in the children’s outpatients centre, booked through those parent specialities.
The surgical services cover all aspects of paediatric surgery and urology (excluding cardiac) including minimally invasive techniques. The department is the designated lead centre for South West London and Surrey.
There are five children’s wards. In recent years there have already been improvements and expansion in PICU, NICU, outpatients and the Child Development Centre.
Meet the team
Clinical Director: Dr Attah Ocholi
General Manager: Bethea Hanson-Jones
Service Manager (NDND, Therapies, Psychology): Arun Emilion
Service Manager (Paediatric Surgery, Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit): Nekeshia Davis
Service Manager (Acute Paediatrics and Medical Specialties): Betty Dimonga-oyakoy
Head of Nursing (Paediatrics): Anna Castellano
Head of Nursing (PICU and NNU): Anita D’Souza
Head of Children’s Therapies: Jo Harrington-Hill
Head of Children’s Psychological Therapies: Dr Zoe Berger
Care Group Leads:
Paediatric Acute Medicine: Dr Emma Sage
Paediatric Specialty Medicine: Dr Alexia Kappos
Paediatric Surgery: Mr Dean Rex
New Born Services: Dr Donovan Duffy
Paediatric Intensive Care: Dr Soumendu Manna
Neurodevelopmental/Neurodisability: Dr Irene Hadjikoumi
Deputy General Manager: Richard Sammut