Children's Outpatients
Main Address
- We are based on the fourth floor of the Whittington Hospital. When coming in to the hospital via the main entrance in Magdala Avenue, use the main lifts to take you up to level 4 and follow the signs for Children’s Outpatients.
- 0207 288 5882 / 5883
- whh-tr.paeditric-outpatients@nhs.net
Our Children’s Outpatient Department at the Whittington Hospital sees approximately 1050 children a month and provides a range of care and treatment for children who do not require hospital admission.
We provide regular general paediatric new and follow up clinics and are currently seeing all children within five weeks of referral.
We provide specialist consultant led clinics with consultants from the Whittington Hospital and with consultants from other specialist hospitals.
Appointments
0207 288 5882 / 5883
Useful resources
If your child is visiting us for a blood test, you may find some of the resources below useful to help to reduce their anxiety and further understand the process.
Videos
- "A guide to an appointment at Whittington Hospital's Clinic 4D" - This explains where the clinic is located, where to check in, and what to expect.
- "A guide to a blood test at Whittington Hospital's Clinic 4D" - This video explains how numbing cream works, and how we will draw blood.
- "What happens in a blood test?" - What Why Hospital For Children.
- "My child is anxious about having a blood test" - Preparing in the play hospital.
Download
- Download our document, 'My Visit to the Whittington' which is a reassuring guide with pictures for children.
- Download 'Rules for a blood test', a checklist for children to read that helps them feel more in control of their test.
Further Information
Allergy
The team:
Consultant: Neeta Patel
Consultant: Neeta Patel
Nursing Specialist: Maria Ohrman
Nursing Specialist: Dee Brown
This clinic is held once a week and is run by a multi-disciplinary team including a paediatric dietician and an allergy nurse. This allows children with suspected allergies to be assessed, tested and have a dietary review, where needed, during the first appointment. (currently working on a separate allergy page)
Asthma
This clinic is held once a week and is run by a multi-disciplinary team including a paediatric dietician and an allergy nurse. This allows children with suspected allergies to be assessed, tested and have a dietary review, where needed, during the first appointment. (currently working on a separate allergy page)
Asthma
The team:
Consultant: John Moreiras
Consultant: John Moreiras
Nursing Specialist: Charlotte Dann
Nursing Specialist: Mariarosaria Postiglione
We have regular asthma clinics with the consultant and asthma nurse specialist. Investigations may include lung function tests and allergy testing. Children seen in this clinic are those with complicated asthma.
Diabetes
The team:
Consultant: Yuva Moyo
Consultant: Abiramy Fernando
Lead Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse: Nicole Tanner
Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses: Emily Dobbs and Shelina Yasmin
Paediatric Diabetes Dietician: Jessie Chein
Family Psychotherapist: Deborah Wellington
This is a multidisciplinary clinic with consultant, diabetes specialist nurse and dietician. In addition with have a quaterly diabetes transition clinic with adult diabetologist and adult diabetes specialist nurse for young people over 16 years to aid their transition to adult care.
Endocrinology
The team:
This is a multidisciplinary clinic with consultant, diabetes specialist nurse and dietician. In addition with have a quaterly diabetes transition clinic with adult diabetologist and adult diabetes specialist nurse for young people over 16 years to aid their transition to adult care.
Endocrinology
The team:
Consultants: Jane Simpson
Consultants: Abiramy Fernando
Consultants: Yuva Moyo.
Clinics are held monthly and deal with children who have growth disorders, pubertal disorders and thyroid problems.
Endocrinology/adolescent endocrinology: Jane Simpson and Shona Jacobsberg (Adult endocrinologist)
Clinics are held monthly and focuses on adolescent endocrine disorders
Endocrinology GOSH outreach: Jane Simpson and Hoong Wei Gan (GOSH Paediatric Endocrinologist)
Clinics are held quarterly and are for children known to GOSH Endocrinology Service
Epilepsy
The team:
Epilepsy
The team:
Consultant: Janine Younis
Consultant: Kerry Robinson
Consultant: Kerry Robinson
Consultant: Katarina Harris
Nurse Specialist: Sharon Buchanan
General paediatrics
Consultant: All consultants
This clinic deals with a variety of conditions including uncomplicated asthma, growth concerns, failure to thrive, constipation, headaches and abdominal pain.
Oncology
The team:
General paediatrics
Consultant: All consultants
This clinic deals with a variety of conditions including uncomplicated asthma, growth concerns, failure to thrive, constipation, headaches and abdominal pain.
Oncology
The team:
Consultant: Gopa Sen and Elinor Sefi
Nurse Specialist: Sonal Patel
Nurse Specialist: Laura Gratton
Nurse Specialist: Ella Berrington
This clinic occurs Thursday mornings and is run with a clinical nurse specialist and access to a wider multidisciplinary team if needed.
Rheumatology
The team:
This clinic occurs Thursday mornings and is run with a clinical nurse specialist and access to a wider multidisciplinary team if needed.
Rheumatology
The team:
Consultant: Elinor Sefi
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Sonal Patel
Physiotherapist: Ross Worsley
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners: Ciara McClarey, Kajal Doshi
We run a monthly outreach clinic in conjunction with Dr Muthana Al Obaidi, Consultant Rheumatologist from GOSH, seeing predominantly inflammatory rheumatological conditions such as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and a regular rheumatology clinic for other predominantly inflammatory conditions.
We run multidisciplinary non inflammatory rheumatology clinics jointly with physiotherapy.
We also offer paediatric rapid access musculoskeletal clinics run by our advanced practice physiotherapists who can assess and triage any complex paediatric MSK referrals who require specialist assessment and possible imaging and investigations, or second opinion following physiotherapy.
We have close links to the community physiotherapy teams in the community who are able to see children directly for conditions such as knee pain, and hypermobility.
Haematology Service
Haematology Service
The team:
Lead Paediatric Consultant: Janine Younis
Consultant: Arpana Soni
Paediatric Haematology Specialist Nurses: Emma Savie-Disu and Edith Aimiuwu
Community haematology specialist nurse: Grace Adjei-Clinton
Clinical psychologist: Angelica Titmus
Haematologists: Dr Ryan Mullay and Dr Ana Ortuno-Cabrero
Clinical psychologist: Angelica Titmus
Haematologists: Dr Ryan Mullay and Dr Ana Ortuno-Cabrero
We deliver a weekly multi-disciplinary clinic on Thursday afternoons for children with haemoglobinopathy and rare anaemias.
Inpatient management is also overseen by the team.
Open Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
GP’s can refer children to our services. The majority of new referrals are made through the choose and book system.
Last updated17 Jan 2025