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A

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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - (ALL)

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - (ALL)

Acute Myelogenous (Myeloid) Leukaemia - (AML)

Acute Myelogenous (Myeloid) Leukaemia - (AML)

ADD/ADHD (including hyperkinetic disorder/ syndrome)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Allergies and Anaphylaxis: -

  • Allergy with a risk of anaphylaxis
  • Allergy - risk of anaphylaxis unknown or not fully assessed
  • Allergy - no risk of anaphylaxis
  • Oral allergy syndrome
  • Food intolerance
  • Angiodema
  • Hypersensitivity diseases – Other/type not known

Allergies and Anaphylaxis

Anaemia – Sickle cell anaemia

Sickle cell anaemia

Angiodema

Allergies and Anaphylaxis

Arthritis – Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Asperger syndrome

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Asthma

Asthma

Ataxic type cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

Athetoid type cerebral palsy

Attachment disorder

Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Autistic Spectrum Disorders:-

  • Aspergers syndrome

Autism including: -

  • Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD)
  • Pathological Demand Aviodance syndrome (PDA)

Autism Spectrum Disorders

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B

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Becker type muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy

Bedwetting (Enuresis)

Nocturnal Enuresis

Behavioural and Mental Disorders of children – Other

Learning Disabilities and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Blindness

Visual Impairment

Blood clotting disorders:-

  • Haemophilia A
  • Haemophilia B (Christmas disease)
  • Clotting disorder other / type not known

Haemophilia

Brain Tumours

Brain tumour

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C

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Cerebral palsy:-

  • Cerebral palsy – Athetoid
  • Cerebral palsy – Ataxic
  • Cerebral palsy – Hemiplegic
  • Cerebral palsy – Diplegic
  • Cerebral palsy – Quadriplegia
  • Cerebral palsy – Other type not known

Cerebral palsy

Child development

Normal development and Disability in children

Choroiditis (Posterior uveitis)

Visual impairment

Christmas disease (Haemophilia B)

Haemophilia

Chronic suppurative otitis media

Hearing impairment

Clotting disorder Other / type not known

Haemophilia

Coeliac disease

Coeliac disease

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Learning Disabilities / Netdoctor(CD) / Netdoctor (ODD)

and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Conductive hearing loss:-

  • Otitis media with effusion (OME)
  • Chronic suppurative otitis media
  • Conductive hearing loss due to trauma
  • Mastoiditis
  • Otitis externa – chronic
  • Otosclerosis
  • Conductive hearing loss - Other cause / cause unknown

Hearing loss

Conjunctivia/ Corneal / Eyelids/ Lacrimal apparatus diseases : -

  • Corneal ulceration
  • Entropion
  • Herpes zoster – ophthalmic
  • Keratitis
  • Keratoconus
  • Orbital cellulitis
  • Ptosis
  • Scleritis

Visual impairment

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis

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D

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Deafness

Hearing loss

Developmental Coordination disorder also known as Dyspraxia

NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Diabetes Mellitus -:

Type 1 (insulin dependent)

Type 2 (insulin and non – insulin dependent)

Diabetes Mellitus – Category unknown

Diabetes

Diplegia type cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

Double vision (Diplopia)

Visual impairment

Down’s syndrome

Learning Disabilities / NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Duchenne type muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy

Dyspraxia also known as Developmental Coordination disorder

NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Dystrophia myotonica (Myotonic Dystrophy)

Muscular dystrophy

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E

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Eczema – dermatitis type

Eczema

Enuresis (bedwetting)

Nocturnal Enuresis

Epilepsy:-

  • Generalised seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)
    • Absence seizure (Petit mal)
    • Atonic seizure
    • Clonic seizure
    • Myoclonic seizure
    • Tonic seizure

Tonic-clonic seizure (Grand mal) primary or secondary

Epilepsy

  • Generalised seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
    • Absence seizure (Petit mal)
    • Atonic seizure
    • Clonic seizure
    • Myoclonic seizure
    • Tonic seizure

Tonic-clonic seizure (Grand mal) primary or secondary

  • Partial seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months
    • Complex partial seizure
    • Complex partial seizure evolving to generalised tonic-clonic seizure

Simple partial seizure

  • Partial seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
    • Complex partial seizure
    • Complex partial seizure evolving to generalised tonic-clonic seizure

Simple partial seizure

  • Seizure - unclassified
  • Non epileptic attack disorder (pseudoseizure)

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F

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Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy

Fragile X syndrome

Learning Disabilities

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G

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Generalised epileptic seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)

Epilepsy

Generalised epileptic seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)

Global Developmental Delay

Learning Disabilities

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H

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Haemolytic disorders -:

  • Sickle cell anaemia
  • Haemolytic disorder – Other / type not known

Sickle cell anaemia

Haemophilia A

Haemophilia

Haemophilia B (Christmas disease)

Hearing disorders:-

Conductive hearing loss:-

  • Otitis media with effusion (OME)
  • Chronic suppurative otitis media
  • Conductive hearing loss due to trauma
  • Mastoiditis
  • Otitis externa – chronic
  • Otosclerosis
  • Conductive hearing loss - Other cause / cause unknown

Hearing loss

Mixed hearing loss:-

Hearing loss - mixed

Hearing loss

Sensorineural hearing loss

  • Congenital deafness / Pre lingual
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Menieres disease
  • Presbyacusis
  • Sensorineural hearing loss due to Trauma
  • Sensorineural hearing loss - Other causes of / type not known

Hearing loss

Hearing & balance - Disease affecting hearing & balance – Other / type not known

Hearing loss

Hemiparesis type cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

Hip disorders:-

  • Congenital dislocation of hip
  • Perthes disease

Perthes disease

Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus

Hyperkinetic disorder/syndrome (includes ADD/ADHD)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Hypersensitivity diseases -:

  • Allergy with a risk of anaphylaxis
  • Allergy - risk of anaphylaxis unknown or not fully assessed
  • Allergy - no risk of anaphylaxis
  • Oral allergy syndrome
  • Food intolerance
  • Angiodema
  • Hypersensitivity diseases – Other/type not known

Allergy and anaphylaxis

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I

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Incontinence (not Enuresis/Bedwetting) – Other / type not known

Nocturnal Enuresis

Incontinence - stress

Incontinence - urge

Inflammatory arthritis - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Iritis (Anterior uveitis)

Visual Impairment

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J

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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L

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Labyrinthitis

Hearing loss

Learning disabilities (general)-:

  • ADD / ADHD (including hyperkinetic disorder/syndrome)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Down’s syndrome

Learning Disabilities

NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

  • Fragile X syndrome

Learning Disabilities

  • Learning disability general – Other / type not known e.g. -:
    • Cri du chat syndrome
    • Foetal Alcohol syndrome
    • Global Development Delay
    • Hurler’s syndrome
    • Klinefelter syndrome
    • Lesch-Nyan syndrome
    • Prader-Willi syndrome
    • Sturge-Weber syndrome
    • Tay-Sachs disease
    • Turner’s syndrome
    • Trisomy syndromes

Refer to Learning Disabilities guidance

Medline Plus

NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Learning disorders (Specific) -:

  • Speech or language disorders e.g.
    • Dysphonia
    • Stammer / Stutter

Speech or language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

  • Dyspraxia -

also known as Developmental coordination disorder

NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Leukaemia lymphoblastic – acute (ALL)

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - (ALL)

Leukaemia myeloid – acute (AML)

Acute Myelogenous (Myeloid) Leukaemia - (AML)

Limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy

Long sightedness (Hypermetropia)

Visual Impairment

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M

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Mastoiditis

Hearing loss

Menieres disease

Mental and Behavioural disorders of childhood - other/ type not known e.g.

  • Foetal Anticonvulsant syndrome
  • Attachment disorder

Learning Disabilities and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Mixed hearing loss

Hearing loss

Muscular Dystrophy -:

  • Becker type muscular dystrophy
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
  • Limb girdle muscular dystrophy
  • Muscular dystrophy – Other / type not known

Muscular dystrophy

Myotonic Dystrophy (Dystrophia myotonica)

Muscular dystrophy

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N

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Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma

Nocturnal Enuresis

Nocturnal Enuresis

Non epileptic attack disorder (Pseudoseizure)

Epilepsy

Normal development in children

Normal development and Disability in children

Nystagmus

Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

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O

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Conduct disorder (including Oppositional defiant disorder)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Learning Disabilities / Netdoctor(CD) / Netdoctor (ODD)

and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Oral allergy syndrome

Allergy and anaphylaxis

Otitis externa – chronic

Hearing loss

Otitis Media with effusion (OME)

Otosclerosis

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P

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Pancreatic disease -:

  • Diabetes mellitus Type 1 (insulin dependent)
  • Diabetes mellitus Type 2 (insulin & non insulin dependent)
  • Diabetes mellitus (category unknown)

Diabetes

Papulosquamous and inflammatory rashes -:

Eczema – dermatitis type

Eczema

Urticaria

Allergy and anaphylaxis

Partial epileptic seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)

Epilepsy

Partial epileptic seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)

Perthes disease

Perthes disease

Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD)

Autism spectrum disorders

Prematurity

  • Complications of prematurity e.g.

Acute Respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) / Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants

Prematurity in babies

Presbyacusis

Hearing loss

Pseudoseizure (Non epileptic attack disorder)

Epilepsy

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Q

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Quadriplegia type cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

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S

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Scleritis

Visual Impairment

Seizure (Epileptic) – unclassified

Epilepsy

Sensorineural hearing loss - :

  • Congenital deafness
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Menieres disease
  • Presbyacusis
  • Sensorineural hearing loss – due to trauma
  • Causes of sensorineural hearing loss - Other / cause not known
  • Sensorineural hearing loss – due to trauma

Hearing loss

Short-sightedness (Myopia)

Visual Impairment

Sickle cell anaemia

Sickle cell anaemia

Specific childhood learning disorders -:

  • Speech or language disorders – Other / type not known e.g.
    • Dysphonia
  • Stammer / Stutter

Speech or language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

  • Dyspraxia -

also known as Developmental coordination disorder

 

Spina bifida

Spina bifida

Still’s disease (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis)

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Strabismus (Squint)

Visual Impairment

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U

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Urinary incontinence -:

  • Stress incontinence
  • Urge incontinence
  • Urinary overflow
  • Urinary incontinence (not Enuresis/Bedwetting)- Other / type not known

Nocturnal Enuresis /

NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration

Urinary overflow

Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Urticaria

Allergy and anaphylaxis

Uveitis (Chorioretinal disorder) -:

  • Anterior Uveitis (iritis)

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

  • Posterior Uveitis (choroiditis)
  • Uveitis (chorioretinal disorder) - Other / type not known

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V

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Vertigo

Hearing loss

Visual disorders:-

Cataract

Visual Impairment

Diseases of conjunctiva, cornea, eyelids and lacrimal apparatus:-

  • Corneal ulceration
  • Entropion
  • Herpes zoster - ophthalmic
  • Keratitis
  • Keratoconus
  • Orbital cellulitis
  • Ptosis
  • Scleritis
  • Conjunctiva, cornea, eyelids and lacrimal apparatus - Other diseases of / type not known

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Diseases of the retina and optic nerve:-

  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Hypertensive retinopathy
  • Macular degeneration
  • Optic atrophy
  • Optic neuritis
  • Retinal artery occlusion
  • Retinal detachment
  • Retinal vein occlusion
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa
  • Retinopathy - Other / type not known
  • Retina and optic nerve - Other diseases of / type not known

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Disorders of eye movement :-

  • Nystagmus
  • Strabismus (Squint)
  • Eye movement - Other disorders of / type not known

Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Refractive errors:-

  • Astigmatism
  • Hypermetropia (long-sighted)
  • Myopia (short-sighted)
  • Presbyopia
  • Refractive errors - Other / type not known

Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Uveitis-:

  • Anterior Uveitis (iritis)
  • Posterior (choroiditis)
  • Chorioretinal disorders - Other / type not known

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Visual field defects:-

  • Amblyopia
  • Cortical blindness
  • Diplopia (double vision)
  • Hemianopia
  • Quadrantanopia
  • Scotoma
  • Tunnel vision
  • Visual field defects - Other / type not known

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

Vitreous disease:-

  • Posterior vitreous detachment
  • Vitreous haemorrhage
  • Vitreous disease - Other / type not known

Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary

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W

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Wilms tumour

Wilms tumour

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