News from School Health Service

Thank you to all schools for assisting us in getting the Health Needs Assessment questionnaires completed and for supporting the review of this process.  We have commenced the analysis of the data collected so far and will be making appointments with headteachers and PSHE leads to discuss the results.

National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)

The NCMP will be starting in all primary schools from December through to the end of March.  Thank you for your assistance with the smooth running of this Government initiative.  In the usual way we will be contacting parents of children who have been recorded as “very over weight”.  We will be suggesting that families access the Fitter Futures programmes that run throughout the county supporting children and families with weight management concerns.

Support for primary school children - Family Brief Intervention Workers

Did you know the School Health and Wellbeing Service has five Family Brief Intervention Workers?  These workers can support primary school aged children and their families with a range of issues such as; child development, toileting advice, sleep, behaviour, health eating, friendships and medical conditions.

To refer to the service you can use the referral form that has been emailed to school or you can find this on the WCC website here: http://www.compass-uk.org/compass-warwickshire-schools/

Upcoming events

• Medical awareness training is taking place in localities
• Nurses will be making appointments with headteachers to discuss the results of the online year 6/9 health needs assessment

Contact details

• We have one central phone number – 03300245204, please select option 1,2 or 3 depending on where your school is located.