Community Paediatric Neurodevelopmental service - North Lancashire

We are a team of doctors who specialise in assessing and managing children and young people (0-19 years) who have developmental problems or disability and are registered with a north Lancashire GP. The team work closely with other health professionals such as GPs, therapists, nurses, health visitors, hospital doctors, psychologists and mental health workers as well as staff from other agencies such as education and social care. We provide the following services for Children and Young people with additional needs:

• Pre-school service for children where there are concerns about delayed or atypical development including neurological conditions, cerebral palsy, complex neuro-disability, syndromes with associated developmental difficulty such as Down’s syndrome, social communication problems including Autism
• Medical assessment advice for Education Health Care Plans for children with identified special educational needs
• Liaison advice for children with medical conditions under review by our service
• Medical assessment advice for Children Looked After or undergoing Adoption
• School age service for children attending special schools as required (Morecambe Road School, Loyne School, Bleasdale School)
• School age service for children with Autism already known to our service