The children’s community medical service provides neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people from birth.
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Services we provide
The children’s community medical service supports children and young people with a wide range of health needs. These include neuro-disability, complex medical or genetic conditions linked with developmental delay, social and communication difficulties, and safeguarding concerns.
Our work includes:
- managing the care of children with long-term conditions, disabilities and complex needs, such as cerebral palsy
- diagnosing and managing epilepsy linked to developmental difficulties
- running a movement clinic, including Botulinum Toxin Treatment, and seeing children in specialist clinics such as genetics, neurology, orthopaedics and feeding, at child development centres across the county
- providing a neuromuscular clinic with community and respiratory paediatricians
- assessing children under 11 years old for possible Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- assessing the health needs of children in care, including those going through adoption and initial health checks for looked after children
- carrying out statutory work such as child protection and safeguarding
- setting up shared care arrangements with other professionals involved in a child’s care
- completing assessments for children who need an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan and are under our service
- managing ADHD for some children with complex medical, developmental or genetic conditions.
You and your child may be seen by community consultant paediatricians, specialty doctors, junior doctors or a nurse practitioner.
Contact the children's community medical team
Children's community medical team (West)
Child Development Centre, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3ND
Telephone: 01284 741700
Children's community medical team (East)
St Helen’s House, 571 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, IP3 8LX
Telephone: 01473 321200