Health
Health Services
ADDvanced Solutions Community Network
ADDvanced Solutions Community Network
Commissioned by Halton NHS Cheshire and Merseyside to support the neurodevelopmental pathway.
Provides parents and carers with learning workshops, learning programmes, information, advice and guidance and open access community network groups. Equipping parents and carers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to better identify and manage the characteristics associated with neurodevelopmental conditions including Autism, ADHD, sensory processing difficulties, specific learning difficulties and associated mental health needs. Our learning opportunities are delivered by our team of professionals from health, social care and education, all who have a genuine insight of these conditions because of their own lived experience. We are open access, pre, during and post diagnosis, no referral necessary, just make contact and we will support you to find the answers.
Email: info@addvancedsolutions.co.uk or Tel: 0151 486 1788
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Audiology
- Audiology for children and young people aged 0-18
Baby Bonding
Baby and Infant Bonding Service (BIBS)
- The Halton and Warrington Baby and Infant Bonding Support team provides essential support to parents who are having difficulty bonding or developing their relationship with their baby.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) support children and young people up to age 18 with their emotional and mental health and wellbeing
Crisis Response Team
The Mersey Care 24 hour Crisis Response Team is for young people up to the age of 18 experiencing emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties which are causing difficulties in their school, family or social life. The service is for children and young people who are registered with a GP in Halton, up to their 18th birthday presenting in crisis needing an emergency response.
Mental Health Crisis Line Halton Freephone Telephone Support
For all ages – children, young people and adults:
If you live in Halton and need urgent mental health support, please call the 24/7 freephone crisis line on 0800 051 1508
Talking Therapies
Talking Therapies is a free NHS therapy service for people over 18 in Halton with common mental health problems like anxiety or depression, to help you change the way you feel by changing the way you think.
Mum's Mental Health
Mum’s Mental Health, one in five women experiences mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year after birth. The Perinatal team provide important mental health assessment and support for local women and birthing people experiencing mental health issues during this time.
Baby Loss
Maternal Mental Health Service offer a free NHS support service working with women, birthing people, and families to offer psychological and emotional support for baby loss. Therapists, psychologists, assistant psychologists, specialist midwives and peer support workers identify distress that has come from your maternity, neonatal or reproductive journey. Supporting trauma, loss and fear around pregnancy and the maternity setting.
Woodview Children's Specialist Services
Woodview provide a single point of referral for Community Paediatricians, Neurodevelopmental Nursing Team, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.
- REFERRAL FORM AND APPENDICES – scroll down the page to find form and appendices 1-4 and the SNAP Forms
Children’s Neuro-developmental Nursing Team
Children’s Neuro-developmental Nursing Team work with children aged 0-19, with a diagnosis, such as Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Global Developmental Delay (GDD) Cerebral Palsy and children and young people, with learning disabilities and additional health needs
The team can also help to assess sleep difficulties
Children’s Occupational & Physiotherapy Services
Children’s Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service
- Physiotherapists support children and their families with their physical needs and development.
- Occupational Therapists provide advice and support to families in relation to functional and daily living skills.
Community Paediatric Service
Community Paediatric Service provide support for children with behaviour and/or sleep issues relating to a diagnosed neuro-developmental condition
Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT)
To access the information about the CCNT team on the page that opens via the link below, please click on the box titled Children’s Community Nursing Team CCNT
Continence (Toileting) Services
Toileting, potty training and childhood incontinence
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Community Services – click on the box titled Paediatric Continence Service
Adults bladder or bowel issues
Continuing Care for Children and Young People
ChatHealth
Halton 0 – 5 Parents Service: 07507 327025
Halton 5 – 19 Parents Service: 07480 635988
Halton 11 – 19 Young People’s Service: 07507 330521
ChatHealth is an anonymous messaging service that provides a safe and easy way for service users to send a message to a healthcare professional and receive confidential help and advice. The aim of implementing ChatHealth into Bridgewater is to further improve service user access to health and well-being support.
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 0-19 Service (Health Visiting and School Nursing) aim to provide the best start for our children, young people and families. Their role is key to improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of our children and young people and to reduce inequalities. All staff provide evidenced based advice and support to local parents, carers, children and young people from pregnancy up to the age of 19 or up to the age of 24 for children and young people with a disability or complex need. Care is provided at a range of universal contacts alongside additional more targeted contacts, which are undertaken according to need. Our 0-19 Services utilise a whole system approach by working together with other professionals and services to deliver high quality care
Dental Community Service
Halton's Speech and Language Service
Following consultation across the Partnership, Communicate SLT became the new Speech and Language Service in Halton from November 2023
Other Specialist Speech and Language providers
- Alder Hey – Speech and Language Therapy Service for children, young people and adults diagnosed with severe or profound deafness
- TALK Halton Communication Pathways and below are links to their Communication Hub
Halton 0-19 Healthy Child Service
The Halton 0–19 Healthy Child Service provides the following services:
- Health Visiting
- School Health
- Family Nurse Partnership (FNP)
- Health Visiting
- Immunisation Team
- Breast and Infant feeding
Please note: If an Ages and Stages Questionnaire is required for a referral to Woodview, contact your Health Visitor about this.
Dynamic Keyworker Support Service
If a child or young person has a diagnosis of Autism and/or a Learning Disability and they are at risk of placement breakdown or requiring a Tier 4 admission, then they can be referred by a PROFESSIONAL ONLY into the Dynamic Keyworker Support Service. The leaflet provides more information about the support and service provided by the Dynamic Key Support Worker leaflet
Eating Disorders
- Specialist Eating Disorder Service for Children and Young People based at Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre on the Whiston Hospital site. Supports children and young people aged 8 to 18 years old living in Halton with symptoms of an eating disorder and their families and carers
- The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service will provide direct mental health support to 45 primary and secondary schools in Halton. There are two MHSTs in Halton – one covering Widnes and one covering Runcorn.
The service aims to promote the early detection and prevention of mental health problems across the whole school and strengthen links between schools and mental health services.
Equipment in the Home, for Education and in the Community
Foot Care-Podiatry
Foot Care for people with a clinical or medical need
Halton Family Hubs
We’re working with partners in Halton to develop Family Hubs across the borough by March 2025.
This work is being funded by the Department for Education from the government’s Family Hubs Transformation Fund.
Family Hubs 0-5 years Guide one page
Halton Health Improvement Team
Information and resources for START WELL, LIVE WELL and AGE WELL can be found here Halton Health Improvement Team
On the Looking after yourself area you’ll find information to help with weight management (Fresh Start), NHS health checks, sexual health etc
HENRY Healthy Families programme
- HENRY slides which explains the programme
- Animated video
- Information and Self-Referral online form for parents/carers
Halton Integrated Care Board (ICB)
The National Health Service (NHS) in England recently experienced significant changes to its structures following the implementation of the Health and Care Act (Gov.UK, 2022). In July 2022, forty-two Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) were established across the country to replace more than two hundred Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) (NHS Digital, 2021). Each ICS comprises of an NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) alongside provider collaboratives, third sector organisations, local authorities and a range of other partners. ICS partners are challenged to work in collaboration to reduce health inequalities in their local populations via the delivery of high-quality, integrated care.
Kooth emotional support and online counselling for young people
Free emotional support, online counselling and lots more – Kooth Information Pack
Learning Disability Services
Orthoptists - Visual Processing Difficulties Clinic
- Visual Processing Difficulties Clinic – Orthoptists – SEN Service
Palliative Care/End of Life
Personal Budgets
Wheelchair Personal Budget
Education Personal Budget
- Personal Budgets Policy
- Personal Budgets Summary for Parents and Young People
- Personal Budgets Easy Read Guide
Making it Personal Video Clip
Short Breaks Guide
- Short Breaks and Personal Budgets Guidance
- More information is available on Halton Short Breaks
Personal Health Budget video
Respite Health Care
- Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice – Liverpool specialist palliative/respite/end end of life care children 0-5 years
- Claire House Children’s Hospice for children and young people 0-18 years
Sexual health services
- Brook sexual health and wellbeing information for under 25s
- axess Sexual Health Service offer local clinics as follows
Wheelchair Services
- Wheelchair Service
- Wheelchair Service Referral Form
- Details of Wheelchair Personal Budgets can be found on this page in the ‘Personal Budgets’ box
Health and Wellbeing
Drugs and alcohol substance misuse support/referral
All referrals and requests for information or support for a young person needing support for substance misuse please contact iCART available 9am to 5pm from Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Friday, call 0151 907 8305
If you have an urgent (safeguarding) concern outside these hours, please call the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) on 0345 0500148
iCART will screen the request, then based on the circumstances/information will then refer on to the appropriate service
A family member can get in touch with Halton Borough Council Contact Centre Tel: 0303 333 4300 or email hdl@halton.gov.uk who will pass the referral on, please note that all referrals must have consent from the parent/carer with Parental Responsibility (PR)
Online video support sessions for families affected by substance use
Peter Cartwright, in collaboration with Adfam, has produced a series of online support video sessions for families affected by a loved one’s substance use Online video support sessions
Hearing
- Halton Borough Council’s Qualified Teacher for the Deaf (QTOD) Service 0-25 for children, young people’s education
- Halton Sensory Service
- Hearing Tests for Children explained
- Hearing Screening Unit for newborn babies
- National Deaf Children’s Society
- The Buzz website for deaf young people
Deafness Resource Centre (DRC)
- Deafness Resource Centre (DRC)
- DRC Services poster
- Halton Support Group for Tinnitus and Hard of Hearing
- Advocacy Support
- Environmental Aids (Equipment)
- DRC Training available
- I CAN Project (DRC) for children, young people and families and activity information
Deafness Support Network
Parenting Support
- NHS Better Health – Start for Life for advice and support tailored to your stage of pregnancy or baby’s age
- RelationKit – no relationship is perfect – resources for families/parents, and see RelationKit information poster
- Antenatal Support, Breastfeeding Support, Infant Feeding Support and Introducing Solid Foods
- (CATCH) Common Approach To Children’s Health NHS health app
- Triple P – learn new parenting skills and Triple P programme
- TeensHealths
Healthy Living
- Halton Health Improvement Team Start Well, Live Well and Age Well
- Healthy Eating (NHS Choices)
- Preparing for going in hospital and Videos to help answer their questions
- Hospital, Chemist, Dentist or Optician near you – NHS search
- Housing and Adaptations
- Stop Smoking Service Halton
- Support and resources to improve your health
- Fit 4 Life family lifestyle programme interactive app
Dynamic Support Register (DSR) and Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR)
- Dynamic Support Register (DSR) and Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR) Guides for Autistic young people 16-25 years
NHS Guides-Information
- Dynamic Support Register (DSR) and Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR) Guides for Autistic young people 16-25 years
- NHS Guide for A – Z Medical Conditions
- NHS Choices – Caring for a disabled child tips for parents/carers
- NHS information, services etc
- NHS Childhood Illness Visual Guide
- NHS Minor Ailments Scheme
- GP or Hospital Appointments – Questions to ask
Sleep Support
- Halton’s Neuro-developmental Team can help to assess sleep difficulties
- Helping your child sleep
- Safer sleep advice – Lullaby Trust
- Unicef’s caring for your baby at night leaflet Tips on how to keep your new born safe at night and during sleep
- National Sleep Helpline Speak to trained sleep advisors. Available Sunday to Thursday between and 7pm – 9pm. This is a confidential service.
- Your child’s sleep at 3 to 5 years leaflet
Vision
- Children’s Eyes Advice
- See Ability – Easy Read eye care factsheets and forms
- Guide Dog Services Tel: 0800 781 1444
- Halton Borough Council’s Vision Impairment Service 0-25 for children, young people’s education
- Halton Sensory Services
- Opticians providing sight tests people with a learning disability
- Vision Support Resource Centre
- Optician, Chemist, Dentist or Hospital near you – NHS search
Communication and Interaction
Fit4Life
Healthwatch Halton
Child Bereavement UK
Flu video
Mental Health Information Point
Health Conditions – General Information
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD/ASC)
- Cheshire Autism Practical Support (chAPS) Tel: 0844 850 8607 or email support@cheshireautism.org.uk
- Attention Card
- ASC-ASD-Social Communication Difficulties Pathway
- Assessment Process ASC-ASD-Social Communication Difficulties for the multi-disciplinary team assessment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder-ADHD-Asperger’s sessions via Halton Carers’ Centre
Dementia
Local support groups available via Halton Carer’s Centre
- Fortnightly Zoom Dementia Group
- Monthly Coffee Group @St Maries Church, Widnes
- Weekly Evening Group @Brunswick House, Runcorn
Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebra provide health and social care information for the parents and carers of children aged 0-16 years with neurological conditions
- Cerebral Palsy – Stick ‘n’ Step Tel: 01928 573777/0151 638 0888
Action Cerebral Palsy
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Halton’s Health Improvement Team have a useful Mental Health Information Point for you to access lots of different support
- Carers Mental Health Support Group via Halton Carers’ Centre
PANS (Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) and PANDAS (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections)
For more information on both of these conditions