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

Last updated: 12 June 2020