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Anaesthesia

The Paediatric Anaesthetic department at Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ Children’s Hospital provides anaesthesia and pain relief services for children and young people from birth to adolescence.

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We cover all surgical specialties within the hospital, in addition to 24 hour on-call emergency cover. We also provide anaesthesia for Renal and Liver Transplant surgery as well as Cardiac non-transplant surgery.

Approximately 12,000 anaesthetic procedures are carried out per year.

What we do

Anaesthetists are specialist doctors who give the anaesthetic and look after the health of your child during surgery.

We are also closely involved with your child’s pain relief after surgery. There are 27 permanent consultants within the department, each with their own specialist interest. We also play a leading role in education and training.

Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists and their special interests:

Here’s a list of our Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists and what they specialise in.  

  • Dr N Bhatia – Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia
  • Dr Alison Bliss – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Carol Bodlani – Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia
  • Dr Owen Boyle – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Rory Colhoun – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Gillian Davies – Paediatric Anaesthesia & Lead Clinician
  • Dr Matthew Devall – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Louise Flynn – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Dan Gilpin – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Elinor Harrison – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Tim Haywood – PICU/Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Rachel Homer – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Duncan Johnson – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Sharon Johnston – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Wendy Lim – Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Nalini Malarkkan – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Tom Miller -Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Joe Mellor – Cardiac  Anaesthesia
  • Dr Julia O’Keeffe – Paediatric Anaesthesia   
  • Dr Bev Parker – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Edward Rothera – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Jutta Scheffczik – Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia
  • Dr Mohamed Suliman – Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Beate Schmeltze-Lubiecki – Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Dr Mark Wiggington – Paediatric Anaesthesia 
  • Dr Juliet Wolfe-Barry – Paediatric Anaesthesia  

If you’d like to contact the team please email Gillian Davies – Lead Clinician: [email protected]

If your child requires a general anaesthetic, an anaesthetist will visit you before the procedure to discuss your child’s anaesthetic. We need to find out about your child’s general health, previous experiences of anaesthesia, any medicines your child is taking and any allergies they may have.

This is a good time to talk about any particular concerns you may have about the anaesthetic.

Information for children, parents and carers

You can find more information and videos about having an anaesthetic on . We think you might find these videos useful for a child or young person having an anaesthetic.

There are also resources on the Ìý·É±ð²ú²õ¾±³Ù±ð.

Contact us

Anaesthetic Department
Sunshine Corridor
Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ General Infirmary
Old site
Great George St
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LS1 3EX

Tel:
0113 392 8819
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