Our services

Children's services (Starlight)

The Starlight Children’s Unit cares for children up to the age of 16. All care is delivered by staff trained to look after children; we practice family-centred care, which takes into consideration each families’ needs.

Starlight children's unit

The unit provides around the clock access for urgent GP referrals and children-only outpatient clinics. Many emergency admissions come via our Children’s Emergency Assessment (CEA) unit where children may be observed for a short while or have necessary investigations done before being either discharged home or admitted to the Starlight children’s ward.

For general medical advice please contact your GP or call NHS Direct on 0845 4647

Our services

We provide daily general paediatric clinics in addition to the specific clinics listed below:

Medical clinics including:

  • allergy
  • behavioural
  • blood borne virus
  • dermatology
  • gastroenterology
  • phlebotomy
  • rheumatology
  • cardiology
  • neurology
  • nephrology
  • respiratory
  • ENT
  • ophthalmology
  • surgery paediatric
  • urology 

Nurse led clinics including:

  • asthma
  • constipation
  • dermatology
  • newborn jaundice
  • UTI
  • epi-pen training   

Other clinics:

  • dietician
  • physiotherapy
  • community vision (eye check) clinic    

A&E:

Making an appointment

To book an appointment please speak to your GP or health visitor.

Waiting times

No child waits more than two weeks for a general paediatric outpatient appointment.

Key staff

Dr Rajiv Sood
Consultant paediatrician with a special interest in paediatric allergy

Dr Jackie Bucknall
Consultant paediatrician and director of the paediatric training programme for the London Deanery

Dr Deborah Burns
Consultant paediatrician with a special interest in paediatric gastroenterology

Dr Deniz Gurtin
Consultant paediatrician with a special interest in general paediatrics and paediatric infectious diseases (HIV, hepatitis B, TB)

Dr Cauvery Pal
Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in ambulatory paediatrics and postgraduate training and education

Dr Andrew Sawczenko
Consultant paediatrician specialising in general paediatrics

Dr Christina Georgoula
Consultant paediatrician and Named Doctor for Safeguarding

Dr Tammy Rothenberg
Consultant paediatrician with a special interest in paediatric allergy

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