Allied Health
Allied Health is a Clinical Support Program of individual profession-managed allied health departments, with an appointed Chairperson. Departments within the Program are:
- Audiology (AU)
- Children's Cochlear Implant Centre (based at Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre (SCIC) at Gladesville)
- Kid's Health
- Nutrition & Dietetics (ND)
- Occupational Therapy (OT)
- Educational Play Therapy (EPL)
- Music Therapy (MT)
- Orthoptics (OP)
- Orthotics (OR)
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy (PT)
- Psychology (PS)
- Social Work (SW)
- Aboriginal Health Workers (AHEO)
- Speech Pathology (SP)
Allied Health departments accept inpatient (I/P) and outpatient (O/P) referrals from all Doctors associated with the Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW).
Contacts
| Allied Health Department |
Head of Department |
Front Desk Enquiries |
Front Desk Fax |
| Audiology |
Rose Douglas |
9845 2788 |
9845 2757 |
Cochlear Implants
Children's Cochlear Implant Centre
PO Box 188, Gladesville 2111 |
Chris Rehn |
9844 6800 |
9844 6811 |
| Kids Health |
Candace Douglass |
9845 3585 |
9845 3562 |
| Nutrition & Dietetics |
Prue Watson |
9845 2225 |
9845 2252 |
| Occupational Therapy |
Alison Jones |
9845 3369 |
9845 3685 |
| Orthoptics |
Katie Scanlon |
9845 2270 |
9845 3949 |
| Orthotics |
Sean Hogan |
9845 3679 |
9845 3539 |
| Pharmacy |
Penny Thornton |
9845 2711 |
9845 2709 |
| Physiotherapy |
Jenny Follett |
9845 3369 |
9845 3685 |
| Psychology |
Karen Munro |
9845 2005 |
9845 2009 |
| Play Therapy |
Sandra Pengilly |
9845 3369 |
9845 3685 |
| Social Work |
Lynette Biviano |
9845 2641 |
9845 2633 |
| Speech Pathology |
Jeanette Cowell |
9845 2076 |
9845 2078 |
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Allied Health clinicians assess and treat babies, children and adolescents according to need using a family centred focus.
- I/P clinicians cover all wards in the hospital.
- O/P clinicians provide therapy to the CHW local area. They also cover all the CHW O/P clinics
 as well as attending outreach clinics; and conduct home/pre-school/school visits as required.
Due to specialised equipment requirements AU, OP and OR are CHW based, though Orthoptics run screening clinics in SWAHS & SSWAHS (2 sites in conjunction with an Ophthalmologist). AU is the diagnostic service to all newborns referred from SWISH program for all of Western Sydney & 50% country NSW. CHW OR is the main Paediatric service for NSW for all levels of OR care. Modified barium swallows & soft palate studies are performed at CHW with SP and Radiology working together.
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