Children's Centre

Reviews

1. Kerry Adsett ★☆☆☆☆

   Worthing child.development centre. What can I say ,if I could.leave a zero star then I would. We originally were referred to speech and language ,Susan o brien And also the paediatrician sinead Doyle Immediately they were trying to brush aside our child's struggles. We knew he had speech delay,sensory problems and a strong feeling that our son was on the autistic spectrum Our son was not given any speech therapy and was on several occasions kept under them for a further 6 month wait. This happened until he was discharged at 5 and a half. Bearing in mind Susan gave him no speech therapy. Dr sinead Doyle brushed aside every problem. We raised eye contact,reluctant to mix with others ,stimming, anxiety,she left us on the list until January 2024 with no help or answers but said he didn't reach there criteria( which she didn't even asess him). Susan o brien came to the house which escalated our son to have a big meltdown as he was being asked too many questions and was overwhelmed She turned and said to me.o school will sort him out. Please parents if you know your child.has alot of traits of autism ,trust your gut instinct. Anyway school has been very difficult.for our son,was diaognosed with spd,the best help.were the occupational therapy team worked with him and they were great. I fought for help for our son and our g.p referred him to a private team Today we finally got our sons autism diaognosis. I will never go to the child development team and they are letting children down by refusing them an asessment. We knew he is on the spectrum and so pleased we got his diaognosis. Worthing child development team need to listen to parents and actually need to know that the spectrum in vast .

   1 year ago
2. Sharon Cummings ★☆☆☆☆

   After moving to Worthing from Brighton - where frankly the children’s services were amazing, we have had a bit of a culture shock. After several visits to new GP, we were referred to Worthing Hospital’s Child Development Centre. Apart from one session with a helpful OT, we have had no follow up and a panel met to decide we require no further input. This is completely contradictory to advice given by a private consultant we saw. Worthing needs to prioritise more funding for families and children’s services, as it is no longer just an older population who reside here. Not impressed, am afraid. Clearly by reading the other reviews, am not alone.

   almost 4 years ago
3. Andrew Marr ★★★★★

   Seen quickly by gentle and caring staff! My 10 year old son was referred here for a blood test. Naturally he was a bit nervous but the staff were very understanding and prepared for worried patients. I was tempted to dock a star for the car park which is a bit confusing and over crowded but that would be mean.

   more 9 years ago

1. Mike Slade ★☆☆☆☆

   If you and your GP are concerned about anything that is refereed to the Children's Center If you love and care about your child GO PRIVATE If you don't love you child so are happy with your child being dealt with really slowly with a cavalier attitude. then if your child is ill and referred to the children's center, you will reach an ANSWERPHONE with a offer to phone you back... If you are referred for child blood test, phone the answer machine and ask for appointment, they do these a couple of days a week. You can wait up to the "maximum allowed by law to keep you waiting" as West Sussex don't care that much about children as maybe the trust and the managers have forgotten they they were once children... and no hurry as maybe they believe that your child isn't really ill. If they are then they would be admitted to A&E.... The answer is GO PRIVATE or see you MP

   more 10 years ago

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