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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.

BlindAid (formerly known Metropolitan Society for the Blind)  is a registered charity helping visually impaired people in London. Our visiting service provides blind and partially sighted people with friendly, social contact in the comfort of their own homes.As well as providing company and conversation our visitors…

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…

From 30 September 2019, Islington Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services will be part of the new multi-agency Central Point of Access for all Social, Emotional and Mental Health referrals across Islington.  The Central Point of Access is based at the Children's Services Contact Team…

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 Disability needs who may receive Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support Plan in School or have an Education Health…

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 full healthy child programme is still being delivered. Contacts from the health visiting service are being managed as a ‘blended offer’ with face to face contacts in your own home and in local health centres by appointment as well as video or audio contacts.…

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…

GP and community health services.

Hospital @ Home provides care in the home for acutely unwell children. The medical care is delivered by a team of specially training nurses working in partnership with acute paediatricians at the Whittington, UCH and Islington Community Paediatrics. The benefit of the service is children…

The Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service supports children and young people with additional needs and disabilities to reach their full potential. This can mean being active in their community, developing friendships and enjoying an ordinary life the same way as other children. We also…

If you suffer with a bladder or bowel leak, however small, you can get free help and confidential advice from your local district nurse, health visitor, school nurse or continence advisor.  Your GP can refer you for a continence assessment.  If you require a reassessment…

Community children's nurses (CCN) are registered children's nurses who provide clinical nursing to the child at home or in school; assisting parents to provide treatment and monitor the child’s progress. They are a source of support, information and advice for families. They may act as …

COVID-19 SENDIAS Service Delivery We have cancelled all upcoming face to face appointments with service users but are continuing to complete all consultations over the phone or via Zoom. All staff are now working from home and have access to work phones and software to…

Killick Street Health Centre offers a range of services including; child health services, baby health reviews, immunisations, library books, midwifery clinic, counselling, adult psychology, child psychologist, drug and alcohol counselling, podiatry, benefits advice, smoking cessation, contraception and getting back into work advisor.

The Lifeforce service is a paediatric palliative care team which cares for children with a life-threatening/ life limiting illnesses. It focuses on the physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements of life. The team provides support for the family and aims to work to improve the quality of…

A specialist centre for children and adults who stammer or stutter, staffed by twelve specialist speech and language therapists. The Centre is run by NHS Whittington health and supported by the charity Action for Stammering Children. Referrals are accepted from across the UK and internationally.…

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the world's leading centres for eye health. Our main focus is the treatment and care of NHS patients with a wide range of eye problems from common complaints to rare conditions which need treatments not available…

The Camden and Islington arm of the Whittington Health Newborn Hearing Screening Team offer hearing screening to all babies born in the Whittington, Royal Free and the UCLH. Our aim is to screen all babies before they leave hospital. Home births and any baby missed as an…

Noah's Ark Children's Hospice is a dynamic and innovative children's hospice service, providing practical and emotional support to life-limited and life-threatened children and their families within the communities of North London.

Northern Health Centre provides community health services to local people, including GP Surgeries. The Centre houses a number of groups and facilities for mothers and babies, under 5's, young people, parents, family planning clinic, child and family therapy, adult physiotherapy and podiatry.

A fun packed holiday scheme to meet the needs of deaf children and young people. Bilingual intervention is provided in British Sign Language, Sign Supported English and English. Lots of different activities! We are pleased to announce that our North London Deaf Playscheme is open this Summer Holiday with guidelines…

Youth Club accessible for young, Deaf people aged 11-19. It is a great place to catch up with friends and play games with people of a similar age. We have limited spaces due to adhering to Government Guidelines, so if you are interested, please book…

The centre caters for child health (including baby clinic, toddler clinic, hearing tests), and appointments based services for Podiatrist, Speech therapy and Child psychology for children aged 0 -11 years by appointment. It also carries out follow-up bedwetting clinic by GP referral and provides District…

The Royal National institute for Blind People (RNIB) provides information, advice and support to blind people.

Each school in Islington has a named school nurse who is based at a local health centre and visits the school on a regular basis. School nurses and their teams carry out health assessments and immunisations at targeted ages. Health promotion is a main part…

Simmons House Adolescent Unit is a special psychiatric service for young people between 13 and 18 years of age. It provides a rapid response consultation for day and in-patient admission to a therapeutic unit. Initial enquiries by any professional are welcome

The Islington Social Communication Team (SCT) offers a high quality assessment and intervention service to Islington children with social and communication needs, under 5 years of age.The team specialises in assessing children's play, learning, behaviour, sensory processing, language and social communication skills, including autism. We…

COVID-19: Following current NHS and Government guidelines, we are not able to offer any face to face appointments at the moment.   We are in the process of contacting families on our caseloads whose appointments have had to be cancelled and we are carrying out initial…

There is an accident and emergency department at this NHS Trust Foundation hospital on Euston Road.