Derby Children's Health - NHS

🎉 Calling all parents and carers of children starting Reception this September 🎉

You will have received a text message from NHSNoReply from the School Health team with a link to The Lancaster Model health and wellbeing questionnaire. 📱

Completing the questionnaire helps our School Nursing team ensure that any additional support your child may need around their health needs are being supported as they start school. 🏣✏️
It will also ensure their medical records are up to date, so if we need to contact you in the future, we have the correct information.

If you have any queries regarding the questionnaire, please text us via ChatHealth on 07507 327754

Results day can be an emotional rollercoaster, bringing nerves, joy, disappointment and uncertainty. It is normal for parents to feel powerless as they support their child through one of life’s milestones.

There are ways you can help. Read below, the nine practical ways to support your child on results day.

Nine tips for supporting your child on results day – The Education Hub Results day can be an emotional rollercoaster, bringing nerves, joy, disappointment and uncertainty. It is normal for parents to feel powerless as they support their child through one of life’s milestones.

Bridge the Gap Child Mental Health C.I.C are running FREE drop in sessions from September for families and their young children.

Bridge the Gap are also attending some of the family hubs over the summer.
Scan the QR codes to get the dates and further details.

A reminder of how to take in the hot weather. 🌞

The NeuroHub offers booked appointments, telephone contacts and face to face appointments for parent/carer or a young person.
They can also support families with school meetings to support them, if needed.
If parents need other types of support e.g. benefit claim forms, they have an advice service which we can refer families too and other types of support within the St James Centre that is not provided by the Neuro Hub.
For further information, call or email the hub using the details on the poster.

We often ask the young people we support and their parents for feedback following the sessions we complete in school. Here a few we have received. 💛

Self-care is about the things we can do to look after our own mental health.
In this section, shared from Anna Freud, you’ll find practical ways to look after your mental health, allowing you to choose what works best for you. Whether you’re just starting to explore self-care or looking for new ideas, this guide is here to help.

Self-Care Resources For Young People Explore self-care strategies to manage mental health, with tips and activities for young people based on research and expert advice.

This World Breastfeeding Week, we're celebrating the families, health visitors and infant feeding specialists who help give babies the best possible start in life.

Breastfeeding can be a rewarding experience, but it isn't always easy. That's why access to the right support, information and encouragement is so important.

We're proud that our 0-19 Children's Services in Derby City have retained their UNICEF Baby Friendly accreditation, recognising the high-quality support we provide to parents and families during those early months and years.

More information, including our breastfeeding information videos, can be found on our Breastfeeding Support webpage. 👇

Breastfeeding support - Derby :: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Our Infant Feeding Team provides mothers and families in Derby with advice and assistance to make informed feeding choices. The team also provides support to enable women who choose to breastfeed to do so for as long as they wish. This helps to improve health outcomes.

*Parents to be*
If you would to gain further knowledge on how to prepare for parenthood, you can book onto the 3 sessions which are run by the Health Visiting team, Midwives and Infant Feeding team.
To book on or to get more information about the sessions, please scan the QR code, book through Eventbrite or text ChatHealth.