Make a referral to the school nursing service

Information for young people, families, school staff and professionals looking to make a referral to the Suffolk school nursing service.

Referrals

The School Nursing service provides initial assessment, advice, signposting and strategies to support children and young people with new and emerging concerns for their emotional, physical and sexual health needs. 

The Suffolk School Nursing Service accepts referrals for children who are resident in Essex but attend a school in Suffolk.

The Suffolk School Nursing Service is unable to accept referrals for children who live in Norfolk/Cambridgeshire who attend a Suffolk School, these young people are welcome to attend a drop in at the school if one is available.

For Norfolk visit Healthy Child Services 5-19

For Cambridge Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Child Programme - Health Visiting and School Nursing Service

We are unable to accept referrals from independent or private educational provisions.

If you want to make a referral for support from the School Nursing Team, please go to our online portal.

Before you make a referral, please read the information for referrers for more details.

Notes for school staff and other professionals:

Before you start to complete a referral on the portal, we recommend that you have the following information to hand:

  • Child information including date of birth, address, ethnicity and language
  • Parent/carer information including address and full contact details

When asked to provide an address on the referral form please ensure the address provided has been confirmed by the parent/carer as being the current address for the child/young person.

It is important that the details provided are accurate as they are matched against the child/young person’s health record and there may be a delay in processing the referral if these details cannot be matched.

If you are unable to access or complete a referral via the online referral portal, please contact the Health Business Centre on 0345 607 8866 or email childrenshealth@suffolk.gov.uk

Complete the referral form