Children's Community Asthma Team
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Specialist support to children and young people manage their asthma and avoid hospital admissions
- Base: Kaleidoscope Centre
- Service Contact: 020 3049 3780
- Service Category: 2
- Client Age: 0-19
- Referral Criteria: LH.ccnt2@nhs.net
- Address: Kaleidoscope Centre for Children and Young People, 32 Rushey Green, Catford, SE6 4JF
- Reception phone number: 020 3049 3780 (messages can be left out of hours)
About the service
The Community Asthma Team provides specialist support to children and young people, empowering them and their families to manage their condition, preventing hospital presentations and admissions.
The team delivers a number of interventions including telephone help, home visits and review at nurse-led clinics in GP surgeries around the borough of Lewisham. They provide ongoing support, advice, health promotion and training to children, young people and their families where required.
The asthma nurses can:
- Teach you how to use inhalers correctly
- Help you understand the triggers of asthma
- Carry out home visits
- Help you understand and use your child’s asthma action plan
- Help you to recognise when your child is unwell with asthma and what medicine to give
Useful leaflets to download
How to give your inhaler with a mouthpiece spacer
Referrals
Referrals to the service can be made by phone or by emailing a referral form to the team.
We accept referrals from
- Hospital staff
- GPs
- Community staff
- Parents and carers
Children and young people referred to us must be registered with a Lewisham GP.
Please note: our service does not offer respite, continuing care or emergency care to families.