Paediatric endocrinology
The Paediatric Endocrinology Service provides expert care
to children and young people through outpatient clinics, during
hospital stays and via day case intervations at the Bristol Royal
Hospital for Children. We provide specialised endocrine management
input to other specialty departments,working together to care for
children with complex conditions. The
multi-disciplinary team includes specialist consultants, nurse
specialists and clinical psychologists. We provide a
network of regular clinics throughout the south west.
Our expert care in complex and rare endocrine conditions
is recognised internationally through our membership as a
healthcare provider in the European Reference Network for
Endocrinology and the European Reference Network for Rare Bone
Disease.
Conditions we care for
We have expertise in the full range of endocrine problems
occurring in children and young people, such as:
- Growth or puberty problems
- Turner syndrome
- Prader Willi syndrome
- Disorders of pituitary, adrenal, thyroid and parathyroid
glands, and hypoglycaemia
- Metabolic bone and calcium disorders such as rare forms of
rickets, XLH and hypophosphatasia
Many conditions are dealt with in our main endocrine clinics. We
also have sub-specialty clinics such as transition clinics with
adult endocrinology and adolescent gynaecology, late effects
clinics, endocrine-rheumatology clinics, endocrine-renal clinics
and skeletal dysplasia clinics.
For diabetes, obesity and osteogenesis imperfecta please see the
additional tabs above.
Consultant team
Dr Elizabeth Crowne - Lead consultant paediatric endocrinologist
and diabetologist
Dr Christine Burren - Consultant paediatric endocrinologist and
diabetologist
Dr John Barton - Consultant paediatric endocrinologist and
diabetologist
Dr Dinesh Giri - Consultant paediatric endocrinologist and
diabetologist
How to access the service
Access to the paediatric endocrinology service is by referral
from consultant or GP only.
