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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.

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 300 199 (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?

How are services delivered?

This free service is available to anyone who is caring for or supporting someone aged 0-19 in Thurrock.

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.

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NELFT: Brighter Futures Healthy Families 0-19 Service

Age 0-5: call 0300 300 1999

Age 5-19: call 0300 300 1999 Option 2

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Grays
RM17 5BY

Service can be delivered by phone, video or email Service can be delivered face to face Service can be delivered at home



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South Ockendon
RM15 5LP

Service can be delivered by phone, video or email Service can be delivered face to face Service can be delivered at home



Tilbury Health Centre, London Road
Tilbury
RM18 8EB

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Corringham Integrated Medical & Wellbeing Centre (IMWC), 105 The Sorrells
Stanford Le Hope
SS17 7ES

Service can be delivered by phone, video or email Service can be delivered face to face Service can be delivered at home




Service last updated 28/10/2025
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