My personal child health record - Health for all Children

1 My personal child Health recordMy NHS date of this book is found please return to:My photoSomewhere HealthcareNHS TrustIndexChild, family and birth details / local and information sources1 child s details2 Local information3 Birth details5 Important Health problems6 Family history7 Information sourcesImmunisation13 Your child will be offered the following immunisations14 Primary course of immunisations15 MMR immunisation first dose and second year boosters16 MMR immunisation second dose and pre-school boosterScreening and routine reviews17 Screening and routine reviews18 Can your baby see?

2 19 Can your baby hear?21 Newborn hearing screening programme22 Dislocation of the hip23 New baby review25 6-8 week review27 1 year review29 2-21/2year review31 Health review33 School Health service34 School entry review in reception classYour child s firsts and growth charts35 Your child s developmental firsts40 Dental healthNotes41 Weight conversion chart42 Height conversion chartGrowth chartsAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form,stored in a retrieval system of any nature, or transmitted in any form or by anymeans including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning orotherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owners except inaccordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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4 Tel 0191 455 4286, Fax 0191 427 0195 For further information visit Healthcare 79534dtpPersonal child Health RecordThis is your child 's personal child Health record . It is the main record of your child 's Health , growth anddevelopment. It is for you and the other people who care for your child to be able to see and to write in, sowe ask you to keep it in a safe this book with you whenever you visit: your midwife the Children s centre the child Health clinic your Health visitor your family doctor a hospital emergency or outpatients department if your child is admitted to hospital a therapist (eg speech and language therapist)

5 The dentist the school nurse any other Health appointmentYou may like to show it to other carers of your child such as childminder playgroup leader nursery school teacher primary school teacher anyone else who helps you care for your with this symbol are to be filled in by yourself as a parent, or by your midwife, healthvisitor and Healthy child ProgrammeHealth advice, immunisations, screening and routine Health reviews are all important parts of the healthy childprogramme. They are carried out by Health professionals usually doctors, midwives, Health visitors, other membersof the Health visiting team, practice nurses and school nurses.

6 A record of these will be made in the personal childhealth parent can expect the following as a minimum: Soon after birth: full physical examination 2-21/2years: Health review 5-8 days: heelprick blood spot test 3 years 4 months: immunisations 10-14 days: new baby review 4-5 years: eye sight check In first month: hearing test School entry (reception class): Height, weight and hearing check 6-8 weeks: full physical examination 10-11 years: (Year 6): height and weight 8, 12, 16 weeks: immunisations 13-14 years: HPV immunisations (girls) By 12 months: Health review 13-18 years: booster immunisations 12-13 months: immunisationsFor more information please visit Birth to Five at NHS Choices of the early appointments will be made by your Health visitor in your home.

7 You may need to go to your localdoctor s surgery or Health centre for others and some may not need a face-to-face contact. Health reviews forschool aged Children are usually done in you are worried about any aspect of your child s Health or development, don t wait for the next review to discussit. You can find out information on many minor Health issues in Birth to Fivebut if you are still worried contact yourhealth visitor or family we handle informationWe wish to make sure that your child has the opportunity to have his/her immunisations and Health checks whenthey are due. We also want to be able to plan and provide any other services your child needs.

8 Therefore, weenter some of your child s details from this record on to our computer treat this information as strictly confidential and only release it to: Yourself as parent(s) Your child s Health care professionals, who work directly with your information may be used anonymously so that we can plan services for all will not normally release any information that could be linked to your child to any other person ororganisation without seeking your permission first. However, it is sometimes necessary to use this sort ofinformation for audit purposes and public Health reasons such as monitoring the effectiveness and safety may also give the Department of Health contact details of Children due immunisations so that they can sendinformation leaflets about immunisation.

9 These contact details are kept by the Department of Health only untilthe leaflets are sent are subject to the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998 in respect of personal data held by us. You havethe right under the Act to ask to see details of the information held regarding your , family & birth details / local & information sourcesChild, familyand birth details/ local andinformationsourcesChild s details Please place a sticker (if available) otherwisewrite in space s details1 Mother s name:..Date of birth:../../..Father s name:..Date of birth:../../..Change of address(including post code)1):..Tel:..2).

10 Tel:..3):..Tel:..Named Midwife/TeamName:..Tel:..Family Doctor1) Name:..Address:..Tel:..2) Name:..Address:..Tel:..3) Name:..Address:..Tel:.. Health Visitor/Team1) Name:..Address:..Tel:..2) Name:..Address:..Tel:..3) Name:..Address:..Tel:..Dentist Name:..Address:..Tel:..Surname:First names:NHS number:Unit no:Address: ..Sex: M / code:.. :../../.. : :Code:2 child Health clinics1) Name:..Time:..Tel:..2) Name:..Time:..Tel:..3) Name:..Time:..Tel:..4) Name:..Time:..Tel:..5) Name:..Time:..Tel:.. Children s & parents groupsName:..Time:..Tel:..Name:..Time:.. Tel:.. :..Tel:..Nursery :..Tel:..Other useful :..Tel:..Tel.