Introduction
The Child Health Information Service liaises across care settings, agencies and regions to ensure that children and young people in their local population receive all the care and services that they are entitled to, for example:
- Childhood Vaccination & Immunisations
- GP Practices - GPs and Practice Nurses
- Health Visiting Teams
- Independent Midwives
- Local Authorities
- Maternity Departments
- Midwives
- New-born and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE)
- New-born Bloodspot
- New-born Hearing Screening
- Other Child Health Information Services
- Safeguarding Teams
- School Nursing Teams
- Social Services
This forms part of the Public Health England’s Healthy Child Programme which aims to bring together health, education and other main partners to deliver an effective programme for prevention and support and aims to meet the objectives set out in the National Child Health Digital Strategy, which are:
- Knowing where every child is
- Knowing how healthy each child is
- Enabling the appropriate sharing of information for each child
The Service will be responsible for all children and young people aged 0-19 years (or 0-25 years old for children and young people with a disability). They will ensure that key information on a child’s health is available to their parents, any professionals involved in their care and for public health purposes.
The South West service will cover 707,721 0-19 year olds.
Areas Covered
Resources
GP Practice poster for patient notice boards in the South West
Child Health Information Service Privacy Notice
Child Health Information Service Data Export Definition (DED) Document
Contact Details
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Email: hil.dcios.swchis@nhs.net
Fax: 01392 247085
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm; Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon
Send us a message
| Exeter | Bickleigh House, Harrier Way, Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7HU | Telephone: 01392 247084 | ODS Code: DF911 |
| Plymouth | Plumer House, Tailyour Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5DH | Telephone: 01752 545942 | ODS Code: DF912 |
| Truro | Health and Wellbeing Centre, Truro, TR1 3FF | Telephone: 01872 888492 | ODS Code: DF913 |
Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Email: hil.bnsssg.swchis@nhs.net
Fax: 01278 589226
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm; Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon
Send us a message
| Bridgwater | The Exchange, Express Park, Bridgwater, TA6 4RN | Telephone: 01278 589225 | ODS Code: DF910 |