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Children's services

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Children's services

To find out more about children's services, what we offer, where we are based Children's Foot Health.

 

The profession of podiatry has developed from its origins in chiropody to become a medical speciality d...

  • Children's Nutrition and Diet

Nutrition and dietetics offer patient assessment, diagnosis, care planning, treatment and education.

  • Children's Occupational Therapy

The team provides input to children who reside or attend school full-time in County Durham and Darlington.

  • Children's Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a profession that uses physical methods, such as massage and manipulation, to promote healing.

  • Health Visitors

Health visiting teams provide a service to all families with children up to the age of five years.

  • School Nursing

The team is made up of school nurses, who are registered nurses with specialist qualifications in school nursing.

 

Info Point

Children's Trusts

Children's Trusts are the sum total of cooperation arrangements and partnerships between local organisations with a role in improving outcomes for children and young people.

(Source: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/)

For more information on the Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP) for our area and the work we are doing to improve well-being for local children and young people, please click here.

Clinics 

'In recent times, I have utilised admissions to Richardson for respite direct from my fracture clinic, even at weekends. I have never worked anywhere with this efficiency before - it is reassuring and invaluable for the patient.'

Patient, Lowson / Starling Wards, Richardson Hospital