What is available for everyone

These are Health service we can all access such as GP, Practice Nurse, Dentist, Optician, Health Visitor and School Nurse that can identify what support is needed.

What if I need a bit more support

Includes specialist health services your child might be referred to such as the SEND Team, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and more.

What if I need further support

Health services for children and young people with more critical or long-term, life limiting, complex medical needs. These children might be known to Children’s community nursing, Palliative Care Service and Continuing care.

Emotional and mental health

Find out about general, specialist, complex and crisis support available for emotional and mental health.

Moving from children’s SEND Health services onto adults

Transitions Clinical Nurse Specialist develop partnerships with young people, their families and professionals from children’s to adult Health services for young people with complex or chronic long term, or life limited conditions.

Child Development Service (0-5 years old)

Child development clinics are held in Gem centre by Community Paediatricians. It's for Children from 0-5 years where there are concerns about their development are seen in this clinic.

Autism assessment and diagnosis

Find out about autism, assessment process, diagnosis and what happens next, support for parents/carers and training available around autism.

Helping to identify children/young people who may have a learning disability

NHS learning disability screening tool for children and young people.

Healthwatch Wolverhampton

Your local independent and impartial health and social care champion. They make sure your voice is heard by NHS leaders and other decision makers to improve care.

Health providers explained

Health partners work together to enable integration across agencies, sharing of good practice across Wolverhampton and the Black Country with joined-up work and shared responsibility to achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes.