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Whittington Health is launching a new programme to support young people aged 14-17 to develop skills to self-manage their asthma. The course aims to help young people: Learn new skills to manage their asthma as they become more independent Build confidence and help them realise…

GP and community health services including health visiting.

The Bridge is a sexual health service for anyone over 16 with a learning disability living in Islington or Camden. The service offers: Advice and support on sex and relationships Free contraception and condoms Tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV Friendly…

The aim of Islington Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is to provide high-quality specialist and multi-disciplinary diagnostic assessment and treatment services for children and adolescents experiencing a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties or suffering psychiatric disorders. Islington CAMHS works closely with other…

The Children’s Tier 2 Audiology Service is provided to all children and young people in Islington between the ages of 6 months and 19 years, if still in education and has developmental problems or a disability where there are concerns about hearing problems requiring audiological…

The Children’s Complex and Continuing Care team delivers specialised homecare packages for children and young people with complex health needs that are dependent on technology to live. This includes long-term ventilation, tracheostomy care, Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and renal dialysis. We coordinate a safe discharge…

A children's occupational therapist works with children and young people with a range of physical, sensory or learning difficulties. These therapists work within multi-disciplinary teams and parents can contact them directly. Occupational therapists are skilled at assessing and providing treatment and help with physical functions…

A physiotherapist that specialises in working with children and young people looks at how the child moves, and then works to help them achieve their ‘optimum physical development’. The aim is not just to help them move, but to help them move to the best of…

Arranges dental services to priority needs groups who have difficulty accessing services from NHS and High Street Dentists, including children with special needs, adults with disabilities, housebound and homeless people

Specialist paediatric dental care for children with special needs and in particular autistic spectrum disorders.

The Community Paediatric Dietetics service provides assessment and advice on feeding, nutrition and diet to infants, children, adolescents and their carers. We work closely with doctors, hospitals, community and school health/education services by developing and putting in place individual plans for children with medical conditions…

The Community Paediatric service in Islington is for children age 0-18 (or up to age 19 if still attending school) with neurodevelopmental conditions or disabilities, and associated health problems. Specialist Paediatricians undertake assessment, diagnosis and management of children with a range of developmental difficulties and…

Islington Council Disabled Children’s Service is an integrated, multi-agency and co-located partnership of services offering information, advice, assessment, intervention and support to children with severe and complex needs. It provides services for children aged 0-18 (social care) and 0-19 (health) and potentially young adults up…

You can find a local GP by using the NHS Choices website or the Islington Clinical Commissioning Group website. Please use the links below.

Finsbury Health Centre provides a range of services for the local community including: Child health (including hearing tests); Special Needs dental clinic; district nurse; health visitor; GP's surgeries; physiotherapy; podiatrist; speech therapy; Michael Palin stammering centre; family planning (including cervical smears and pregnancy testing) -…

Ante-natal, child health, including baby clinic, neo-natal hearing tests. Community dental clinics, district nurse, health visitor, podiatrist, post-natal. Child psychologist for children 0 -11 years old by appointment. For GP's Services call 020 7619 6670. Please ring for details of other clinics.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children(GOSH) is the largest children's hospital in the United Kingdom. It works in partnership with the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH), part of University College London. GOSH does not have an Accident and Emergency department and only accepts specialist…

GP and community health services, including health visiting.

The Health Visiting service provides early intervention support and advice for all families with children 0-5 years of age living in Islington. The key purpose of the service is to help improve access to services, improve families’ experience, improve health outcomes and contribute to reducing…

Antenatal by appointments (via the Whittington Hospital), child health (including baby clinic, toddler clinic, BCG injections by appointments, hearing tests, breastfeeding support group, first time mothers group (booked sessions) community dental clinic, district nurse, health visitor, podiatrist, GP's surgeries, Enuresis (bed - wetting clinic) by…