Children's Asthma & Allergy Service
Summary
The Asthma and Allergy Service is a community-based service providing a service to children and young people aged up to 16 years who live within and are registered with a GP in South East Essex or attend a school in the area (Southend and Castle Point and Rochford Integrated Care Board areas).
Service Information
Our team works in partnership with parents, carers and health professionals in caring for children with asthma and allergies. We encourage families to become active participants in their child’s assessment and treatment.
The service provides:
- assessment
- advice
- support
- care plans
- asthma, eczema and allergies training for patients and families
- training for educational settings and childminders.
The service has an administrator based at The Old Pharmacy, Rochford Hospital. The clinics are run from nine different locations across South East Essex.
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Blenheim Children’s Centre |
Friar’s Children’s Centre |
Prince Avenue Children and Family Centre Hornby Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 0LG 07815 666440 |
| Rochford Clinic Raphael House Old Ship Lane Rochford Essex SS4 1DD 01702 549547 |
Thundersley Clinic |
Referral Information
Please ask for a referral from one of the following:
- education (pre-school and school)
- health professional (GP, hospital consultant, health visitor or school nurse)
When we accept a referral we will provide a clinic appointment to support a child and their family with their condition. We will discuss with you the most appropriate treatment approach.
As all children are different, we work with you, to agree what would be the best treatment approach for your child. This may include any of the following;
- a full assessment in clinic with a discussion on the cause, triggers and how to manage the illness
- demonstration and advice on how to use an inhaler and spacer, give medication, apply lotion or use and adrenaline auto-injector
- a written care plan for use at home, school, pre-school or other surroundings your child or young person needs support in
- liaise with other professionals (hospital consultant, GP, health visitors, school nurses, tertiary centres, other professionals and school, pre-school)
- referral to local paediatricians if appropriate
Asthma Friendly Schools Programme
NHS England is promoting the AFS programme nationally following its successful implementation by The Healthy London Partnership in a number of London Boroughs.
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are training and supporting schools in south east Essex to achieve AFS status.
Schools need to meet 5 standards to achieve the accreditation.
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Standard 1 |
School has a Policy and an Asthma Champion in place for children with asthma |
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Standard 2 |
School has an Asthma Register noting the details of all children with asthma |
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Standard 3 |
School has Emergency asthma kits and Procedures detailing how and when to use them |
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Standard 4 |
School has Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP), Recording use of students medications, Students who self-Manage, Storage of Inhalers/spacers |
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Standard 5 |
85% of staff have completed Asthma Friendly School Training |
For more information or enquiries regarding the AFS programme please contact the service on 01702 372074 or by email, epunft.paediatric.asthmaallergy@nhs.net.