Health and home education
Public Health Nursing Service
Solent NHS Trust provide a Public Health Nursing Service which includes home educated children. It covers a range of services and they can also signpost parents to other agencies and services.
The support they offer includes:
- Growth checks (height and weight)
- Vision checks
- Hearing checks
- Healthy lifestyle support
- Continence support
- Sleep support
The Public Health Nursing Service can be accessed by:
- Telephone: 0300 123 6661
- Text (SMS) Solent Pulse: 07491 163 278
- Email: SNHS.Publichealthnursingsouthampton@nhs.net
Immunisations
Solent NHS Trust are keen to promote the importance of children being fully immunised.
- Pre-school immunisations - A guide to vaccinations (from two to five years) until starting primary school
- A guide to immunisation for young people - Your questions answered
- Immunisation timeline
School Aged Immunisation Service SHOW
Consent process SHOW
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (1 and 3 years) SHOW
Flu (4–11 years, some 11–14 years) SHOW
Human Papilloma Virus (12-13 years) SHOW
Meningitis (13-14 years) SHOW
3-in-1 Teen Booster (13-14 years) SHOW
Contact details for immunisations
If you would like more information or feel your child is due a vaccination please contact Solent NHS on the details below:
- Telephone: 0300 123 5074
- Email: Snhs.SchoolAgedImmunisations-SOTON@nhs.net