The Leicestershire Public Health Team aims to protect and improve the health and quality of life for everyone in Leicestershire by providing and commissioning services to promote the wellbeing and address inequalities in health.
Some of the services that are applicable for professionals are listed below.
Healthy Tots
Healthy Tots is a health promotion programme offered to early years settings in Leicestershire, supporting settings to enhance and showcase their activities and effort in providing a healthy environment for their children and staff.
Email: Healthytots@leics.gov.uk
Click here to visit their website
Oral Health Promotion
The service provides support to professionals, anyone who works for a nursery/early years setting in Leicestershire.
Email: publichealthoh@leics.gov.uk
Services Supporting Public Health Nursing 0-11
Confidential advice, care and support to all families with babies and young children up to 11 years old. Central point of contact for services available to parents and their families. Monitoring and promotion of the physical and emotional health of mothers, babies and their families.
Louise Martin, Family Service Manager: louise.martin40@nhs.net
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-19 years called Chat Health. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health nurse (health visitor/school nurse) within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.
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Leicester City:
text
07520 615381 -
Leicestershire & Rutland:
text
07520 615382
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs the Healthy Together Helpline for parents and carers in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Helpline’s qualified health and administrative professionals offer easy to access, safe and free advice, support and signposting. Calls are answered from 9am – 4.30pm on weekdays, excluding bank holidays. Calls are charged at the same rate as calling a standard landline number.
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Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland:
call 0300 300 3001
Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.