Category: Healthy Schools

NHS North Central London has produced a Stay Well this Winter leaflet for Haringey residents. The leaflet provides advice on how to keep in good health over the colder months and includes information about local healthcare services available for those who need them.

Here is the leaflet in English:

Stay well this winter 2022 Haringey

Please also see the below links to the translated versions. Please share with your networks.

• Bengali version
• Bulgarian version
• Polish version
• Romanian version
• Somali version
• Tigrinya version
• Turkish version

Winter is a time when many young children suffer from viruses and chest infections. This can be worrying for parents and carers, but help is at hand!

The ‘Boloh’ helpline, run by Barnardo’s and funded by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, has been set up to support families with young children experiencing coughs, colds and chest infections at this time of year.

You can access the Boloh helpline by:

• phone: 0800 151 2605 (Monday-Friday: 10am-8pm, Saturday: 10am-3pm)
  Calls are free from mobiles and landlines.
• web chat
• email: helpline@barnardos.org.uk

The helpline also provides practical and emotional support and can help callers access health services and find community support with:

• registering with a GP
• contacting NHS 111
• mental health and well-being services
• support for young people
• linking to online information
• accessing devices to support learning, food items, clothing and other practical needs

Read more here: Boloh – the Black and Asian family Helpline | BAME Helpline (barnardos.org.uk)

Kooth Newsletter December 2021

We know that Christmas and the school holidays can be daunting if you are struggling with your mental health, but you don’t have to cope on your own. There is a wide range of support available to help you.

If you are a child or young person aged under 18 living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington and need urgent mental health support, or if you are the parent or carer of a child or young person who needs urgent mental health support, you can call the crisis line on 0800 151 0023.  Trained NHS mental health advisors are available to offer free advice and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year.

Other mental health and wellbeing support available:

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Spare Adrenaline auto injector pens in Haringey schools

In line with the guidance on the use of adrenaline pens in schools, we have supplied Haringey Council maintained schools with “spare” adrenaline pens for the treatment of children who may have an allergic attack at school.

These spare pens are only to be used:

• for pupils who hold both medical authorisation and parental consent for administration
• if the pupil’s own prescribed pen is not immediately available (e.g. because it is broken, out-of- date, misfired or wrongly administered).

Children at risk of anaphylaxis should continue to get their prescribed AAIs supply from their GP for use in an emergency, as normal. GPs should not be asked to prescribe spare/back-up AAIs to be held by the schools. The schools have been provided with specialist anaphylaxis training on how to administer all the three brands of Adrenaline auto injector pens available in the UK.

If you would like you child to have access to a spare adrenalin pen in an emergency, should there be a problem with the pens that they carry around with them, then do provide written consent to the staff member who is responsible for their care at school.

North Central London CCG

The NHS has produced Easy Read versions of its Health advice for parents and carers booklet.

The Easy Read Advice for parents and carers guide explains where and when to seek help from a healthcare professional when their child is unwell.

The Easy Read Bronchiolitis in babies and young children guide details the symptoms of the common respiratory condition, how to care for a child if they have symptoms, and when to seek medical help.

The Health advice for parents and carers booklet is also available to download in Bengali, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Polish, Somali and Turkish.

12-15 year olds can now get vaccinated at local GP surgeries and at vaccine clinics in Haringey. This is in addition to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination at schools.

Parents and carers can book their child’s vaccine using the National Booking System or by calling 119 free of charge.

For more information on vaccination for 12-15 year olds please see: www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccine-children

Child vaccination webinar 23 November 2021

Haringey Council and the NHS are hosting a webinar for anyone working in Haringey schools or Early Years settings to find out more about the COVID-19 vaccine.
This is a unique opportunity to ask Haringey clinicians and professionals any questions you may have about the vaccine.

You can submit questions anonymously prior to the event by clicking here:
https://bit.ly/3H5Whe9

You can also submit questions in the ‘chat’ function during the webinar.

You can access the event on Zoom here:
https://bit.ly/30d8Jrg
Meeting ID: 822 4555 2689
Passcode: 275711

Panel members:
Dr Marlene Neary GP, Haringey CCG
Isaac Quarm, Prescribing Advisor, Haringey CCG