Children's services
Our Children and Young People's (CYP) services support children, young people and families from pregnancy through to adulthood. We provide a wide range of community health services across Hertfordshire, as well as Community and School-Aged Immunisation Services (CSAIS) across the East of England.
Our services are delivered through three main areas.
Public Health nursing
Our Public Health Nursing teams provide services for children, young people and families across Hertfordshire, helping children to have the best possible start in life and supporting their health, wellbeing and development. Services include:
East of England Community and School-Aged Immunisation Service
Our East of England Community and School-Aged Immunisation Service delivers routine and catch-up vaccination programmes for children and young people across the East of England.
East of England Community and School-Aged Immunisation Service
Specialist children's services
Our specialist children's services provide assessment, treatment and ongoing support for children and young people with additional or more complex health needs. These services include:
- ASD Diagnostics Service
- Children's Eye Service
- Children's Hearing Service
- Children's Integrated Asthma and Wheeze Service
- Children's Occupational Therapy
- Children's Physiotherapy
- Children's Sickle Cell Specialist Service
- Children's Speech and Language Therapy
- Children's Wellbeing Practitioners
- Children and Young People's Continence Service
- Children and Young People's Integrated Therapy Service
- Children's Community Nursing Team
- Community Paediatrics
- Hertfordshire NHS Neurodiversity Referral Service for children and young people
- Herts Young People's Health Transitional Service
- PALMS
- SEND Mental Health Support Team
- Sensory processing service
- Special Care Dental Service
- Special School Nursing Service
- Step 2 (CAMHS)
How to refer
Referral information can be found under each relevant service under 'Making a referral'