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Phase 3a Specialty Undergraduate Lead for Child Health:
Dr Sundhar Kanagasabapathy, Consultant in Child Heath, [email protected] Find out more about the department: our staff and our services. |
Paediatrics Staff
There are 11 Consultants in the Paediatric Unit. Each of us has a speciality interest:
- Dr Suri: Neurodisability
- Dr Bashir: Diabetes and Endocrinology & College Tutor
- Dr Sampath: Cardiology
- Dr Shebani: Epilepsy
- Dr Naganna: Rheumatology and Ambulatory care – Clinical Lead
- Dr Kanagasabapathy: SUDIC and Diabetes
- Dr Sharma: Neonatal Lead
- Dr Sengupta: General Paediatrics
- Dr Fahad Khan: Epilepsy
- Dr Hashmi: Community and LAC Medical Adviser
- Dr McCowen: Diabetes and community
2 Associate Specialist:
- Eiman Hamdoun
- Judith Dodds
- 1 F2 trainees
- 5 VTS trainees
- 3 Paediatric trainees (ST1-3)
- 6 Paediatric trainees Registrars (ST4-8)
- 2 Community Trainees Registrars (ST4-8)
Services
The Child Health department has:
Paediatrics services are also linked with lots of other teams, both within the hospital and the community. Paediatric services work closely with local agencies such as community health services, social services, educational workers and child adolescent mental health team (CAMHS). Paediatric ward also admits children for other specialities like surgical, orthopaedics or ENT care.
Children's Assessment Unit (CAU)
CAU is ten-bedded assessment area where acutely ill children are assessed. Depending on the child’s assessment a decision on whether the child should be admitted, observed and treatment started or discharged and other treatment carried out. CAU is open 0800-2030. It is staffed with Paediatric Registrar, SHO and two nurses.
Children's High Dependency Unit (HDU)
This unit has two beds and allows caring for critically ill children on a 1:1 basis. HDU works closely with the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
Adolescent Unit
The Adolescent Unit has six beds for young people aged 12 to 18. Young people as young adults and encourage them to make to make their own decisions about their health. Many of these young people have chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma and are admitted to the ward repeatedly. The Oasis area includes recreational facilities such as music and pool tables, with information on social and health aspects that may be relevant to that particular age group.
Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)
Neonatal unit is a level 2 unit, which means admitting Newborns from 27 weeks gestation. SCBU serves 16 cots including 4 HDU and 2 neonatal intensive care cots. It works closely with Jessop NICU, Sheffield and is part of Neonatal regional network. SCBU works closely with maternity unit and admits about 300 babies/year.
Babies above 27 weeks of gestation are managed within the unit unless they require longer than 72 hours ventilation support. Babies requiring respiratory support with CPAP, optiflow or nutritional support with TPN are managed locally enabling early repatriation from tertiary units. SCBU also provides traditional care for postnatal ward.
Day area
This area allows a child to come to hospital for tests and examinations, which can sometimes take all day, without having to enter a ward environment.
Out Patient Department
We hold a wide variety of general /speciality clinics. This includes clinics by visiting Specialist Consultants from Sheffield Children’s Hospital servicing nephrology, endocrinology, cystic fibrosis, paediatric surgery, rheumatology, genetics and cardiology.
Child’s Rapid Access Clinics
The Children’s Outpatient department holds rapid access clinics five afternoons a week. They take urgent GP referrals where a child needs an urgent opinion but may not need inpatient admission and cannot wait the normal waiting time so see a consultant. It means a GP can ask for a consultant to see their patient the same day, or as soon as possible within a few days.
Ward based consultant practice
This is a system where each of our consultants leads the ward team - both medical and nursing - for a period of one week. The aims are:
- Two children’s wards
- A young people’s unit
- A children’s assessment unit
- A high-dependency unit for children
- A special Care Baby Unit
- A children’s outpatient department
Paediatrics services are also linked with lots of other teams, both within the hospital and the community. Paediatric services work closely with local agencies such as community health services, social services, educational workers and child adolescent mental health team (CAMHS). Paediatric ward also admits children for other specialities like surgical, orthopaedics or ENT care.
Children's Assessment Unit (CAU)
CAU is ten-bedded assessment area where acutely ill children are assessed. Depending on the child’s assessment a decision on whether the child should be admitted, observed and treatment started or discharged and other treatment carried out. CAU is open 0800-2030. It is staffed with Paediatric Registrar, SHO and two nurses.
Children's High Dependency Unit (HDU)
This unit has two beds and allows caring for critically ill children on a 1:1 basis. HDU works closely with the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
Adolescent Unit
The Adolescent Unit has six beds for young people aged 12 to 18. Young people as young adults and encourage them to make to make their own decisions about their health. Many of these young people have chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma and are admitted to the ward repeatedly. The Oasis area includes recreational facilities such as music and pool tables, with information on social and health aspects that may be relevant to that particular age group.
Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)
Neonatal unit is a level 2 unit, which means admitting Newborns from 27 weeks gestation. SCBU serves 16 cots including 4 HDU and 2 neonatal intensive care cots. It works closely with Jessop NICU, Sheffield and is part of Neonatal regional network. SCBU works closely with maternity unit and admits about 300 babies/year.
Babies above 27 weeks of gestation are managed within the unit unless they require longer than 72 hours ventilation support. Babies requiring respiratory support with CPAP, optiflow or nutritional support with TPN are managed locally enabling early repatriation from tertiary units. SCBU also provides traditional care for postnatal ward.
Day area
This area allows a child to come to hospital for tests and examinations, which can sometimes take all day, without having to enter a ward environment.
Out Patient Department
We hold a wide variety of general /speciality clinics. This includes clinics by visiting Specialist Consultants from Sheffield Children’s Hospital servicing nephrology, endocrinology, cystic fibrosis, paediatric surgery, rheumatology, genetics and cardiology.
Child’s Rapid Access Clinics
The Children’s Outpatient department holds rapid access clinics five afternoons a week. They take urgent GP referrals where a child needs an urgent opinion but may not need inpatient admission and cannot wait the normal waiting time so see a consultant. It means a GP can ask for a consultant to see their patient the same day, or as soon as possible within a few days.
Ward based consultant practice
This is a system where each of our consultants leads the ward team - both medical and nursing - for a period of one week. The aims are:
- To protect and improve clinical standards.
- To improve clinical and ward based teaching and education.
- To improve continuity for the patients & their families.
