Child Health
Childhood illness visual guide
Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.
Contact for families with Disabled children
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.
Facebook: @contactfamilies
Twitter: @contactfamilies
Telephone: 0808 808 3555
Website: www.contact.org.uk
Email: info@contact.org.uk
Family Lives
Parenting and family support is available from Family Lives (formerly Parentline Plus) through the website, online chat.
Website: www.familylives.org.uk
First Steps Nutrition Trust
For more information on a healthy balanced diet for children go to the British Nutrition Foundation website
Milton Keynes Special Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
MK Specialist CAMHS provides support to children and young people up to their 18th birthday. The child must reside in the Milton Keynes area and have a Milton Keynes GP or have plans to register in the immediate future.
Telephone: 01908 725 372
Website: www.carersmiltonkeynes.org
Milton Keynes 0-19 Universal Health Service
This service is available for all pregnant women, children, families and young people in Milton Keynes. All services are provided within the integrated 0-19 team and include Health Visiting and School Nursing. Aiming to help to empower parents, children and young people to make decisions that affect their and their family’s health, development and wellbeing.
Staff consist of health visitors, school nurses, staff nurses, nursery nurses, healthcare assistants and administrators. Health visitors and school nurses are all qualified nurses or midwives who have undertaken specialist training in public health, child development and health needs assessment.
Website: www.mkchildrenshealth.cnwl.nhs.uk
SEND Services
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services: www.mksendlocaloffer.co.uk
Vaccination planner
Download a personalised vaccination calendar, which highlights the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by.
Website: NHS: Vaccination Schedule