Cambridgeshire Community Paediatrics

We are a small specialist medical service led by community paediatricians. We see children with long-term complex physical health needs and children who need regular health monitoring for their underlying condition.

We provide medical care to children with medical needs in special education schools as well as children in care.

We also undertake short-term assessments and diagnoses of neurodevelopmental conditions in children up to 11 years old. Our team can provide assessments for:

• Social Communication
• Attention and Hyperactivity out of keeping with developmental level
• Medical assessment of a child who has a significant learning disability
• Mixed neurodevelopmental difficulties which are complex/overlapping and affecting a child's function in school

Read more in our guidance on referral information required for neurodevelopmental conditions.  

We often work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, caring for your child across multiple services and organisations which may include Team Around the Family (TAF) processes. Your identified paediatrician will decide on attendance at these meetings according to your child's needs and workload capacity. Community paediatricians cannot always attend TAF meetings or act as lead professionals but they will work to ensure all relevant and up to date information about your child is shared with the team. 

Read more about the Think Family approach.

Waiting times can vary depending on the who you are seeing and the reason why your child is seeing us. Sometimes people have had to wait for longer than a year.

Read more about local resources and support

The causes of the delay

The delay for an appointment is due to a variety of different things including:

• increasing demand for autism spectrum disorder assessment and complex health care needs
• a 60% increase in accepted referrals on the previous year
• national and local shortage of community paediatricians
• growing population 

For a range of services available locally to support your child, young person and family, read our information on resources and local support.

For information about transitions in healthcare, find support and advice on our transitions in healthcare page. 

• Administrators are very skilled NHS professionals that provide all the organisational support for the clinical teams. They are also the friendly voices at the other end of the phone when contacting the service.
• Paediatricians assess and diagnose children with developmental difficulties, hearing disabilities and complex disabilities. They work with education professionals and other professionals to support children with additional needs in education. 

We work across Cambridgeshire and see children in a clinic setting. Clinics are held across Cambridge, Huntingdon and Fenland in medical centres, hospitals and special schools.  

Cambridge clinic locations:

• The Peacock Centre, Brookfield's Campus, Cambridge
• Child Development Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
• Ely Children’s Centre
• Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely
• Castle School
• Granta School
• Highfield Ely Academy
• Impington Village College
• Meldreth Manor (Residential only)

Huntingdon and Fenland clinic locations:

• Oak Tree Centre, Huntingdon
• Alan Conway Clinic, Doddington
• Children's Department, North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech
• Hinchingbrooke Hospital
• Meadowgate Academy
• Samuel Pepys School
• Spring Common Academy