This website will not be maintained after 1st April 2025:
- To access local support for you and your family, including education, finance, volunteering and community support, visit the Virtual Family Hub | Worcestershire County Council. For information, advice and services to support families in pregnancy and through the early years, visit the Best Start Worcestershire website.
- For information on NHS services, including Public Health nursing, health visiting, school health nursing, breastfeeding and Smoke-Free Homes, visit the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust website: Worcestershire Public Health Nursing Service | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
- Information about your local Family Hubs.
Make a referral to the Worcestershire School Health Nursing service:
Please read the referral criteria below carefully before submitting the form:
- We accept electronic referrals from Schools, Parents, GPs and other professionals for school aged children, however if you need a word version, please email whcnhs.shnaccessandresponse@nhs.net
- We can accept telephone contact from parents for initial advice or for further referral information contact the service on 01905 520032
- We also have a confidential texting service for parents via our Chat Health Parent Line (07312 263547)
- Young People can self-refer or text chat with a school nurse via ChatHealth confidential texting service (07507 331750).
- All referrals will be processed by our Access and Response Team, and responses will be sent via email. Please ensure you add your contact email address to the referral form.
- You should expect to have a response to your referral within 14 days.
Further guidance:
- If children/young people are already under the care of specialist health services and you need further information, this should be requested from the specialist service.
- If you have any safeguarding concerns, please do not refer to this service to investigate - follow your organisation’s safeguarding policy and/or make a direct referral to Worcestershire’s Family Front Door
- Please ensure that you have gained and documented consent from young person 13+ prior to submitting a referral
- Please only add one child per referral form (Siblings require separate referral forms to be submitted).