Growing Healthy Sunderland

Growing Healthy Sunderland provides 0-19 services for children, young people and families in Sunderland.

Growing Healthy Sunderland provides an integrated Public Health service for expectant mothers, children and young people and their families in the city. This includes:

• Provision of antenatal reviews from 28 weeks of pregnancy.
• Provision of all mandatory universal reviews.
• Provision of a 3-4 month review.
• Provision of school readiness review.
• Targeted support for teenage parents via the implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership.
• Provision of the National Child Measurement Programme at start and completion of primary school.
• Audiology Screening at commencement of primary education.
• Provision of Public Health advice, information and support.
• Provision of enhanced support to children and young people with higher levels of need.
• Ensuring children and vulnerable adults are kept safe.
• Provision of support to schools in developing a full understanding of the health and wellbeing needs of their pupils.
• Provision of Oral Health Promotion.