Staff
- Clinical specialist paediatric physiotherapist
Ward/Area Covered
- The tertiary paediatric neurodisability service is based at the Great North Children’s Hospital and provides specialist multi-professional assessment, advice and intervention for children and young people across the North East and North Cumbria with complex motor disorder.
- We work together with locally based teams to optimise the outcomes for children young people and their families.
Conditions Covered
- Neurodisability is an umbrella term for conditions associated with impairment involving the nervous system and includes conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and learning disability.
- Many children with neurodisability have complex and continuing needs and are frequent users of health services at all levels; community, primary care, inpatient and outpatient settings.
- For some children with Neurodisability, the range of associated conditions and individual presentations means that specialist neurodisability expertise is required for accurate assessment and management. Early diagnosis and targeted interventions contribute positively to the reduction in late and potentially avoidable disability.
