Warrington School Health – Info for parents

Young people in secondary school can see a School Nurse in the School Nurse drop in, if they have any health need or an emotional health and wellbeing issue.

Confidentiality and consent:

As a service we encourage young people to talk to their parents/carers about health issues that are troubling them.

The service does offer a confidential service to young people but there are times when the School Nurse may need to share information, depending upon the young person’s age and level of understanding.

Gillick Competence & Fraser Guidelines:

The service abides by Gillick competence which is a term originating in England and is used in medical law to decide whether a child (under 16 years of age) is able to consent to his or her own medical treatment, without the need for parental permission or knowledge.

We always encourage young people to talk to their parents but there are times when we have to decide whether a child is mature enough to make decisions, and this is when we will assess if the child is ‘Gillick competent’ or whether they meet the ‘Fraser guidelines’.

The Gillick competency and Fraser guidelines help us all to balance children’s rights and wishes with our responsibility to keep children safe from harm.


Useful resources

Change4Life
Healthy eating and managing weight problems

ERIC
Information about wetting and soiling

NHS Choices
Health information and information regarding immunisations

Young Minds
The voice for young people’s mental health and wellbeing

Diabetes information
https://www.diabetes.org.uk
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Diabetes/

Epilepsy Information
https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Epilepsy/

Asthma Information
Asthma UK- https://www.asthma.org.uk/
British Lung Foundation –https://www.blf.org.uk/
NHS Asthma – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/asthma/

Allergy Information
Allergy UK- https://www.allergyuk.org