Service update 9/5/2025 - Kidderminster Hospital
We are pleased to confirm that this morning’s incident at Kidderminster Hospital has now been stood down. All patients with community mental health appointments scheduled today will have been contacted by our teams. We do not anticipate any further disruption to services following today’s events, and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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).