Regional Guidelines for the Antenatal Diagnosis and Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
High risk:
Sister Stephenson should be notified when the baby is delivered and will arrange for the cleft lip/palate team to visit the patient and her baby in their Maternity Unit within 48 hours. Where facial clefts are diagnosed postnatally, the cleft Lip/Palate team should be contacted and will also visit the patient and baby within 48 hours
Sister Eileen Stephenson, Cleft Lip/Palate Coordinator
RVI: 0191 2325131 Ext. 24562, Radiopager – 07669 033541
Miss Carolyn Reid, Consultant Plastic Surgeon,
RVI: - 0191 2325131 Ext. 24145
Mr Peter Hodgkinson, Consultant Plastic Surgeon,
RVI: 0191 2325131 Ext. 24145
All units should have the manual "Cleft Lip and Palate – A Guide for Health Professionals" on the delivery suite or SCBU. This is donated to all maternity units by CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association) and provides general information, contact numbers, information on treatment programmes, guidance on feeding and information leaflets for parents.
CLAPA:- 235-237 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LS.
Tel No. 020 74310033.
E-mail: clapa@cwcom.net)
Face the Future are based in the North East and also offer excellent advice and counselling.
Tel No. 0191 2212180
Mobile Tel No. 0791 363183
Regional leaflets (with contacts, pictures) etc. should also be available (currently being drawn up)
There should be a link obstetrician/midwife within each unit to give accurate information to the parents.
This guideline was drawn up by the Special Interest Group in Maternal/Fetal Medicine, Northern deanery. Queries about this guideline or problems arising from its use should be directed to Dr P.J. Marsden University Hospital of North Durham Tel: 0191 3332333 E-mail: philippa_marsden@hotmail.com
P Marsden – August 2001
Date for review – August 2004