Your health

We wants all children and young people to be healthy, and have the help you need when you want or need it.

Support with health and wellbeing

Your Personal Advisor (PA) can support you with:

• Healthy living
• Registering with a GP, dentist, or optician
• Accessing mental health support and counselling services
• Moving on from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to equivalent adult services
• Information about local health drop-in centres
• Accessing sexual health advice, guidance, contraception, and sexual health clinics
• LGBTQIA+ matters
• Referral to local drug and alcohol services.

Heath Appointments

If you would like support to attend a medical appointment or find a new doctor and dentist when you move, your PA can help you with this.

Under 18s will be supported to:

• Access regular doctor, dentist and optician appointments
• Purchase glasses

Health Passport

All care leavers will receive a Health Passport. This is a small booklet which contains your:

• Health history, such as details about your birth
• Present medical conditions
• Immunisation history
• Other useful health information

You will receive your health passport at your last Child in Care Review.

You will be offered a last health review with a nurse before you are 18, where you can discuss your health history.