The aim of the Paediatric Allergy Service at North Middlesex University Hospital is to ensure children with likely food allergy receive the correct diagnosis and appropriate management as early as possible. The service is overseen by a consultant paediatric allergy specialist, GPs with a special interest in allergy, paediatric allergy nurses and a paediatric allergy dietician, delivering the service in a multi-disciplinary clinic.

This is more than just another clinic; the allergy MDT will liaise with local GPs, health visitors and school nurses, providing education and training sessions about allergy updates. The team will also support schools/nurseries in managing allergies within their setting.

Please use this service to prevent:

• multiple visits to GPs
• multiple visits to health visitors
• referrals to a variety of secondary care services
• frequent ED/urgent care attendance
• overprescribing of hypoallergenic formula

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Prior to referral, please refer to the Haringey food allergy pathway in the clinical pathways box. All suspected cows’ milk protein-allergy patients should be started on a cows’ milk exclusion diet or prescribed appropriate extensively hydrolysed or amino acid formula.

Patients with:

• a history of reaction to food
• blood/mucus in stool with a negative C&S
• reflux not responding to Gaviscon

How to Refer

Locations

Paediatric Allergy Clinic