Children and Young People's 0-19 Public Health Services

The 0-19 Public Health Services are crucial in ensuring children and families get a good start in life. The services consist of the health visiting service and school nursing service. The health visiting service delivers the 5 public health mandated contacts that are to be completed with families before a child reaches age 2 and a half. The school nursing service is a crucial health presence in our schools that ensures there are whole school approaches to public health topics such as healthy eating, smoking cessati...