Haematology

The haematology service based at the Yorkshire Regional Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Unit offers secondary and tertiary care for children with all haematology disorders from across West and North Yorkshire and Humberside.

It includes four Consultants, Professor Sally Kinsey, Dr. Mike Richards and Dr. Beki James and junior haematology medical staff.

It includes a regional comprehensive care haemophilia centre and a comprehensive thalassaemia and haemoglobinopathy centre.

There are weekly clinics for most disorders; rare disorders such as bone marrow failure syndromes are seen in specialised clinics including clinics for Shwachman Diamond syndrome and other bone marrow failure syndromes.

The outpatient department is based in the Children's Haematology and Oncology Day Unit in Clarendon Wing at the Leeds General Infirmary, shared care is also provided to regional centres.