Paediatric day-case service at Spire Shawfair Park Hospitals

Our private paediatric day-case surgery service launched in 2010 and is available at Shawfair Park Hospital. Children of all ages can be seen as out-patients and day-case surgery is available for children aged three and up. Children aged 13 and above can be seen for day-case surgery or for in-patient, overnight stays at Spire Murrayfield Hospital.

Appointments are available on Saturdays for surgical treatment at Shawfair Park, which may include circumcision, grommets and hernia repair.

Our Specialist Paediatric Consultants are: 

• Consultant Paediatric Surgeons Mr Gordon MacKinley and Mr Fraser Munro
• Consultant Ophthalmologist Dr Alan Mulvihill
• Consultant ENT Surgeons Mr Michael Armstrong, Mr Ray Kelleher, Mr Stephen Moralee and Mr Alex Bennett
• Consultant Plastic Surgeons Mr Awf Quaba and Mr Ken Stewart
• Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist Dr David Mitchell
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons Mr Daniel Porter and Mr Mark Gaston.

Gastroenterology

Dr David Mitchell sees children aged 0-16 years for a broad range of gastrointestinal concerns, including: 

• Vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhoea
• Constipation
• Feeding difficulties
• Food intolerance
• Complex nutritional issues
• Failure to thrive
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Coeliac disease
• Childhood liver disease