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Child Health
NSPCC
If you’re worried about a child, even if you’re unsure, contact NSPCC professional counsellors for help, advice and support.
Childline
Offers free, confidential advice and support for any child 18 years or under, whatever the worry.
Contact: For families with disabled children
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.
Dyspraxia Foundation
The helpline is available to help you with problems and issues you may encounter; offering help and advice to people with dyspraxia, parents, carers, and families about or on the subject of dyspraxia.
Cleft Lip and Palate Association
The helpline is available to help you with problems and issues you may encounter; offering help and advice to people with dyspraxia, parents, carers, and families about or on the subject of dyspraxia.
Change4Life
Change4Life aims to help your family be healthier and happier. Find out more about what’s really in the food your family eats.
School Nursing Service
The School Nursing Service works with children, young people, and their families from 5 to 19 years old. School Nurses are specialist community public health nurses who are usually aligned with a local school or group of schools. They provide:
- Confidential support and advice on physical and emotional health (e.g., healthy eating, sexual health, emotional wellbeing, bullying).
- National screening programmes (e.g., vision/hearing screening and the National Child Measurement Programme).
- Support for children with complex health needs or disabilities within the school setting, often contributing to Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs). They act as a key link between home, school, and specialist health services.
Health Visiting Service
The Health Visiting Service supports all families with children aged 0 to 5 years old (pre-school). Health Visitors are qualified nurses or midwives with specialist training in community public health. They provide:
- Routine health and developmental reviews (e.g., at new birth, 1 year, and 2-2.5 years).
- Advice on areas like infant feeding, sleep, and minor illnesses.
- Targeted support for issues such as postnatal depression or early developmental concerns, and make referrals to specialist services as needed.
Safe Surgeries
DementiaFriends An Alzheimer's Society initiative
Armed Forces veteranfriendly accredited
GP practice
