The Hospital @ Home team consists of highly trained and experienced paediatric nurses who provide care for babies, children and young people aged 0-16 (and 16-18 year-olds with complex needs) who live in Haringey and Enfield
The H@H team aim is to care for children who are acutely unwell in their homes instead of hospital and reducing or avoiding the need for hospital admission.
tract infections, bronchiolitis, and croup)
Patients should expect to receive a phone call up to 4 hours after the referral has been made. In this call, the H@H nurse will do an initial triage and agree on a date and time of the patient's first visit. Any additional information will be provided by the nurse based on the patient’s needs.
Referrals from North Middlesex University Hospital
Patients who are currently inpatients at NMUH can be referred to the H@H team by NMUH Clinical Staff. The staff member should contact the nurse in charge to discuss patient details and then complete a referral form. The clinical responsibility will remain with the attending consultant at NMUH.
Referrals from GPs, HCPs and Community
Patients who meet our inclusion criteria from other primary care services can be referred to the H@H team by the clinician. The referral process is to contact the nurse in charge to discuss the patient and then complete a referral form. The clinical responsibility will then be held by the attending paediatric consultant at NMUH and the referrer will be updated during the admission period and upon discharge.
Any prescription required at the point of admission are the referring GP’s responsibility.
Referrals from Other Trusts
Patients who are currently inpatients at other trusts and meet our inclusion criteria can be referred to the Hospital @ Home team by Clinical Staff. The staff member should contact the H@H nurse in charge to discuss the patient’s needs and then complete a referral form upon the nurse accepting the referral verbally. The clinical responsibility will remain with the paediatric consultant from the referring team.
Referral Documents
H@H Referral Form.... [pdf] 203KB
H@H Referral Form.. - Neonatal Jaundice.pdf [pdf] 146KB
H@H Referral Form.. - POSTNATAL ANTIBIOTICS [pdf] 179KB
Referral Criteria ALL.pdf [pdf] 622KB
All referral documents to be sent to northmid.bcyphospitalathome@nhs.net
Doctors(s)
o Dr Tracy Ellenbogen – Paediatric Consultant and Clinical Lead for H@H
Nursing Team
o Malvena Benitez-Castillo – Matron for the Childrens Community Nursing Team, Clinical Nurse Specialists and the BCYP Hospital @ Home Team.
o Abigail Appiah – Interim H@H Nursing Team Leader
o Lisa Tran – H@H Senior Paediatric Nurse
o Jenny Voller - H@H Senior Paediatric Nurse
o Martyna Piras - H@H Senior Paediatric Nurse
o Rochelle Mira - H@H Senior Paediatric Nurse with special interest in Emergency Paediatric Care
Sinem Yalcin — H@H Senior Paediatric Nurse
o Heather Graham – Health Care Support Worker
Operational Team
o Timothy Cocklin – BCYP Service Manager
o Jeanette Howlett – H@H Data Systems Analyst
Opening hours:
Monday - Sunday 08:00 - 20:00 inc. Bank Holidays