Bi-Borough School Health Service

Bi-Borough School Health Service covers Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster schools and includes qualified nurses who have additional qualifications in Specialist Community and Public Health Nursing (School Nurses) as well as registered nurses (School Staff Nurses). The team also includes number of specialist practitioners including a Lead for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing, Lead for Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), Safeguarding Lead and Lead for Clinical Education.

The service works with the local communities, the family and individual children/young people to ensure children’s health needs are met. The service works in different settings including schools.

Staff in the service offer health assessments to vulnerable children as well as advice and support for children and parents around health issues such as continence, behaviour, sleep and emotional health, healthy weight and lifestyle.

Schools will receive access to a named school nurse for the school, who will offer support with:

• Yearly Partnership agreement with the school
• Medical needs training support with care plan review support (Asthma, epilepsy, anaphylaxis and other conditions per school request)
• Drop in service
• Safeguarding support
• Universal Health Questionnaire to all children starting reception and Year 7
• Health promotions assemblies, coffee mornings and parent’s evenings
• Universal screening (vision and hearing)
• National Childhood Measurement Program (NCMP) in eligible schools, with referrals to Change4life service
• Duty line to offer support and advice to children, families, schools and other professionals every day of the working week.

As a part of Westminster School Health Service, the Relationship, Sex and Health Education(RSHE) team deliver age appropriate classroom based or school assembly health promotion sessions, in the form of bespoke PowerPoint presentations, activities and delivery methods to accommodate both the needs of the students and the day to day school timetable, in addition to meeting the statutory guidelines for RSHE in schools set out by the government.

For further support and guidance please contact:

Duty Phone: 020 3317 4460 

Email:

[email protected] (Kensington and Chelsea)

[email protected] (Westminster)