No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 84
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 24
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 12
  • Cleft palate only: 48
  • Pierre Robin Sequence: 13
  • With anomalies present: 17

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

  • Surgery costs: All
  • Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
  • Orthodontic costs: All

Comment on the service provision:

All services provided by NHS throughout life

Primary surgical protocol


Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 3 months

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 3 months

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Timing: 6 – 9 months

Record collection protocol


Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes

Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? Yes

Birth, 5 years, 10 years (include types of records taken and include note about craniofacial society guidance)

Intercentre Collaboration Interested


Research

Want to particpate in research? yes

Participation in inter-centre studies?

Current Research

Type(s) of software used: Excel, Access, Word, SymNose
Participation in inter-centre studies: Yes
Details of studies: Tri-Centre: West Midlands, South WalesSouth West, Spires
Participation in other collaborations (projects): Yes
Details of projects: Cleft Care UK, TOPS Trial, Cleft Collective
Research grant funding received: Yes
Details of funding: Cleft Care UK, TOPS Trial
Willing to share Powerpoint presentations:

CLINICAL Research activities you would be happy to become involved in:

Randomised clinical trials?

Inter-centre comparison of outcome?

Prospective cohort studies?

DNA collection?

LABORATORY based research you would be happy to be involved in:

Laboratory genetics/genomics research

Animal models research

Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:

Randomised clinical trials: Yes
Inter-centre comparison of outcome: Yes
Prospective study: Yes
DNA collection: Yes





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