School Nursing Service
The school nursing service provides a health service to children and young people in schools, other educational establishments and children out of school.
Led by specialist school nurse team leaders; they work all year round, including during the school holidays.
The service is confidential.
Core services in all schools:
- Ad hoc health assessments: relating to concerns around child protection and child in need reviews
- Health screening
- Care plans for children with additional health needs, for example diabetes, asthma and epilepsy
- Children with special needs: supporting parents and advising teaching staff
Primary schools
- Targeted school entry health assessments
- Childhood measurement programme: reception and year six
- Working with teaching staff to deliver personal, social and health education (PSHE)
- Classroom based health promotion sessions
- Parenting support at home and school
- Healthy weight specialist nurses to support children aged 5-12 who have been identified as being above a healthy weight. (Email: gst-tr.healthyweight@nhs.net Tel: 020 3049 3994)
Secondary schools
- Confidential school nurse drop-in sessions
- Working with teaching staff to deliver personal, social and health education (PSHE)
- Health promotion – providing advice on a range of topics, including: sexual health, smoking, maintaining a healthy body weight, drugs and alcohol
- ChatHealth – a confidential school nurse messaging service for young people aged 11-19 years
Additional services
- Supporting vulnerable children – children at risk, children in need, special needs population
- Bladder and bowel clinics
- Specialist nurses for childhood obesity (Email: gst-tr.healthyweight@nhs.net Tel: 020 3049 3994)
Referrals
If you would like to make a referral to School nursing service:
www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/our-services/community/school-nursing-service/referrals