The School Nursing Service provides information and support to school-aged children and their families who live in Devon or who attend a Devon school.
We work in partnership with schools and other services to identify those children and young people who may be supported by the School Nursing service. This can also include working with schools to support their management of pupils with medical conditions, and contributing to policies which impact on health.
Working together with schools we:
- identify health needs across the school population and plan how we will work together to deliver school nursing services over the academic year, which includes how we provide appointment clinics for young people in arrangement with secondary schools
- deliver the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP)
- provide early support and advice in relation to a range of health and wellbeing needs such as toileting issues, healthy lifestyles, sleep routines, relationships and sexual health, and emotional wellbeing
- identify children and young people who may require support at transition
- identify children and young people who may be missing from education, or at risk of missing education, due to health needs, where there may be a need for school nurse support
- work with Devon partnerships as part of early help, SEND and safeguarding as appropriate
The school nursing team can be contacted through your local Public Health Nursing Hub or you can request school nursing support.
Young people aged 11 to 19 can text a school nurse anonymously for confidential advice and support. Text 07520 631722 for advice on things like relationships, bullying, mental health, self-harm, drugs or alcohol.