Refer a patient to the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery department (SNAPS)

This page includes information on how to refer a patient to the SNAPS department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).Please see our admission criteria for information about the diagnoses treated by the SNAPS Department at GOSH.

A referral letter should be sent to the department either via post to Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery, Level 5 Paul O'Gorman Building, Great Ormond Street Hospital or fax 020 7813 8243.

If an urgent appointment is required then this should be discussed with the general surgical registrar
on-call, Bleep 0777.

For all urgent and emergency transfers contact the on-call surgical registrar via switchboard, Bleep 0777

If the patient is known to one of the general surgical teams then the team registrar on the bleeps listed below can be contacted.

If unsuccessful and urgent then contact the on-call surgical registrar on Bleep 0777.

The surgical registrar on-call is available 24 hours a day via switchboard on Bleep 0777.

• Mr Simon Blackburn 
  Neonatal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery and surgical education
  Email Mr Simon Blackburn

• Miss Kate Cross
  Specialty Lead, laparoscopic surgery, oncology surgery
  Email Miss Kate Cross

• Mr Joe Curry
  Specialty Lead, laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery
  Email Mr Joe Curry

• Mr Paolo De Coppi
  Basic science research, laparoscopy surgery, pancreatic surgery

• Miss Celia Larcombe
  Locum Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

• Miss Clare Rees
  Locum Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

• Mr Simon Blackburn, Bleep 0688

• Miss Kate Cross, Bleep 0565

• Mr Joe Curry, Bleep 0222 

• Mr Paolo De Coppi, Bleep 0815

• Miss Clare Rees, Bleep 0860

• Neonatal Registrar, Bleep 3310

• Emergency On-Call, Bleep 0777

• Nishaat Ahasan, Service Manager, Ext 8145

• Kelly Thompson, Service Manager, Ext 8629

• Grace Douglas, Admissions Co-Ordinator, Ext 5541

• Keshia Hawkins, Medical PA, Ext 5871

• Joanne Hughes, Medical PA, Ext 5906

• Helen Johnson, Ext 5695, Bleep 0609

• Monika Morova, Ext 5695

• Rose Fitzgerald, Ext 7969

• Sarah Metson, Divisional General Manager
  Email Sarah Metson 
  020 7405 9200 Ext 5124

• Jilly Hale, Divisional Assistant Chief Nurse, Barrie Division
  Email Jilly Hale 
  020 7405 9200 Ext 5576

• Louise McGinley, PA/Office Manager
  Email Louise McGinley 
  020 7405 9200 Ext 8449

The Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) department has a national and international reputation for clinical excellence and groundbreaking research.

Notable clinical expertise exists in the fields of oncology and oesophageal disease, including replacement and revision surgery.

The department is one of the busiest children’s laparoscopic units in Europe. It performs many advanced procedures including repair of oesophageal atresia and diaphragmatic hernia as well as antireflux surgery, pyloromyotomy, duodenal atresia repair and other excisional procedures such as splenectomy and cholecystectomy.

The Professorial Unit has fields of research interest including NEC, nutrition and metabolism, international multi-centre clinical randomised trials and more recently in the field of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine.

The unit has attracted many millions of pounds of grant funding and output from the unit is regularly presented to international meetings and published in highly respected peer reviewed journals.

The department offers the following services and facilities:

• general surgical care of children

• advanced techniques in minimally invasive surgery

• neonatal surgery

• oesophageal surgery including oesophageal replacement

• oncology surgery

• pancreatic surgery

• thymus transplantation via NCG

• surgery for conjoined twins

• intestinal dysmotility surgery via NCG

• surgical high-dependency unit facility (in addition to existing NICU and PICU)

• specialist paediatric stoma therapists

• gastrostomy service

• multidisciplinary meetings with the departments of radiology, gastroenterology, oncology, histopathology, anaesthetics and intensive care

• multidisciplinary team management of vascular malformations, intestinal failure, cloaca

• outpatient clinics including choose and book

• ward assessment room

• pre-admission facilities

• outreach services for general surgery of childhood at University College London Hospital (UCLH) and the Royal Free Hospital (RFH)

• antenatal counselling at UCLH

• international research projects

• teleconference facilities with other international units

Please contact a member of the administration staff with any feedback or suggestions.