Children's Community Nursing

About our service

The Children's Community Nurses (CCN) provide nursing care to children aged 0 up to their 18th birthday who have an identified nursing need and are registered with a Herefordshire GP. This extends to the age of 19 years for those in specialist educational setting.

Care is provided to enable Children and Young Peoples' acute and complex health needs to be managed in their own homes, schools and respite centres.

The service may also include providing families with specialist equipment, guidance and education in medical/nursing procedures and sign posting families to other services. The team provides support around transitional care into adult health services.

We offer support with:

• Gastrostomy Management
• Nasogastric Care
• Training and support in schools for complex health needs
• Wound Care
• Assessment for specialised bed and enteral feeding equipment
• Subcutaneous injections for conditions e.g Rheumatology
• Specialist bladder and bowel management e.g stoma's
• Oncology blood tests at home
• Palliative Care and End Of Life Care for Children in their own homes

Referral

Please contact us regarding referrals - see the contact details right of this page.

SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

There is information, support, services and activities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

To find out about the local SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) offer visit the Trust's SEND page.