Child Health Service
MCH offers child health community services to children and young people from new born to 18 years for children living in Medway. If you live in Swale, you can see which services we provide in this area.
If you are a parent seeking advice and cannot find the information you require on these webpages, please contact the duty desk on 0300 123 3444 then choose option 4.
Alternatively please speak to your health visitor, GP or Nursery/School who may consider a referral to our service.
Healthy Child Clinic appointments may be booked via our duty line on 0300 123 3444 option 4. These are for weighing and measuring babies and for general advice.
Find out more about the local offer to children in Medway here
The role of the family engagement officer
MCH have a dedicated family engagement officer whose role is to improve the health and wellbeing of families and children, by signposting you to a range of non-clinical services. This may include charities, groups or training.
As part of this we will also be running family engagement programmes where we will invite you to have your say on how the services are delivered.
To speak to the family engagement officer about how we can help you, please call 0300 123 3444 or email karenadgie@nhs.net
All referral forms should be completed and forwarded to medch.childrenscommunity@nhs.net
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Chat Health
Did you know you can text a School Nurse if you need support? Anything from relationships, mental health, bullying, alcohol, self harm, healthy eating, drugs and smoking If you attend a Medway School, you can text a school nurse on 07480 635786
Chat Health at MCH
Chat Health resources for schools
Safeguarding
If you have any safeguarding concerns regarding a child or adult, please see our safeguarding page for more information on how to proceed – safeguarding>
Pathways
Red pathway
Routine visits and developmental reviews
Ante and Post natal depression / anxiety
Breast and bottle feeding advice
Orange pathway
Health visiting parent support sessions
Green pathway
Children’s speech and language therapy
Blue pathway
Indigo pathway
Children’s learning disability nurses
Violet pathway
Contact us
Your experience is important to us and helps us to make sure our services provide excellent care. If you have any comments or queries about our services please see our contact us section.
Published on: 19 February, 2025
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