School Public Health Service - Contract award

The Primary School Public Health Service will provide:

• Health Assessments at Year R and Year 6
• Tier 1 interventions for a range of health needs (including emotional wellbeing) and referral on to specialist services where necessary
• Drop-in clinics in schools for advice and information
• The National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP) - weighing and measuring children in Year R and Year 6
• Vision and hearing screening for Year R
• Support for Primary schools in developing School Public Health Plans and delivering whole-school approaches to improve the health of their pupils.

The Adolescent Health and Targeted Emotional Wellbeing Service will provide

• Health Assessments at Year 10 and Year 12
• Tier 1 interventions for a range of health needs (including emotional wellbeing) and referral on to specialist services where necessary
• Drop-in clinics in schools for advice and information
• Support for Secondary schools in developing School Public Health Plans and delivering whole-school approaches to improve the health of their pupils
• A targeted emotional wellbeing services for Primary and Secondary school age children in partnership with CXK.

Referrals to any of these services can be made through KCHFT’s website

These new School Public Health Services will replace the current contracts for school nursing services delivered by KCHFT and Medway Foundation Trust (in Swale) as well as the current Young Healthy Minds service from 1 April 2017.

If you have any questions regarding either of these new services, please contact Karen Dudley, Commissioning Officer for Public Health.

Contact Details

Karen Dudley
Email: karen.dudley@kent.gov.uk