Information for general Practitioners

Overview of Child Health Teams and associated resources, in Lambeth and Southwark

Each Primary Care Network (PCN) in Lambeth and Neighbourhood in Southwark has a dedicated Child Health Team.
Child Health Teams include a Children and Young People (CYP) GP lead, a named general paediatrician (from Evelina London Children's Hospital or King's College Hospital), and a specialist children's nurse.
Triage meetings are held weekly to review referrals, and in most areas the paediatrician will hold a monthly clinic in a GP surgery. If you'd like to attend a triage or clinic, check the CHILDS Framework calendar for available meetings.

You can add the CHILDS Framework calendar by clicking this link

Referral Process for the weekly triage meeting

When referring to the child health team, use the new Ardens EMIS template - SEL Child Health GP Triage Request (search for 'SEL Child Health' in template picker). Please also add the patient to the EMIS triage list for your neighbourhood or PCN. See below for GP referral guidelines.
The child health team provides advice and guidance, refers patients to specialist clinics or nursing services, or books them into monthly in-reach clinics.
If you wish for the child to be seen by the patch paediatrician, you need to indicate this in the EMIS GP referral. Please note this might increase number of children referred to the in-reach clinic, leading to longer waiting times.

Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings

Your PCN/neighbourhood may have regular MDTs which include case discussion, provide CYP-specific training, and offer education to primary care staff. Staff are encouraged to attend these meetings, with invites posted in the CHILDS Framework calendar or circulated by the CYP GP lead.

Monthly meetings and events

Child health webinars

These free webinars are co-presented by GPs and Paediatric clinicians on topics requested by GPs. Future topics and links to recordings of past webinars can be found here.

CYP Mental Health case discussions

If you would like advice on a child or young person from a CAMHS psychiatrist, you can join the drop-in session. Please email your request in advance, so the CAMHS psychiatrist can prepare their response. These occur monthly.

For Southwark North practices: 13:30-14:00 on the first Wednesday of the month.
For Southwark South practices: 14:00-14:30 on the first Wednesday of the month.
Lambeth meetings coming soon.

You can join these meetings held on MS Teams by visiting the Childs Framework calendar.

Community Paediatrics case discussion

Discussion sessions with a Community Paediatrician for clinicians, regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental, neurodisability, or other community paediatric concerns. Please email your request in advance. You can also email for advice if you cannot attend the meeting.

These take place on the first Thursday of the month from 13:30 - 14:30.

You can join the meeting held on MS Teams by visiting the Childs Framework calendar.

Additional resources

GP referral guidelines for paediatric conditions. Advice on how to refer to different paediatric specialties in Lambeth and Southwark. Click here to view the guidelines

CYP Mental health directory for Lambeth and Southwark. You can select the borough, the age of CYP, and the presentation, and the directory will provide a list of services and available resources. Click here to view the directory