Download:
Parent/carer guide to transitioning from health visiting to school nursing services (PDF, 244KB)
The Health Visiting Services are made up of 'Health Visitors'. Health Visitors are qualified nurses who hold additional specialist public health qualification. They work with a skill mix team to provide services to children, young people and families within various community settings and visits to the home (following the birth of a child).
The Health Visiting Services have an insightful influence on the lifelong health and wellbeing of young children and their families and so they support families during the crucial early years of a child’s life (0-5 years) by helping parents learn and develop the skills required to bring up their children, our health visitors help give the new generation the best possible start in life. They work with parents, their families, and community groups to promote the health and wellbeing of children between the antenatal period and the child's 5th year of age.
The teams lead on the delivery of the elements of the Healthy Child Programme (a universal preventative service, providing families with a programme of screening, immunisation, health and development reviews, supplemented by advice around health, wellbeing and parenting) in partnership with other health and social care colleagues.
When is this service available?
The service is available Mondays to Fridays 9am – 5pm, excluding Bank Holidays.
How do you access this service?
Referred to Health Visiting Services via Midwifery Services, GPs, other health service professionals and various multiagency teams e.g. social care.
People who have moved into the area recently are able to self-refer to our health visiting service.
Useful resources
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Health Matters - a confidential, interactive school nursing website designed to promote health in young people and provide a school nursing service which is accessible and visible to all.
- NHS website
- NHS: Change4Life