The North Thames Cleft Centre is based at the St Andrew’s Centre, Broomfield Hospital and Great Ormond Street for the care of adults and children with cleft lip and palate and related conditions.
Cleft lip repair and palate repair is carried out at St Andrew’s Centre, Broomfield Hospital. Sometimes patients are transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Caring for your child’s teeth after cleft repair – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-information/procedures-and-treatments/caring-your-childs-teeth-after-cleft-repair
Palate examination for parents and carers – https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-04/2015_palate_examination_-_parent_information.pdf
Nasal speech and velopharyngeal dysfunction – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/parents-and-visitors/clinical-support-services/speech-and-language-therapy/services-we-provide/nasal-speech-and-velopharyngeal-dysfunction
Speech and language development 12-24 months – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/procedures-and-treatments/speech-and-language-development-12-24-months
North Thames Cleft Service – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/wards-and-departments/departments/clinical-specialties/cleft-lip-and-palate-information-parents-and-visitors/about-north-thames-cleft-lip-and-palate-service
CLAPA – https://www.clapa.com
CRANE – https://www.crane-database.org.uk
Cleft Collective – http://www.bristol.ac.uk/dental/cleft-collective
Clinical outcomes – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/clinical-outcomes/cleft-clinical-outcomes
We only accept referrals from GPs and healthcare professionals.
Our standard is that the Clinical Nurse Specialists will aim to see new babies within 24 hours of referral. A delay in referral will prevent babies being seen and assessed (please see cleft protocol).
We aim to contact mothers following antenatal diagnosis of a baby with a cleft within 24 hours.
Send referral letters to mse.midessexcleftservice@nhs.net.
Please call the appropriate team at:
Alternatively, you can email us at mse.midessexcleftservice@nhs.net.