Health and Early Years
In the early years, health professionals are the first professionals’ parents and carers come into contact with, and are usually their first point of call for advice, support and information.
Your child may have been recently diagnosed or is on the way to being diagnosed, and you are introduced into a new world of health services you didn’t know existed. It can be confusing to know who all the different health professionals are and so we have a created a page listing the different services, with links to the relevant pages on the NHS websites. The NHS websites not only tell you more about what each service does, but also important information about referral routes, and how you can access those services.
The full range of Health services can be found here: Health services for children and young people with SEND
The services which are the most likely to be involved with your child during their early years, are:
- Starting Well Service
- Community Paediatrics
- Child Development Centres (CDC)
- Child Development Team (CDT)
- Community Children’s Nursing Team (Orchard Service) Orchard service north and Orchard service south
- Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)