In Warwickshire, children’s health services include GPs, health visitors, community paediatrics and community nursing as well as the school’s health and wellbeing service.
Health visiting service
Warwickshire’s health visiting service work with all families of young children. There is a wider service available for those with additional needs.
Community paediatrics
Community Paediatrics are a team of doctors who specialise in the care of children and young people with long term or complex health conditions, developmental difficulties, disabilities, life limiting conditions and social vulnerability.
Community children’s nursing team
The community children’s nursing team supports children and young people who have complex health needs.
Warwickshire Pre-School Autism Service
Warwickshire Pre-School Autism service is an assessment service for pre-school children over the age of 2 who are showing signs of having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Staff have specialist skills in autism. They work with families to listen to their concerns. Assessment takes place over five weeks. This will include observation of the child’s concentration, social interaction, communication, imagination, play and behaviour.
School nursing service
Warwickshire school nursing service is a nurse-led service that supports children, young people and their families. The service is for all school-aged children (age 5 to 19 and up to 25 for individuals with additional needs) and their parents/carers. The service offers advice and support with a wide range of health and wellbeing concerns from eating, sleeping and dental health to friendships, emotional stress and anxieties and parenting.