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We provide a tertiary paediatric infectious disease and immunology service, based in the University Department of Paediatrics, for the Thames Valley area, Northamptonshire and parts of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
The service provided includes:
The department includes the Oxford Vaccine Group, which carries out clinical trials for evaluation of new and improved vaccines.
The paediatric infectious disease service is based in the Children's Hospital, on the John Radcliffe Hospital site.
Initial contact with this service should be made via your GP.
The Oxford Vaccine Group is based at the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine at the Churchill Hospital.