Bury/Bolton ME/CFS Support Group Children Services

MANCHESTER ME/CFS SERVICE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

August 2010

The Manchester ME/CFS Service for Children and Young People has successfully relocated to the new Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Since the service’s successful relocation to the new Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital they can now offer direct intervention to children and young peopleacross the whole of Greater Manchester.

This means that Children and Young People from Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport, and Trafford will also be able to access the service directly in addition to Bolton, Salford, Wigan and Manchester.

The service is really pleased to welcome Dr Sam Kannan (Consultant Paediatrician) and Kim Peak (Occupational Therapist). to the team. Their appointments bring the team to its current full complement of staff. The other members of the team are Lisa Taylor (Senior Physiotherapist), Alex Woore (Co-ordinating Clinician) and Paul Abeles (Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is also the Clinical Lead). Dr Kannan is dedicating a session a week from his full time post at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Please contact Alex Woore (Co-ordinating Clinician) on 0161 701 4516 or email her at cfs.me@cmft.nhs.uk if you wish to discuss a referral or have any questions about the service.

If you wish to speak to someone from our Support Group about the service, please contact Yvonne Leech on 0161 764 7822 or contact us.

OUT OF AREA PAEDIATRICIAN

There is a paediatrician who takes referral from out of area. The PCT can buy in her services if they have no existing children's service.

Dr Esther Crawley
Specialist ME/CFS Services for children and adolescents
Royal National Hospital for rheumatoid disease
Upper Borough Walls
Bath BA1 1RL
01225 473 425

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