NHS Cleft Teams

Please Note: We do our best to keep these contact details up-to-date, but if you find any aren’t accurate or no longer work, please get in touch with us so we can correct them.

About the NHS Cleft Teams: Find out more about the clinicians in the team, as well as how to get in touch and how to get help with travel costs.

1. National Cleft Surgical Service for Scotland – Glasgow
2. Cleft Lip and Palate Service (Northern Ireland) -Belfast 
3. Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Service – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
4. Northern & Yorkshire Cleft Service – Leeds 
5. Northwest England, Isle of Man and North Wales Cleft Service – Liverpool
6. Northwest England, Isle of Man and North Wales Cleft Service – Manchester 
7. Trent Cleft Network – Nottingham
8. West Midlands Cleft Service – Birmingham
9. Cleft Net East – Cambridge
10. The Welsh Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate – Swansea
11. South West Cleft Servicety – Bristol
12. Spires Cleft Service – Salisbury 
13. Spires Cleft Service – Oxford
14. North Thames Cleft Service – London
15. The Evelina London Cleft Service – London
16. North Thames Cleft Service – Chelmsford
17. St Bartholomew’s Hospital – London

Cleft Care Ireland – Republic of Ireland

Scotland

1. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

Cleft Service National Cleft Surgical Service for Scotland
Address 1345 Govan Road, GLASGOW, G51 4TF   View Map
Phone Cleft Service Coordinator T:0141 451 6524
Email [email protected]
Adults
Email [email protected] to self-refer to the service
Website www.rhcg.org.uk/
Notes  Cleft Care Scotland is the Managed Clinical Network for those working in cleft.

Northern Ireland

2. Royal Belfast Children’s Hospital for Sick Children

Cleft Service Cleft Lip and Palate Service (Northern Ireland)
Address Adjacent to Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland   View Map
Phone Denise Scallon (Regional Cleft Co-ordinator)  phone 028 9615 5961
mobile: 07385 430707Emma Macartney (Lead Nurse for Regional Cleft Services) 07860 179418
Email

[email protected]

[email protected]

Adults
Adults can self-refer by contacting
Emma Macartney (Lead Nurse for Regional Cleft Services)
[email protected]
07860 179418 or get a referral from GP/Dentist
Website www.belfasttrust.hscni.net/service/cleft-lip-and-palate-service-northern-ireland/
Notes None

England & Wales

3. Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Cleft Service Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Service
Address Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne   View Map
Phone Stacey Marley (Cleft Coordinator)   T: 0191 2820750
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/services/plastic-and-reconstructive-surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate/www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/hospitals/royal-victoria-infirmary/
Notes None

4. Leeds General Infirmary

Cleft Service Northern & Yorkshire Cleft Service
Address Great George Street, Leeds   View Map
Phone Ms Andrea Nye (Cleft Co-ordinator)   T: 0113 3925115
Email None known
Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.leedsth.nhs.uk/services/cleft-lip-and-palate-service/
Notes None

5. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

Cleft Service Northwest England, Isle of Man and North Wales Cleft Service
Address Eaton Road, Liverpool , Merseyside, L12 2AP   View Map
Phone

Elizabeth Mors (Cleft Pathway Co-ordinator)   T: 0151 252 5209

Sandra McCosh (Cleft Pathway Co-ordinator)   T: 0151 293 3685

Email

[email protected]

[email protected]

Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.alderhey.nhs.uk/services/cleft-lip-and-palate/
Notes None

6. Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

Cleft Service Northwest England, Isle of Man and North Wales Cleft Service
Address Oxford Road, Manchester   View Map
Phone Ms Claire Richardson (Cleft Team Co-ordinator)   T: 0161 701 9091
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Notes None

7. Nottingham City Hospital

Cleft Service Trent Cleft Network
Address City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Hucknall Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 1PB   View Map
Phone Cleft Team Telephone: 0115 969 1169 and ask for Cleft Team or dial extension 79730 for the Cleft Admin Team
Email [email protected]
Adults
Please phone or email Trent Cleft Service to request Adult Self-Referral Form
Website www.nuh.nhs.uk/trent-regional-cleft-network/
Notes Cleft Network Coordinator: Charlene Saunders

8. Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Cleft Service West Midlands Cleft Service
Address City Hospital Campus, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH  View Map
Phone Natalie Matthews (Regional Cleft Manager )   T: 0121 333 8459 or 0121 333 8235
Email [email protected]
Adults
Please see the Queen Elizabeth Hospital details below.
Website www.bwc.nhs.uk/cleft-lip-and-palate/
Notes They do not have an orthodontist due to maternity leave but hope to have a locum in post in the new year.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Over 16s)

Cleft Service West Midlands Cleft Service
Address Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW View Map
Phone Karen O’Reilly (Cleft Team Secretary)   T: 0121 371 4991 or 0121 627 2000
Email  Karen.O’[email protected]
Adults
They are currently unable to see adults due to not having a Psychologist, but please still refer to the service and get added to the waiting list so it supports the service with evidence of the need for this service.
Notes Please also contact PALS to share your concern about the lack of service. Please contact CLAPA if you would like to discuss this further.

9. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Cleft Service Cleft Net East
Address Box 106, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ   View Map
Phone 01223 596 272
Email
Adults
Self-referral: please complete the form on their website and ask your GP to sign
Website www.cuh.nhs.uk/patient-information/addenbrookes-hospital-combined-cleft-clinic/
Notes None

10. Morriston Hospital, Swansea

Cleft Service The Welsh Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate
Address Morriston, Swansea, SA6 6NL  View Map
Phone 01792 703810
Email  [email protected]
Adults
For self-referral please email or phone the cleft team
Website sbuhb.nhs.wales/hospitals/a-z-services/cleft-team/
Notes None

11. University of Bristol Dental Hospital

Cleft Service South West Cleft Service
Address South West Cleft Service, Bristol Dental Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, BRISTOL   View Map
Phone Admin (Cleft Team Admin)
T: 0117 342 1177
Email [email protected]
Adults
Self-referral please email
Website www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-royal-hospital-for-children/what-we-do/the-south-west-cleft-service/
Notes None

12. Salisbury District Hospital

Cleft Service Spires Cleft Service
Address Salisbury, Wiltshire   View Map
Phone 01722 345521
New baby referrals and cleft nurse advice (8am-4pm, 7 days a week): 07500 127657. A voicemail can be left outside of these hours.
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referral through GP
Website www.spirescentre.nhs.uk/salisbury/team/
Notes None

13. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Cleft Service Spires Cleft Service
Address Headley Way, Headington, Oxford   View Map
Phone 01865 226965 / 234339 / 231450
New baby referrals and cleft nurse advice (8am-4pm, 7 days a week): 07500 127657. A voicemail can be left outside of these hours.
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.spirescentre.nhs.uk/oxford/team/
Notes None

14. Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

Cleft Service North Thames Cleft Service
Address Great Ormond Street, LONDON WC1N 3JH   View Map
Phone Martina Drozd (Cleft Secretary) or Shahena Mumin (Cleft Secretary)   T: 020 7829 7922
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.gosh.nhs.uk/wards-and-departments/departments/clinical-specialties/cleft-lip-and-palate-information-parents-and-visitors/meet-cleft-lip-and-palate-team/
Notes None

15. Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Cleft Service The Evelina London Cleft Service
Address 1st Floor, South Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH   View Map
Phone T: 020 7188 1321
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Website www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/our-services/hospital/cleft-service/team.aspx
Notes None

16. Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford

Cleft Service North Thames Cleft Service
Address

St Andrew’s Centr

East Wing, Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Chelmsford CM1 7ET   View Map

Phone Karen Wilson (Cleft Coordinator)   T: 01245 516 201
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Notes None

17. The Royal Dental London Hospital, London

Cleft Service

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Address Turner St, London E1 1FR  View Map
Phone 020 7829 7922
Email [email protected]
Adults
Referrals through GP
Notes None

Republic of Ireland

For help and support in the Republic of Ireland, contact CLAPA Ireland.

Children’s University Hospital

Cleft Service Cleft Care Ireland
Address Temple Street, Dublin 1
Phone Ms Anne McGillivary (Cleft & Craniofacial Service Manager)   T: 00 353 1 8784882/ 00 353 879888725
Email [email protected]
Adults
No extra information
Website www.cleftcareireland.ie/cleft-teams-in-ireland/chi-at-temple-street
Notes None

Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin

Cleft Service Cleft Care Ireland CHI Crumlin
Address Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, IRELAND  View Map
Phone Laura Duggan, Cleft Clinical Services Co-ordinator
Phone: 01-4162832, 087-2656897
Email [email protected]
Adults
No extra information
Website www.cleftcareireland.ie/cleft-teams-in-ireland/chi-at-crumlin
Notes None

St James’s Hospital

Cleft Service Cleft Care Ireland
Address Temple Street , Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland
Phone St. James’s Hospital
Laura Duggan, Cleft Clinical Services Co-ordinator
Phone: 01-4162831, 087-2656897
Email [email protected]
Adults
No extra information
Website www.stjames.ie/services/sacc/cleftservices/
Notes None

Please Note: We do our best to keep these contact details up-to-date, but if you find any aren’t accurate or no longer work, please get in touch with us so we can correct them.

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