School Health Nurse

School Health Nurse - Kayleigh Hughes

kayleigh.hughes@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

During a DROP IN session, students can see the School Health Nurse for health advice in the following locations: North Site (near to reprographics) and South Site (near to room 83)

For an appointment or when the nurse is unavailable please contact our school health nursing message service for CONFIDENTIAL support advice on 07312263084 or email cyp0-19@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Children & Young People (0-19) - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Information on work of secondary school health nurses 

Secondary schools within Oxfordshire have a named NHS School Health Nurse who is based for at least, one day a week in the school. The aim of the School Health Nurse is to offer evidence based preventative health care for children and young people. We strive to improve young people’s health and wellbeing and their life chances. We work closely with teaching and student support staff at encouraging young people to be both physically and emotionally healthy in order to make informed healthy lifestyle choices and reach their full potential.  

School Health Nurses provide public health interventions. Including (but not exclusive to):  

• Someone to talk to confidentially to address issues concerning emotional, physical, sexual, and social health and wellbeing   
• Health lifestyle choices (keeping safe, smoking cessation, substance misuse advice)  
• Support teachers with PSHE  
• Refer and signpost to specialist services  
• Offer a confidential School Health Nurse drop-in  
• Provide contraception, pregnancy testing and sexual health screening.  

If we cannot help, we will find someone who can.  

How can you access the School Health Nurse?  

Young people can pop into the School Health Nurse office through open access on the days that the School Health Nurse is in – a timetable will be up on the door. 

Young people can speak with their tutor or student support to help with a referral. 

Young people can self-refer by drop in or using the ChatHealth text service 07312263084. 

Confidentiality 

The School Health Nursing service is confidential. This means we can discuss personal information with young people in confidence and will not discuss it with anyone else without their permission. However, we would pass on any information that we feel is needed to protect a young person or someone else from serious harm. Whenever possible this would be discussed with the young person first. 

Notes to students

The school nursing service is not an emergency service. If you or a friend are in need of immediate nursing or medical help, please contact a member of staff on site who will locate a member of staff trained in first aid. If you are off-site in the case of an emergency, please call 999.

If you are in need of emergency contraception outside of the school nurse's working hours, please attend your local GP practice, a local sexual health clinic or local pharmacy as soon as you can. Please visit www.oxme.info for further details.