Engaging Your Organisation s Leadership

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1 Engaging Your Organisation s Leadership Prof Rod Thomson FRCN FFPH Director of Public Health for Shropshire Cllr Ann Hartley Lead Member Children s Services Deputy Leader for Shropshire Council

2 Challenge reaching individual voice of the child Hear the voice of children collectively Must be truly representative Good engagement imaginative LAC Care Council Crew School Councils truly representative democratic Language/jargon Corporate parenting responsibilities Examples of Children & Young People being listened to

3 Primary School Winner Amanda Morris, Morda School If you don t Think Good or Feel Good talk to someone and seek help

4 Secondary School Winner Hannah Hall, Megan Thomas, Chloe De Athe, Natasha Quinn, Georgia Kelly Belvidere School

5 Influencing Public Health Programmes School Health Services

6 School Nursing Review 5.1 Children aged years (Number of responses 386) Majority of pupils did not know who their school nurse was (79% of responses) or how to contact their SN (78% of the responses). School staff and reception were highlighted as the main sources to contact SN by the pupils who knew how to access SN service. Among the responses which indicated that they were aware of the SN role (52% response rate) (figure 8), the following services were highlighted as the main role of school nurses medical help providing advice on a number of issues/ problems and confidential services.

7 School Nursing Review Less than 10% of the pupils (i.e. 32 pupils) surveyed had ever accessed SN services and majority (90%) found it easy or very easy to get an appointment (figure 9). Only a small proportion of the pupils were not confident that the SN provided a confidential service whereas one third of the pupils did not know whether the SN was a confidential service (figure 11). The preferred methods to contact the SN were via school staff (49%), text messages (31%), phone (29%) and (28%)

8 School Nursing Review The preferred location for an appointment with SN was school (66.7%) followed by the GP Surgery (17%) Confidential help, advice about sexual health, substance misuse, puberty, emotional health and medical issues were indicated as some of the services which pupils would like to see in schools Of the pupils who responded to the question about SN service provision during school holidays (220), majority indicated that SN service was not required as they would attend GP surgery

9 School Nursing Review 5.2 Children aged 5-11 years More than 677 responses received (exact number of responses could not be calculated as this information was not provided by all the schools) Surveys administered in selected schools across different areas in the County. Surveys administered by teachers during the circle times Majority of the pupils did not know their school nurse or aware of the services provided by SN

10 School Nursing Review 5.3 Children aged years Survey administered through CHAT+ service ( CHAT + service not delivered in all colleges) 32 responses Majority preferred to receive health services at GP Surgeries (47%) followed by service provision at colleges (43%) A similar range of SN service provision was highlighted as indicated in the other surveys i.e. children aged 5 11 years and parents

11 School Nursing Text Service Question: Do you think the School Nurse text service is a good way to seek help and advice about your health? In total, 370 responses were received, 187 (50.5%) from male students and 183 (49.5%) from female.

12 School Nursing Text Service 70.2% - of students felt the service was a good way to seek help and advice about their health, whilst 3.8% did not. 26.0% said that they were unsure. More females answered yes to the question than males, 75.4% versus 65.2% respectively. All of the 14 students who answered no to the question were male.

13 School Nursing Text Service Positive comments Service is confidential and private (41 comments) Helpful/a good idea in general (23) Easier/less embarrassing than face-to-face contact (24 comments) Provides an easy/quick way of communicating with the School Nurse (21 comments) Good way to involve students in their own health (2 comments) Good as most people have mobile phones (1 comment) Good but you should advertise it more (1 comment)

14 School Nursing Text Service Negative comments or suggestions made Not good for people who don t have mobile phones (5 comments) Some people won t take it seriously/will send prank texts (4) Not as good as face-to-fact contact (3 comments) Would still be embarrassing (3 comments) Some people might not want to text (1 comment) Some people still might not use the service (1 comment) Would rather talk to parents (1 comment) What about if you re out of credit on your phone (1 comment) Concerned about confidentiality (1 comment) The texts should be anonymous (1 comment) You should be able to call as well as text (1 comment)