NELFT: Brighter Futures Healthy Families 0-19 Service
The Thurrock 0-19 Brighter Futures Healthy Families Service is an integrated service encompassing Health Visiting, School Health (historically School Nursing), targeted support and a range of health interventions for children, young people and their families.
Remote
In-person
Home visits
Further info
Thurrock Health Visiting (0-5 years old): The Health Visiting Team offer support, information and advice to all parents with children within the Thurrock area from the antenatal stage (pre-birth) to the age of 5 years old. Support offered includes baby and child development, baby feeding, behaviour, antenatal and postnatal depression, parenting support and more. Find out more HERE.
Thurrock School Health (5-19 years old): We offer health information, support, and advice to children, young people and their families who attend an educational setting in Thurrock. We also provide support to children and young people in Thurrock who are not in education. Support offered includes healthy lifestyle, risky behaviours, toileting advice, hearing and vision checks, safeguarding, growth screening, and more. Find out more HERE.
To make a referral, please call 0300 300 1999 (age 0-5) or 0300 300 1999 Option 2 (age 5-19) or email the relevent service:
Health Visiting (0-5): BrighterFutures.HealthyFamilies@nelft.nhs.uk
School Health (5-19): thurrockschoolhealth@nelft.nhs.uk
Who can use this service?
This free service is available to anyone who is caring for or supporting someone aged 0-19 in Thurrock.
How are services delivered?
We offer a variety of options from home visits for infants, clinic appointments for developmental reviews and a 5 day a week service offering advice from a Health Visitor or School Nurse. Call 0300 3001999.
Locations
09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 17:00