Your child’s health is our priority

The general paediatric clinic assesses and treats non-urgent childhood and adolescent problems: colic and excessive crying, reflux, poor feeding, sleep and weight concerns, fatigue, chest pain and enlarged lymph nodes; abdominal pain, diarrhoea and constipation; persistent cough, asthma, eczema, skin rashes, hay fever and recurrent chest, throat and sinus infections; bedwetting, recurrent urinary tract infections and puberty-related problems including heavy or absent periods; and headaches. Skin prick testing for allergies is carried out in the clinic.

Yes. You can book directly without a referral from your GP. If you intend to claim on private medical insurance, check your policy first — some insurers require a referral letter before they will authorise a consultation.

You can request a paediatric appointment online from this page, or call 020 8920 3129 and the team will arrange it with you. The price of each appointment is shown before you book, and nothing is paid online.

A standard paediatric consultation usually lasts between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the nature of the problem and how complex your child's history is.

Bring your child's medical history as far as you have it: any previous diagnoses, results of tests already done, the red book or vaccination record, and a list of any medicines your child is currently taking. Bring your questions written down as well — appointments go quickly, and it is easy to leave without asking the thing you came about.

The fee for each paediatric appointment is published on this page, on the card for that appointment, and again before you confirm a booking. There is no charge for booking and nothing is paid online. If you are claiming on private medical insurance, check what your policy covers before the appointment.

Appointments can be settled privately, and whether your policy covers a paediatric consultation depends on the policy rather than on the clinic — some insurers require a GP referral letter and pre-authorisation first. Check with your insurer before you book. Our paying with insurance page lists the insurers this clinic works with.

A skin prick test looks for immediate, IgE-mediated allergy — the type of reaction that comes on within minutes of contact. It does not detect delayed allergic reactions such as contact dermatitis, and it does not detect intolerances such as lactose intolerance. A positive result is interpreted alongside your child's history rather than on its own, and food challenges are not offered as part of this clinic.

From birth up to and including 16 years, and on a case-by-case basis for 17-year-olds. The service is for non-urgent childhood and adolescent problems; if your child needs help urgently, contact your GP, call NHS 111, or go to A&E — 999 in an emergency.

Yes. You can contact the clinic with follow-up questions after an appointment and the team will help. Anything that needs a clinical decision — a change of medicine, or a new symptom — will usually need a follow-up appointment rather than a message, because it needs a proper review.

The London Diagnostic Centre is at the rear of Grovelands Medical Centre, 1 Grovelands Road, London N13 4RJ — in London, a few minutes from Southgate, Winchmore Hill, Enfield and Wood Green, and reachable by car, bus and rail.