Paediatrics - medical and surgical
About the service
The Paediatric department aims to look after all the needs of sick children.
We hold clinics at Croydon University hospital, and Parkway Health Centre in New Addington.
We have visiting specialists that come to Croydon University Hospital to help provide the service to our local community.
These specialists cover:
- Heart conditions
- Neurology
- Endocrinology
- Growth disorders
- Surgery
- Genetics
We have in-house specialists who have links with surrounding hospitals, such as Royal Marsden, St George’s and Kings.
Croydon Health Services staff have interests in diabetes, adolescent medicine, nephrology, infectious diseases, cardiology, child development, sickle cell disease, haemoglobinopathies, neurology, oncology (cancer) and breathing disorders. We also have links to gastroenterologists locally as well as at Great Ormond Street hospital, St George’s and St Helier’s hospital. For allergy related conditions, we work with St George’s and the Evelina Children's hospital.
We have short waiting list times and are always available to discuss cases and see them urgently if needed. There is a Consultant of the week who is in service and readily available to discuss referrals for Outpatient or Inpatient care, or any issues in paediatric care that is of concern to the primary care physician.
Clinic information
Routine medical Paediatric OPD clinics
The Willows OPD, Woodcroft wing, Croydon University hospital: 020 8401 3982 for details of appointment and clinic times
Parkway, New Addington on Tuesday morning on a monthly basis: 020 8401 3982 for details of appointment times
Specialist clinics
Orthopaedics – In Willows on Thursday afternoon. Call: 020 8401 3981
Visiting Paediatric surgery: In Willows, Monday morning and afternoon. Call: 020 8401 3979
Visiting Paediatric Plastic surgery: In Willows on Tuesday morning on monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
PENTA clinic – In Willows on a monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Sickle cell – In Willows on Thursday morning on a weekly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Cardiology clinic – In Willows on a three monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Endocrine and Growth - In Willows on a three monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Visiting Genetics - In Willows every three weeks. Call: 020 8401 3982
Epilepsy clinic – In Willows on Tuesday & Friday mornings. Call: 020 8401 3982
Visiting Neurology - In Willows on three monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Dermatology – In Willows Wednesday morning. Call: 020 8401 3977
Diabetic - In Willows, Wednesday morning and Monday afternoon 020 8401 3982
Oncology clinics - In Willows on Monday afternoon plus (for urgent suspected cancer) Tuesday mornings. Call: 020 8401 3982
Visiting Paediatric TB - In Chest clinic - Friday morning on a monthly basis. Call: 020 8401 3982
Neonatal Hepatitis B clinic - 3 monthly in Willows. Call: 020 8401 3982
Neonatal BCG clinic – in Willows. Call: 020 8401 3982
Palivizumab clinic - In Willows. Call: 020 8401 3982
Ophthalmology - In Ophthalmology OPD at Croydon University Hospital on a Tuesday. Call: 020 8401 3478
Appointments
What do I do if I haven’t received my appointment yet?
Please contact your GP to confirm that a referral has been made and to which consultant, at which hospital. Then contact that hospital and ask to be put through to that consultant’s secretary to confirm referral has been received and an appointment time sent out.
What do I do if I want to change or cancel an appointment?
Please ring directly on 020 8401 3982 to amend the clinic booking time.
What should I bring to my appointment?
Please bring all the medicines that your child is on, along with the children’s red book for child health records.
What time should I arrive for my appointment?
Please allow 30 minutes to find parking spaces etc before the actual clinic time.
Contact Us
Tel: 020 8401 3982
Email: ch-tr.paediatrics.admin@nhs.net
Medical and Surgical Paediatrics Wards and Departments
Inpatient Paediatric Beds
Day case: Dolphin Unit (Croydon University hospital)
General medical and surgical Paediatrics: Rainbow Childrens Unit (Croydon University hospital)
Newborn: Mary ward postnatal ward or Neonatal Unit (Croydon University hospital)
Outpatient settings
Willows (Croydon University hospital)
Eye Unit (Croydon University hospital)
Dermatology Unit (Croydon University hospital)
Chest clinic (Croydon University hospital)
Purley OPD (Purley general hospital)
Parkway OPD (New Addington)
Locations
Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE
Reception telephone: 020 8401 3982
Purley War Memorial Hospital, 856 Brighton Rd, Purley, CR8 2YL
Reception telephone: 020 8401 5316
Parkway Health Centre, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0JA
Reception telephone: 020 8401 6303