School Nursing - Southern Trust

The School Health Team, which includes nurses, nursing assistants and administration staff, work in partnership with parents, teachers and other health professionals to support children through their school years (both primary and post-primary). Your School Health Team can provide support, organise referrals to the appropriate professionals, and offer information and advice on a range of issues including:

• Healthy Lifestyles e.g. healthy eating, physical activity and hygiene
• Advice on some medical conditions such as anaphylaxis and allergies
• Behavioural problems
• Dental Health
• Bullying
• Family support
• Infectious conditions / diseases
• Personal safety
• Enuresis (Bedwetting) / Encopresis (Soiling)
• Puberty
• Head Lice
• Local support services
• Child Protection

Please do not hesitate to contact the school nurse for further information or to discuss your child’s health.

Contacts :

Armagh St Luke’s Hospital, Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 9NQ  Tel : 028 3756 5804/5162/1032

Banbridge & Dromore Banbridge H&C Centre, 10 Old Hospital Road, Banbridge, BT32 3GN  Tel : 028 3756 1305

Dungannon Thomas Street Clinic, 38 Thomas Street, Dungannon, BT70 1HS Tel : 028 3756 5725

Kilkeel Kilkeel Primary Care Centre, Greencastle Street, Kilkeel, BT34 4BH Tel : 028 3756 7829

Newry John Mitchel Place, Hill Street, Newry, BT34 2BU Tel  : 028 3756 2043 / 2526

Portadown, Brownlow & Lurgan The Bungalow, Lurgan Hospital, Sloan Street, Lurgan, BT66 8NX  Tel : 028 3756 1025