Community Child Health services are, on the whole, provided for children up to the age of 19 years. As far as possible, care is provided in the home setting or as close to the home setting as possible.
Acute services provided:
- Paediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- ENT
- Plastic Surgery
- Oral Surgery
- Orthopaedic
- There are 3 theatres in RACH, providing paediatric anaesthesia and radiology and supported by a High Dependency Unit in RACH and ITU in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Paediatric Medicine
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Haematology
- Cardiology (non-invasive)
- Genetics
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Metabolic Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Rheumatology
- Community Child Health
- Screening/Immunisation programmes
- School health services
- Pre-school Child Health provision
- Special needs provision and for those children with complex disabilities
- Child Protection services
- Mental Health Services (located in RACH and in Rosehill House)
- Child and Family Psychiatry up to 13 years of age
- Clinical Child Psychology up to 19 years of age
- Lowit Unit providing day and outreach services
- Provide services for children with emotional, behavioural, anti-social, developmental problems, etc
- Teaching staff also included in provision of service
- Accident and Emergency
- 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, paediatric department
- Consultant staff rotate from A & E in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Therapy Services
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Dietetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Audiology
- Orthoptics
- Orthotics
- Play Specialists
- Provide play preparation service for children undergoing procedures
- Nursing staff - in addition to ward based staff, we also have several specialist paediatric nurses:
- Paediatric Nutrition
- Child and Family Mental Health
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Growth and Endocrine
- Oncology
- Community Paediatric Nurse
- Liaison Health Visitor
- Diabetic Nurses
- Epilepsy Nurse
- Renal Nurse