Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit at St George's Hospital

The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (PIDU) at St George’s Hospital provides a regional service for the care of children with complex infectious diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis and immunodeficiency.

PIDU Services at St George’s include:

• Large in-patient regional PID ward-based unit, with HEPA lamina flow cubicles for MDR TB.
• Rapid Access PID service, where children can be assessed for complex paediatric infectious diseases within 48 hours.
• A wide range of Specialist out-patient clinics, including HIV, TB, PID, Primary Immunodeficiency, Vaccine advice, Hepatitis, Congenital Infection.
• 24 hour, 365 day/year out-of-hours PID Consultant Provision, with an active PID Consult service to the region.

The PIDU at St George’s is:

• A National training centre for paediatric infectious diseases, formally recognised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
• The formally commissioned lead provider in England within a National network for children with HIV. This service is family-centred, and includes a wide multi-disciplinary team (psychologist, dietician and specialist nurses, including a HIV nurse consultant).