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:

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
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
 0-19

Enuresis Continence Service (external link)

Bladder problems and bedwetting

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
 7-19

Paediatric Continence
Service (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
 0-16

Bladder and Bowel Service (formerly the Continence Service) (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 4+

Dental services

Service Areas covered Age

Dental Services (external link)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

All ages

Diabetes

Service Areas covered Age

Paediatric Diabetes Service (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
 0-19

Paediatric Diabetes Service (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston
 0-16

General paediatrics (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 0-16

Epilepsy

Service Areas covered Age

General Paediatrics (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
 0-16

General Paediatrics (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

Children and young people

Epilepsy Team (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre

Children and young people

Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatric Service (external link)

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
 0-19

Equipment

Service Areas covered Age

Community Equipment Service (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
  

Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston 
 All ages

General Paediatrics

Service Areas covered Age

General Paediatrics (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston

0-16

General Paediatrics (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

Children and young people

Health visitors

Service Areas covered Age

Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service (external link)

Virgin Care
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire

0-5

Hearing

Service Areas covered Age

Children's Hearing Service (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
 Children and young people

Paediatric Audiology/Hearing Services (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 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
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
 5-16

Children's Learning Disability/Complex Needs Service (PDF 147KB)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 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
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • West Lancashire
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 16+

Clinical Child Psychology for Children with Moderate, Severe and Profound Learning Disability (PDF 141KB)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust 
  • Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 

0-16 with learning disabilities

East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Service (ELCAS) (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 Children and young people

Early Intervention into Psychosis Service (PDF 179KB)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 14-35

Adult Learning Disability Service (PDF 165KB)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale,Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • West Lancashire
  • Wyre and Fylde
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire

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
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • West Lancashire
 0-19

Complex Packages of Care Team (external link)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 0-19

Community and Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 Children and young people

Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatric Service (external link). Providing the following services:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Diagnosis
  • Neurodisability (including cerebral palsy)
  • Developmental delay in pre-school children
  • Moderate to severe learning difficulties
  • Medical advice for assessment of special educational needs

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lancaster and Morecambe
 0-19

Community Paediatrics (external link)

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
  • West Lancashire
 0-16

Community Paediatric Service (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston 
 0-16

Child Development Centres (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 Pre school children

Child Development Team (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and Morecambe
 Pre school children

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy

Service Areas covered Age

Children's Physiotherapy (external link)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust 
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston
  • West Lancashire
 0-19

Paediatric Therapy Department (external link)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Paediatric Therapy Department.

  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston

 0-18 (still within full time education)

Paediatric Physiotherapy (external link)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

 0-19

Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
 0-18 (19
if in special school)

Children's Occupational Therapy (external link)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
 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
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
 Expectant mothers under 20

School Nursing Service

Service Areas covered Age

Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service (external link)

Virgin Care

 
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble
    and Preston
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire

5-19

Speech and Language Therapy

Service Areas covered Age

Speech and Language Therapy (external link)

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • West Lancashire
  • Chorley, South Ribble and Preston
  • Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn
    and Ribble Valley
 0-19

Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service (external link)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fylde and Wyre
  • Lancaster and North Lancashire
 0-16 (18 if in special school)