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Gastrostomy and Stoma Specialist Nursing Team
Welcome to the homepage of the Gastrostomy and Stoma Specialist Nursing Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
About us
The Gastrostomy and Stoma Specialist Nursing Team is a nurse-led service bringing together expertise in gastrostomy and stoma care for children or young people with:
- Gastrostomies
- Transgastric-Jejunostomies (GJ's)
- Surgical jejunostomies
- Bowel output stomas (colostomies, ileostomies, output jejunostomies)
In addition to support around the surgical procedure, the team arrange specialist equipment and liaise with community teams to ensure continuity of care once a child is discharged from GOSH. We also provide tertiary specialist support or complex post-operative complications that primary care services are unable to resolve locally. The team provides support across inpatients, outpatients, and international and private patients, and based in the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) speciality.
Contacting the team for support
Telephone: 020 7405 9200 ext. 5695
lease leave a voicemail if there is no reply.
Internally:
Email: GastrostomyNurse@gosh.nhs.uk
Externally
Email: gos-tr.stoma.nurses@nhs.net in compliance with the NHS Secure Email Standard.
Internal patient related queries should be placed through EPIC chat as per Trust information governance guidance.
Meet the team
Deborah Cairns
Specialist Nurse, Gastrostomy & Stoma Care
Nicola Greenwood
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gastrostomy & Stoma Care
Monika Morova
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gastrostomy & Stoma Care
Rory Philbin
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Gastrostomy & Stoma Care