Health Conditions
The Contact website hosts an A-Z directory of conditions. If a medical condition is not on their list, they may still be able to help. Call their helpline on 0808 808 3555.
Getting a Diagnosis
Once you realise your child may have a learning difficulty or health problem, getting a diagnosis might be the next step.
You can discuss your concerns about your child’s development with your health visitor. You can also discuss your concerns about your child with your general practitioner (GP).
Your GP may refer your child to a paediatrician, someone who specialises in conditions affecting children and young people. They in turn may refer your child to a consultant who specialises in a particular area of medicine. If your child has lots of symptoms, they might be referred to different specialists to see if any of them can make a diagnosis.
Other health professionals may be involved in assessing your child and how well they can cope with certain activities. For example, speech and language therapists (SALTs), physiotherapists and occupational therapists (OTs).
Contact has useful information all about getting a diagnosis which you can read here.
How to request an Autism/ADHD Assessment
After noticing signs that you or your child may be autistic/ADHD, you may want to discuss this and seek the support and advice of your GP or other relevant health care or education professional. (In Bexley, it is normally the education setting that will do the initial referral.)
What is 'Right to Choose'?
In England, patients have a legal Right to Choose who provides their healthcare. Click here to read more on the NAS website.
The Local Offer
You can read more about getting a diagnosis on the Local Offer website page.
Health Services
Children's Health Services
Including Paediatrics, Speech and Language, Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Community Nursing and Physiotherapy Teams.
Click on the Local Offer for details of all services.
Bexley 0-19 Children’s Healthcare service
The Bexley 0 to 19 Children's Public Health Service offers tailored guidance support to families and partner services who work with children and young people, through Health Visitors and School Nurses.
Speech and Language Support
Find out more here
Health services including CAMHS, wellbeing, GPs, dentists, diagnosis, school nursing, PALS, vision and hearing impairment services and 0-19 Team.
​Bexley Local Offer - Health and Wellbeing section
Community Adult Services
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London, find out more here.
Hospice Care
Mental Health
Find out where you can get support for mental health for you or your child/young person by clicking on the buttons below:
Hospital Passport
For people with learning disabilities coming into hospital to make staff aware of individual needs.
Click on the green button to download a blank hospital passport. This passport is from the Community Learning Disability Nurse (Transition LD nurse for Bexley) at The Adult Learning Disability Team, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.