Health Matters
School Nurse
Community School Nursing
Grove Medical Centre
The Grove
Felixstowe
IP11 9GA
Tel: 01394 288402
"ChatHealth" - Suffolk's New Virtual School Nursing Service
There is a new number for texting our school nurse from your mobile phone. ChatHealth, the school nurse messaging service, is confidential and available Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.30pm. You can message for advice on all kinds of health issues, like toileting, emotional health and well-being, bullying, healthy eating and any general health concerns. The text number for this service is 07507333356
You can still get in touch with the school nurse in the same way as you might have done before, if you prefer. To find out more about the School Nurse service and for local contact details please see the website; School Nursing
Alternatively ask in school for more details.
Illness or Injury at School
If your child sustains a minor injury at school, such as a bumped head or a grazed knee, we will apply an ice pack / offer a plaster. In the case of a bumped head, your child will receive a bumped head form to indicate the area they bumped. This will also give guidance on certain signs to watch for.
If your child falls ill at school or we feel the injury may need assessing we will telephone to advise you of the situation and ask you how you would like to proceed. We may ask you to come in an assess your child and decide whether you think your child is able to stay at school or whether you feel they should go home.
Head Lice
If your child has head lice please alert the school so that we can inform the parents of your child's class. Your child may still attend school, there is no need to keep them off.
This link to the NHS website can provide guidance on how to identify and treat head lice.
Sickness and Diarrhoea
If your child vomits or has diarrhoea in school we will telephone you and ask you to collect your child immediately. Children who vomit or have diarrhoea in school must not return to school until 48hrs has passed since the last incidence of vomiting or diarrhoea.
If your child vomits or has diarrhoea at home please call the school office and keep your child at home. Children who vomit or have diarrhoea out of school must not return to school until 48hrs has passed since the last incidence of vomiting or diarrhoea.
Medication at School
Should your child need special medication to be kept permanently in school i.e. inhalers or Epi Pens (Emergency adrenaline auto injectors – AAIs) we require an Individual Care Plan issued by the prescribing person e.g. doctor,hospital, school etc. This is on the advice of the School Nursing Team.
Sickness and Diarrhoea
The first signs of scarlet fever can be flu-like symptoms, including a high temperature of 38C or above, a sore throat and swollen neck glands (a large lump on the side of your neck).
A rash appears a few days later.
Book an appointment to see a GP, whereupon confirmation of Scarlet Fever antibiotics will be prescribed.
Children with scarlet fever should stay off nursery or school for 24 hours after starting antibiotics or, if not on antibiotics, until their fever is gone.