School nurses deliver evidence-based public health programmes and interventions to support children and young people achieve their best health outcomes. School nurse development programme The School nurse development programme provides school health professionals and commissioners with a framework and guidance for universal and targeted approaches to address the health and wellbeing needs of children and […]

The Healthy Schools Programme is endorsed by the Mayor of London and works with schools to improve children’s wellbeing through an awards programme. Awards Awards are for schools to recognise their achievements in supporting the health and wellbeing of their pupils. There are three levels of award: Bronze: is awarded to schools that complete either […]

We have created three guides and other resources to enable schools to manage children and young people with long term conditions effectively: London schools’ guide for the care of children and young people with asthma London asthma toolkit: presentations for teaching Epilepsy Diabetes.

The asthma friendly schools programme sets out clear, effective partnership arrangements between health, education and local authorities for managing children and young people with asthma at primary and secondary schools. This includes the adoption of government policy on emergency inhalers and early years settings, such as: Children’s centres having access to education programmes for children […]