Community Children's Nursing

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This Pathway helps children and young people in Devon (excluding Plymouth) with a wide range of complex health conditions that require expert and specific nursing advice and support.

Difficulties may include: 

• complex breathing/airway difficulties including long term ventilation
• neurodegenerative disability 
• enteral feeding 
• complex continence problems requiring clinical interventions
• oxygen dependence
• complex wound care
• palliative care and symptom management at end of life
• complex phlebotomy and administration of injectable medication
• long term complex conditions such as cardiac, renal or liver disease, including a child or young person dependent on technology to meet their health needs
• caregivers requiring clinical training to meet an individual child or young person’s needs

CFHD specialists you might receive care from in this Pathway

• Community Children’s Nurses, including those based in a number of special schools and those with skills and knowledge in palliative care 
• Clinical Support Workers

Blood test referral form (for healthcare professionals only)

Please note this service is only for Children and Young People (CYP) who have additional needs that mean that there are challenges faced when taking bloods in a GP surgery.

Please type into the electronic form and email it back to us at cfhd.devonspa@nhs.net. You will find it much easier to fill the form in on a laptop or desktop computer than on a mobile or tablet.