Treatment Centres & Services
The following hospitals, health centres and services are the local sites where your child is most likely to be diagnosed or treated.
Nottingham/Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham Children’s Hospital at Queens Medical Centre
- King’s Mill Hospital
- Newark Hospital
- Bassetlaw Hospital
- Retford Hospital
- Children’s Development Centres (at City Hospital Campus, Nottingham and at Bassetlaw Hospital)
- Children’s Therapy Centre at King’s Mill
- Health/Primary Care Centres near your home
- Educational psychology
- CAMHS – Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Children's Development Centres
Children’s Development Centre (Bassetlaw)
Activities in the Bassetlaw Child Development Centre include:
- Therapy sessions (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, child & family therapy).
- Developmental and behavioral clinics run by paediatricians
- Specialist Paediatric Clinics (Neurology, Genetics)
- A monthly combined Therapy Clinic (Therapists, Paediatricians, Specialised Nurses).
- Multidisciplinary assessments.
- Adoption medicals.
- Neonatal Hearing Screening clinics.
There is a part-time Co-ordinator and a Lead Paediatrician for the Centre. Some Bassetlaw Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists use the Centre as their base. Regular Therapy Co-ordination Meetings are held with other professionals such as Community Paediatric Nurses and educational staff from the Inclusion Support Service.
Requests for assessment of children who may need multi-disciplinary assessment should be made to one of the Bassetlaw Consultant Paediatricians. Referrals will be considered from General Practitioners, Health Visitors with the permission of the General Practitioner, Therapists, Clinical Psychologists and the Senior Clinical Medical Officer. Assessments will be at the discretion of the multi-disciplinary team, and tailored to the individual needs of the child with referrals to other professionals as appropriate.
To contact the Children's Development Centre at Bassetlaw please access it through the Bassetlaw hospitals link above.
Children’s Development Centre (Nottingham)
The nursing team based at the Children’s Development Centre supports a range of services including Community Nursing, support for consultant clinics and Short Breaks. The community children’s nurses are based within the CDC and manage a caseload of children and young people with a variety of complex health needs, including tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, oxygen therapy, venepuncture and platelets, palliative and end of life care. The Asian link nurse, located within this team supports children and young people from the Asian community with clinical nursing care.
The Short Breaks (respite care) service at the CDC is located within the grounds of Nottingham City Hospital. The unit has 12 beds, providing a range of day and overnight short breaks for children and young people with complex health needs and a range of associated severe physical and learning disabilities including life limiting conditions.
The Information Service 0115 8831157/8 or 07500 102796 infoservices@nottscommunityhealth.nhs.uk provides information on children’s health conditions, services and support (city and county)
Educational Psychology Services
The Local Authority provides Educational psychology services to support parents, schools and others in respect of children up to the age of 19. In the vast majority of cases, if your child is having difficulties at school, the school should be able to provide for your child without the need to involve an educational psychologist (EP). In some cases, however, the school may want to involve an EP to discuss what more could be done to support your child. EPs tend not to work directly with children, but rather provide their advice and help by talking with teachers, parents and other professionals. Through these conversations, or 'consultations', EPs can help parents and teachers to understand or 'assess' your child's needs, and agree what needs to be done to meet your child's educational needs. Usually, you would talk to the school SENCO first and they would involve the educational psychologist if further support was needed, but you can contact the service direct if you have difficulty.
Educational Psychology (Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Mansfield)
North Base, Meadow House, Littleworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2TA
Telephone 01623 433316/433317/433320
Educational Psychology (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe and Newark)
Home Brewery Building, Sir John Robinson Way, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 6DA
Telephone 0115 854 6021
Community Educational Psychology Service (Nottingham City)
Glenbrook Management Centre, Wigman Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 4PD
Telephone 0115 915 8900
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)
Some children with emotional and behavioural problems may be referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) for diagnosis and assessment. You can also contact CAMHS yourself. There are 3 numbers for first contact with CAMHS depending on where you live:
County areas except Bassetlaw - 0300 300 0022
Bassetlaw - 01777 274422
Nottingham City - 0115 9155500
CAMHS Services for the whole county and the city are provided by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
For information leaflets on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services click on the link below