School Nurse
Great Wood’s School nurse is currently Rachel Proctor.
As Link Nurse, she will provide oversight of key School Health programmes, including the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and the School Health Needs Assessment (SHNA).
How the School Nursing Team Can Help
The School Nursing Team can provide support and advice for a range of health concerns, including:
- Bedwetting
- Soiling and constipation
- Sleep difficulties and bedtime routines
- Low-level emotional health concerns, such as friendships, puberty and body changes
- Managing low-level behavioural concerns, including boundaries and routines
- Personal hygiene support
- Head lice management
- Healthy diet and nutrition support (if there are concerns that a child is significantly underweight, please signpost to the GP in the first instance)
- Audiology referrals, where appropriate (please ensure any underlying medical conditions have first been ruled out by the GP)
- Special Care Dentistry referrals, where appropriate
This list is not exhaustive. If you are unsure whether a concern is suitable for the School Health Team, please contact our Duty Line for advice. If we are not the most appropriate service, we will help signpost you to the relevant professional or service.
School Health Drop-In Sessions
School Health will be delivering drop-in sessions via the One Stop Shops to provide parents more opportunity to access us face to face in a place and time more convenient to them with reduced impact on schools.
www.lancsyoungpeoplefamilyservice.co.uk
Select “Our Services”, then “School Nursing” for further information.
Free Monthly Parent Webinars
Sleep – Tips for establishing healthy sleep routines and managing common sleep difficulties.
Continence – Information and support to help children develop healthy bladder and bowel habits.
* If a child has symptoms such as pain when using the toilet, blood in their urine or poo, repeated infections, unexplained weight loss, severe constipation please seek advice from your GP before joining the webinar.
Healthy Lifestyles – Advice on nutrition, physical activity, screen time, and building healthy habits for the whole family.
Behaviour and Emotional Health – Understanding behaviour, supporting emotional wellbeing, and helping children build resilience.
All webinars are delivered online by members of the School Nursing Team and are free to attend. No referral is required. Parents and carers can book directly onto any webinar using the registration links available on our website.
To view upcoming dates and book a place, visit: https://lancschildandfamily.co.uk/
Other Referral Pathways
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- CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
- SALT (Speech and Language Therapy)
- ASD and ADHD assessments/developmental concerns
School Nurse Contact Information
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