Paediatrics and Baby Health

Includes routine childhood immunisations, treating sick children and assessing normal growth and behavioural development.

Immunisations have been one of the real miracles of modern medicine, eradicating or nearly completely preventing a wide range of childhood illnesses and preventing needless sickness, or severe complications from these once potentially life endangering diseases.

We in the practice are all very strong believers that childhood vaccinations are one of the best health interventions you can give your children to guarantee healthy growth and development.

We can offer expert advice managing sick children and assessing normal growth and development. We can offer expert opinion on appropriate management of all the common childhood illnesses and a fair number of the uncommon ones. We have many years experience in knowing which problems can be managed by ourselves and which need further expert opinion.

Our practice would aim to minimise use of unnecessary prescribing of drugs and particularly of antibiotics. We would adhere to the guidelines of the Colleges of General Practice and Paediatrics regarding antibiotic use.