The School Health Team, which includes nurses, nursing assistants and administration staff, work in partnership with parents, teachers and other health professionals to support children through their school years (both primary and post-primary).
Your School Health Team can provide support, organise referrals to the appropriate professionals, and offer information and advice on a range of issues including:
- Healthy Lifestyles e.g. healthy eating, physical activity and hygiene
- Advice on some medical conditions
- such as anaphylaxis and allergies
- Behavioural problems
- Dental Health
- Bullying
- Family support
- Infectious conditions / diseases
- Personal safety
- Enuresis (Bedwetting) / Encopresis (Soiling)
- Puberty
- Head Lice
- Local support services
- Child Protection
Please do not hesitate to contact the school nurse for further information or to discuss your child’s health.
School Health Leaflets
Title | Date added | Download |
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161266NA School Health Leaflet Primary School | 04-11-2022 | Download |
161266NA School Health Leaflet POST Primary School | 04-11-2022 | Download |
Contacts
Portadown, Brownlow & Lurgan
The Bungalow, Lurgan Hospital,
Sloan Street, Lurgan, BT66 8NX