Health services
Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
The health service (NHS) provides services that everyone in the population can access. These are called universal services. It also provides other services that you are more likely to come across because your child needs extra help and support. These services are called specialist services.
Due to the varying and often complex needs of children, it is possible that a range of health professionals will be involved in helping and supporting you, your child, and your family. See key roles within children's health services for an introduction to some of the job roles and specialist services you may come across.
Below is a list of the local health services available to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities:
- Continence
- Dental services
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Equipment
- General Paediatrics
- Health visitors
- Hearing
- Mental health and learning disabilities
- Nursing / outreach /community paediatrics / neurodevelopment / child development
- Physiotherapy and occupational therapy
- Pregnancy
- School nursing
- Speech and language therapy
For more information and support see the NHS Choices website for an A to Z of health conditions or contact a family medical information for information, advice and tips for parents who are going through the process of trying to get a diagnosis for their child.
Continence
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Continence Service - Central Lancashire (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Enuresis Continence Service (external link) Bladder problems and bedwetting Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust |
|
7-19 |
Paediatric Continence Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 |
Bladder and Bowel Service (formerly the Continence Service) (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
4+ |
Dental services
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Dental Services (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
All ages |
Diabetes
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Paediatric Diabetes Service (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Paediatric Diabetes Service (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 |
General paediatrics (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
0-16 |
Epilepsy
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
General Paediatrics (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 |
General Paediatrics (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Epilepsy Team (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatric Service (external link) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Equipment
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Community Equipment Service (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
|
Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
All ages |
General Paediatrics
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
General Paediatrics (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 |
General Paediatrics (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Health visitors
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service (external link) Virgin Care |
|
0-5 |
Hearing
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Children's Hearing Service (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Paediatric Audiology/Hearing Services (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
0-16 (18 for those with learning difficulties) |
Mental health and learning disabilities
Mental health services provide support with mental health difficulties such as; psychosis, depression, eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), self-harm, obsessive compulsive disorders and anxiety.
Some services provide support specifically for those with learning disabilities and can help with things like behaviour, anger management or sleep.
For more information see the Healthy Young Minds website for advice, guidance and support related to children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
5-16 |
Children's Learning Disability/Complex Needs Service (PDF 147KB) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-18 with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorders |
Complex Care and Treatment Teams (CCTTs) – post 16 years mental health provision (PDF 142KB) Complex mental health and social care needs Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
16+ |
Clinical Child Psychology for Children with Moderate, Severe and Profound Learning Disability (PDF 141KB) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 with learning disabilities |
East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Service (ELCAS) (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Early Intervention into Psychosis Service (PDF 179KB) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
14-35 |
Adult Learning Disability Service (PDF 165KB) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Adults (18+) Young adults (16-18) where there is a specific need for transition work |
Nursing / outreach /community paediatrics / neurodevelopment / child development
Healthcare for children which is provided outside hospitals.
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Children's Complex Needs Nursing (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Complex Packages of Care Team (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Community and Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
Children and young people |
Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatric Service (external link). Providing the following services:
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Community Paediatrics (external link) Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust |
|
0-16 |
Community Paediatric Service (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 |
Child Development Centres (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
Pre school children |
Child Development Team (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Pre school children |
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Children's Physiotherapy (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Paediatric Therapy Department (external link) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Paediatric Therapy Department. |
|
0-18 (still within full time education) |
Paediatric Physiotherapy (external link) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
0-19 |
Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-18 (19 if in special school) |
Children's Occupational Therapy (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-18 (19 if in special school) |
Pregnancy
Also see health visiting service
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Family Nurse Partnership (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Expectant mothers under 20 |
School Nursing Service
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service (external link) Virgin Care
|
|
5-19 |
Speech and Language Therapy
Service | Areas covered | Age |
---|---|---|
Speech and Language Therapy (external link) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-19 |
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service (external link) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
0-16 (18 if in special school) |