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COVID-19 / Coronavirus

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NHS response to COVID-19 in North Kensington

The Health section aims to give you advice as well as a clear and complete picture of the local services available to children and young people. Here you will find detailed information on a number of health and care services in Kensington and Chelsea, including what they do, who can access the services and how to access them.

The NHS choices search box on our home page quickly gives you details of your nearest GP, Dentist or Pharmacy, based on your postcode.

Local update - Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health

We know that the uncertainty and significant changes taking place currently will have an impact on the emotional wellbeing and mental health of many children and young people in the borough.

It is critical that all children, young people and their families are aware of the available support and are able to access this over the coming weeks and months.

There is a wide range of support available that can be accessed online, by phone and by text. In addition to this, our usual face-to-face services are adapting their approaches, so as to be able to continue to provide support remotely.

Please follow this link for a leaflet that sets out available support for children and young people ‘Knowing your mental health’

Information, help and advice

  • Speech and language therapy
    Learning to talk is one of the most important elements of a young child’s growth and development. Early interaction between parent and baby stimulates vital early brain development. It also lays the foundations for a lifelong loving relationship. The earliest bonding and signs of love…
  • Music therapy
    Chelsea and Westminster has one of the longest histories for the provision of paediatric music therapy in the National Health Service (NHS). Music therapists work with children who have a wide variety of communication, social, developmental and emotional needs. Music therapy is a research active…
  • Health visiting
    Health visiting services Health Visitors offer services to families within our children’s centres and local health centres to provide services to families in locations close to their home. After attending antenatal classes and being seen at home by midwives, parents will receive information and support…
  • Midwifery
    Early Years Midwives and maternity assistants offer services to families within our children’s centres and local health centres to provide services to families in locations close to their home. Parents can access antenatal clinics they may be referred by their GP, Hospital or can self…
  • The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (KCW) Under 5's Service
    The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (KCW) Under 5's Service offers specialist treatment and consultation aimed at improving the wellbeing of children under five years old. Many children will have difficulties including but not limited to sleeping, being over clingy, relationship difficulties, bed wetting or…
  • Occupational therapy
    Paediatric occupational therapists assess and treat children who have difficulties that affect their ability to do every day physical activities. In a nursery or pre-school, an occupational therapist looks particularly at a child’s general development. This can be monitored through play and self-care activities such…
  • Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
    The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is one of the services provided to support families if and when they face difficult times with their children. Growing up is not always easy, and emotional ups and downs will be part of life for many…
  • Nutrition and healthy eating
    Healthy Start Healthy start is a national programme which provide weekly free vouchers for low income families with children under four, to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. You may be…
  • Dental and oral health
  • Schools and Early Years Organisation
    Schools and early years organisations are supported to improve the health and wellbeing of their children by the Healthy Schools Partnership. MEND in Schools is an intensive programme of activities for primary schools whose pupils have a higher risk of obesity involving all children in…
  • Family Nurse Partnership
    The Family Nurse Partnership is a voluntary programme of home visits for young mothers having their first baby which focus on the future health and wellbeing of children.
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