Referring a patient to the Infectious Diseases department

As a tertiary care hospital, all children who attend GOSH must be referred via local hospital consultants, community paediatricians or their GP. We cannot provide advice directly to patients or families without a formal referral from primary or secondary care.

To make a referral to the Infectious Diseases department please email gos-tr.idreferrals@nhs.net

Rapid assessment for infectious diseases (RAID) provides rapid access to diagnosis and treatment of children with confirmed or suspected infectious diseases.

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For urgent referrals please contact the GOSH switchboard on 020 7405 9200 for the infectious disease registrar.

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Telephone number: 020 7813 8231

Registrar for Infectious Diseases (Pelican Ward)
Telephone number: 020 7405 9200 Ext 6314

Dr Alasdair Bamford, Consultant and Speciality Lead, Honorary Associate Professor at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Alasdair.Bamford@gosh.nhs.uk 

Dr Delane Shingadia, Consultant
Delane.Shingadia@gosh.nhs.uk

Dr Karyn Moshal, Consultant
Karyn.Moshal@gosh.nhs.uk

Dr Louis Grandjean, Consultant, Clinical Associate Professor at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
louis.grandjean@gosh.nhs.uk

Dr Seilesh Kadambari, Honorary Associate Professor at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
seilesh.kadambari@gosh.nhs.uk

Jacquie Flynn, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist. 
Jacquie.Flynn@gosh.nhs.uk 
020 7405 9200 ext 8231

Claire Manns, Clinical Nurse Specialist. 
Claire.Manns@gosh.nhs.uk
020 7405 9200 ext 8231

Karlie Grant, Clinical Nurse Specialist. 
karlie.grant@gosh.nhs.uk
020 7405 9200 ext 8231

The Infectious Diseases department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) provides clinical expertise in the diagnosis and management of unusual and complicated infections, tropical diseases and children with HIV infection and AIDS.

A major part of the service is dedicated to the care of HIV infected children.

There are also specialist clinics for children with tuberculosis and chronic viral hepatitis.

The Infectious Diseases team also works closely with the microbiology, virology and infection control teams to provide infection-related advice throughout the hospital by way of twice weekly formal ward rounds as well as antibiotic guidelines. Antimicrobial stewardship and the treatment and prevention of highly resistant infections is also a main focus for the team.

The unit is a specialist centre for children known to be infected with HIV and babies and children who need further investigation and testing for HIV.

Services offered by the HIV team:

• Testing of babies and children for HIV including pre- and post-test counselling.
• Full investigations, monitoring and treatment of children with HIV and AIDS.
• Support to child, family and carers.
• Support, advice, information and training on paediatric HIV infection.
• Transitioning of young HIV positive people to adult services.
• Combined clinics with the young adult “TEAM” clinic from UCLH.
• Shared care with local district general hospitals and paediatricians.
• Provides links with community health services and other support agencies.

The Infectious Diseases team look after children with complicated and complex TB (eg CNS TB, multidrug-resistant TB, mycobacterial infections in immunocompromised children).

There is a twice-monthly clinic dedicated to management of patients with TB run by the infectious diseases consultants and a clinical nurse specialist responsible for tuberculosis.

The infectious diseases consultants also do outreach paediatric TB clinics at the Whittington Hospital.

Children with Hepatitis B and C are seen in a specialist clinic. A particular focus of the service is the care of viral hepatitis in the context of immunodeficiency. The clinic includes a consultant virologist from UCLH (Prof Eleni Nastouli) attending on a monthly basis.

The Infectious Diseases team works closely with the Rheumatology and Nephrology departments to provide care for patients with periodic fevers and vasculitis. Patients are seen in specialist multi-disciplinary clinics.

The Infectious Diseases team has a major interest in the management and causes of recurrent infections.

The Infectious Diseases team provides regional expertise in the management of children who have travelled and return with a suspected infection.

RAID provides rapid access to diagnosis and treatment for children with confirmed or suspected infectious diseases.

Patients are usually under the care of the local paediatric team and referred to RAID for an infectious diseases opinion.

The patient will return to the care of the referring team, or the Infectious Diseases team at GOSH may become the child’s lead team with shared care provided with the local team.

The service is not intended for those children with more severe illness, who require immediate admission to a GOSH inpatient bed or to an Intensive Care Unit bed.

Level 3, Zayed Centre for Research,
Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street
London, WC1N 3JH

Telephone number: 020 7813 8504

Esther Dontoh
General Manager
Tel: 020 7405 9200 Ext 1061
Email: esther.dontoh@gosh.nhs.uk

Charlotte Stevens
Service Manager
Tel: 020 7405 9200 Ext 5349
Email: charlotte.stevens@gosh.nhs.uk