School nursing
We help your child to make the transition from early years settings to primary school. We support children and young people in Buckinghamshire schools and the local community with medical, social, emotional or physical needs.
Our team helps each person achieve their potential. They’re also involved with vaccinations and preparing your child for school.
Our support continues into secondary school and in some cases, college life and making the transition to adult services.
Who we are
We’re a team of multi-skilled staff who specialise in child health and wellbeing. This includes specialist community public health nurses, community nurses, child health and wellbeing advisors, and school health assistants.
We work with colleagues in our NHS Trust’s safeguarding children’s team and our health visiting team who support pre-school children.
Where we work
We work in 3 teams across Buckinghamshire:
- North Bucks (including Aylesbury and Buckingham)
- South Bucks (includes Chiltern and South Bucks)
- Wycombe
Find out which schools we cover
We see children in the most appropriate setting, for example, in their home, school or one of our clinics.
We also use social media and Facetime where needed.
Supporting your child every step of the way
Find out below what you can do to give your child a healthy start at school, and how we support each stage of your child’s school journey.
How to access our services
Download and complete the school nurse service referral form
You must include detailed information in each section of the referral.
Who can make the referral?
A parent, carer or healthcare professional.
Conditions for the referral
The child or young person:
- must be over aged 4 years 6 months and attending a mainstream school in Buckinghamshire
- can’t have similar care and support for the same reason from another service.
The referral must demonstrate:
- consistently implemented self help strategies with little positive sustained change.
- that the parent/carer has completed a relevant parenting programme and implemented the strategies with little positive sustained change.
You can’t refer a child or young person to another specialist service for an assessment at the same time.
If a child/young person has a social worker
We need a copy of the latest plan. If this isn’t available, it will delay the assessment and triage process.
Send the plan securely to schoolhealth-referrals@nhs.net We’ll add it to the child’s records for review.
Find out more information and support to get your child ready to start school on our Health4Kids: school readiness website.
A GP or paediatrician will need to refer children aged 7 or older to our bedwetting clinic.
Referral forms for the nocturnal enuresis service need to be completed by a GP or Paediatrician and can be requested from the administration team; bht.schoolhealth-referrals@nhs.net
Webinars, advice and information
Visit Healthforkids for health and advice for pre school and primary school aged children.
Visit Healthforteen for advice for young people and teens
Young people can use the ChatHealth service to access help via text
Contact
01296 838000 option 5