Addenbrooke’s Hospital is the designated regional hub for the paediatric tertiary neurology service in the East of England.
About us
We are a team of consultant paediatric neurologists who deliver expert & specialist care for children with acute neurological disorders. We provide an inpatient service during the working hours of the week and a 7 day out of hours telephone advice service for all DGH’s across the Eastern region.
As a team, we work closely & collaboratively with our colleagues across other services at Addenbrooke’s hospital, including, the paediatric intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, genomics centre, respiratory/ long term ventilation, gastroenterology and several different surgical specialities – all of which deliver exceptional evidenced-based care.
We offer are a large number of specialist tertiary clinics such as complex epilepsy, ketogenic diet and VNS (vagal nerve stimulator), neuro-immunology, neuromuscular disorders, neonatal neurology, microcephaly, movement disorders, brain injury, complex headache, and intracranial hypertension. We also have an established video telemetry service which allows us to monitor your attacks and therefore provide a more accurate diagnosis.
Addenbrooke’s has an established adult neurology service which means we can ensure a smooth transition to adulthood for complex patients via specialist transitional clinics.
Addenbrooke’s is a busy training centre there are often several trainee children’s neurologists working with us, as well as medical students who join us for SSC/ SSE’s. Clinics are frequently attended by trainee doctors wanting to gain exposure to paediatric neurology or preparing for membership exams.
We review children referred by local secondary level paediatrician based in their district general hospital (if you live near Cambridge the secondary level paediatrician may be an Addenbrooke’s based colleague). We will advise you and your local paediatrician on how to manage this whilst ensuring that the care is delivered within your local hospital or close to home. To assist this, we run a large number of neurology clinics in outreach centres across the entire region. Clinics often occur every 3 months and are coordinated by the local paediatrician who leads the support of children with epilepsy and coordinates neurology assessment.
The Eastern paediatric neurology team work closely with other regions to optimise care both following and developing national pathways. Here at Cambridge, we work closely with London centres including Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Evelina Children’s hospital.
Conditions we treat
- Epilepsy
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Central nervous system infections and inflammation
- Acute infections like meningitis, encephalitis
- Neuro-immunological disorders including Multiple sclerosis
- Trauma to the central nervous system
- Spinal cord injuries
- Head injuries
- Neurocutaneous syndromes
- Movement disorders
- Headache and migraine
- Neurovascular disorders
- Neuropsychiatric disorders
- Complex neurodevelopmental disorders (for diagnostic evaluation)
- CSF disorders
Specialist Paediatric Neurology Services
- Complex Epilepsy services KD, VNS
- Neuromuscular
- NeuroImmunology / MS
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) / Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- CSF disorders
- Tuberous Sclerosis service
- Neurogenetics service
- Mitochondrial Service
- Transition
Referral information
We accept children and YP referred by their local secondary level paediatrician based in their district general hospital (if you live near Cambridge secondary level care may be an Addenbrooke’s based colleague within the acute general paediatric team.
For professional use only, external queries contact switchboard on 01223 245151 and select bleep required
Registrar Bleep: 157-488 (09.00 - 16.00)
SHO Bleep: 154-609 (09.00 - 16.00)
*Consultant on call can be contacted through switch for Urgent queries.
For a new patient appointment, a child's paediatrician can arrange an initial appointment by sending a detailed referral letter to the department. Urgent referrals can be discussed by contacting the Consultant on call for that week (Tuesday –Tuesday) via switch Consultant to Consultant call only alternatively bleep the paediatric registrar for advice.
Referral email address:
- General Paediatric neurology referrals
add-tr.paedneurology@nhs.net - Referral email for suspected Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
add-tr.paediiheoereferrals@nhs.net - Referrals to the neuromuscular service accepted via this email address
add-tr.easternmusclegroup@nhs.net - Referrals to the neuro immunology service accepted via this email address
add-tr.paedneuroimmunology@nhs.net