Our services
School Nursing
About the service
The School Nursing team supports children and young people aged 5-18 and their families across Bradford district. We work closely with schools as well as paediatricians, GPs and health and social care professionals.
The team has knowledge and skills in many areas including nutrition, healthy lifestyles, emotional and mental health. We provide a range of support, for example when children or young people have anxiety or concerns around their own health, or if concerns are raised in assessments. We can also refer to other services.
Where needed and in agreement with a child or young person and their parents or carers (depending on their age), we can make a plan of care which may include school, signposting to information for you or completing a referral.
How to access
We have contact at various set times with children, young people and families and are currently working towards more routine health needs assessments being completed electronically.
You will be sent more information about this when it is needed, including consent arrangements. In addition, we may have contact when other needs arise.
If you would like to talk to the team please contact us.
How to find us
The School Nursing team provides services in a variety of places such as schools, in the local family hubs, and at home where needed. We also provide online appointments and a text messaging service for young people.
Contact
The Bradford School Nursing team can be contacted on 01274 221203 between 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday except bank holidays.
If you need help outside these hours, you should contact the local service that usually provides out-of-hours support like your pharmacy, or for more urgent queries, 111.
If you are aged between 11 and 19, please text a school nurse on our NHS Chat Health line 07312 263223.
Use the tabs below to explore this section further.
School immunisations
School Nursing Special Needs
Useful links
Please visit the School Nursing section on the Family Health services website for a wide range of helpful information and advice to support you in caring for your school age children and young people. Topics include looking after your child at home; school readiness; nutrition and lifestyle; puberty, gender identity, young women and men’s health; bullying and safety (on and offline); physical, mental, emotional and sexual health and many more.
For professionals
The School Nursing service can offer, advice, support and non-urgent interventions to children aged 5 to 18, young people and/or families who live in Bradford or Airedale or attend school in Bradford district.
To refer into the team please:
- Read our referral pathway, which explains our referral criteria, and then
- complete this referral form and return it together with a copy of all necessary forms (plus any additional templates) to our secure email address admin.services@bdct.nhs.uk. Please ensure the subject line on your email says ‘School Nursing referral’.