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Provides dental care for pre-school children, school children, those with special needs, learning disabilities, medical problems or severe anxiety and any other clients who are unable to find a dentist.
Clinics are available at Arthur's Hill Clinic (check website), Kenton Health Centre, Molineux Street NHS Centre and Walker Centre. You can contact the service directly.
The community dental department provides a full range of dental treatment for patients who are residents of Newcastle and who fit one or more of the following criteria:
We are one of only two centres in the UK dedicated to treating children with immune system deficiencies.
Our pioneering new treatments enable children to lead normal, healthy lives free of all medication.
Part of the children’s immunology service, we are recognised as one of the leading clinical research units in Europe for children’s immunology and infectious diseases.
This includes Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome (SCIDS) and bone marrow transplants.
The children and young people’s haematology and oncology service, cares for children and young people under the age of 21 who have cancer, leukaemia and other related diseases.
Our department is one of the largest, most advanced in the UK, providing a comprehensive range of leading edge oncology services, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
We are the Regional Treatment Centre for all of the Northern region, treating patients from Teesside to Newcastle, and Northumberland to Cumbria.
Our children’s community nursing service provides specialist care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years.
We aim to help you and your child to lead a fulfilling everyday life. We work to keep hospital admissions to a minimum by providing modern nursing care and support for your child and family in your own home.
This can include:
The children’s ear, nose and throat (ENT) service is for young patients, from newborn to 16 years old.
Conditions we treat
We provide services to treat common childhood ENT complaints such as:
- persistently runny or blocked noses
- breathing problems
- throat infections
- nasal speech
- snoring.
This might include procedures such as:
We are a registered charity set up in 1990 in Newcastle upon Tyne, at a time when the North East had the worst levels of child health in the country (Government report Health of the Nation 1990).
Our children’s gastroenterology and nutrition unit cares for children with disorders of the gut, liver and pancreas, as well as children with nutritional problems.
Based at the Great North Children’s Hospital, our team includes:
- expert consultants
- specialist dieticians
- paediatric pharmacists
- highly-trained paediatric nurses.
We provide a wide range of diagnostic and treatment services for children from across northern England.
Our dermatology department is child friendly and we have a highly skilled team of Nurse Specialists and a Nursery Nurse to help distract our young patients.
We know that coming into hospital can often be upsetting for children and their parents. To help make your child’s experience as stress free as possible, we have a special clinic just for children in our Dermatology Outpatient Department.
Most of our patients are referred to us by GPs, but we also see patients from other hospitals across the region.
The Little Orange Book helps parents of under-fives with practical information about common childhood conditions. Distributed to all new mums in Newcastle and Gateshead through health visitors, this little gem helps parents and carers to recognise and respond to a range of common diseases, illnesses and conditions as well as pointing you to the most appropriate service if you need further support.
Welcome to Healthier Together – a great place to find accurate and trusted NHS healthcare advice in the North East and North Cumbria.
All the information on the Healthier Together site has been checked by clinicians, to ensure we offer the best advice for parents, carers, young people and health professionals.
You can find everything from pregnancy tips and advice on poorly babies to 'should my child go to school today?' or emotional wellbeing for young people, and we're regularly adding new topics.
Jellytots Pre-School work in partnership with Parent and Carers. We provide a safe, caring, creative environment.
The preschool is situated within the Blakelaw and Cowgate Families Matter Community Hub located on Lindfield Avenue nest door to Thomas Walling Primary School. Children have access to a wide range of developmentally appropriate good quality toys and equipment. We have At Home Bags that allow parents/carers to help their children continue their learning in their home environment. Staff are all qualified in Early Years with some staff having qualifications of Level 4 and above.
We provide a warm and friendly environment for children to reach their full potential by offering an extensive variety of play opportunities, covering all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Including role play, exploration area, maths area and sand/ water play.
We provide a happy stimulating, stable and safe environment where every child feels secure and valued using guidance from the underlying principles of the EYFS.
Riverview Kindergarden is a not for profit community organisation, based in a purpose built kindergarden facility in the West End of Newcastle. It is easy accessible by car or public transport.
Full or part-time places and hours to suit your needs.
This pre-school playgroup opened in February 2015 for children from 2 years to school age. We are situated in Woodlands Children's Centre, High Heaton, a purpose built children's centre next to Heaton Library and the Spinney. We offer a fun and stimulating environment with superb indoor and outdoor spaces for the children to play. Our staff are enthusiastic and professional with lots of experience of early years childcare. Sessions run 5 days a week
We are located inside Kingston Park Community Centre. We are close to Kingston Park Metro station and shopping centre. We have a large main hall and a lovely all weather outdoor area.
We offer educational childcare for children aged 2 - 4 years.
We encourage outdoor play every session. During outdoor play children learn about the world around them. They are free to explore at their own pace, as well as try out new experiences during planned activities.
We are an OFSTED registered pre-school setting with a Good outcome, based within Fawdon Community Centre offering 2 and 3 year funded places. We are open 21 hours per week so parents can also use a percentage of 30 hour funding with us.
We are open Monday to Friday 9.15am to 12.15pm and also Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 12.15pm to 3.15pm (term-time only)
Little Learners (NE) are an OFSTED registered setting in The Blakelaw Centre which opened in September 2019 following the success of our preschool in Fawdon
We offer 15 hour funded places for pre-school children. We offer fun-filled days in a large setting with outdoor play area under the care of qualified staff
Plantpots Playgroup/Preschool is an Ofsted registered nursery for children aged 2-5 years. Based at the Great Park Community Centre in Gosforth we are both Montessori-inspired and encourage children to learn through play with an emphasis on freeflow outdoor play.
We are open from 9am-3pm, Monday to Friday, term time only, and offer wrap around care from 8-9am (breakfast included)
St Martin's Centre Nursery offers high quality care and education and a wide range of exciting and challenging play opportunities to help each child learn and develop to their full potential.
The nursery operates during term time, offering flexible sessions between the hours of 8.45am and 3.30pm to children aged 2 to 5 years.
We are delighted to report our recent Ofsted inspection rated us 'good' with outstanding features.
We provide Early years foundation stage education to children age 2 to school starting age. We are a friendly, easily accessible setting who accept children of all abilities and cultures.
We provide a safe and fun environment where children thrive and prepare for their next transition.
We are based within the Denton and Westerhope Sure Start Building. We have an enclosed part-covered outdoor area, We now have a new enclosed outdoor area at the front of the building with a mud kitchen plus a grassed area with a pirate boat, steering sit on frame, slide and picnic benches. We have 10 staff and are open for 5 mornings and 5 afternoons sessions term time only. We also offer some full time places as well for older children.
We have a wide range of equipment including soft play equipment and a smart board.
Ofsted rated us
Quality of teaching, learning and assessment OUTSTANDING 1
Outcomes for children OUTSTANDING 1
Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2
Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2
Our aim is to create the best starting point for your child’s education in a happy friendly environment.
Our fabulous outside area!!
Sessions are 9.00am to 12.00noon/2pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
We do however provide wrap around care, 5 days a week M-F, 8am-6pm, please speak to Gillian for further details.
Go Far is an Ofsted registered childcare provider. We pride ourselves on our outdoor provision and excellent staff!
We aim to provide you with high quality, affordable child care, in a safe, secure and fun environment, which enables your child to grow and develop.
We work towards the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and cover the seven areas of development.
Free play where children choose from several activities. Healthy snack time. Song time. Physical activity time. Story time. Circle time. Indoor and outdoor play. Computer room. Gardening.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday open 9am until 3pm, and children bring a pack lunch.