Support Over Your Lifetime
Preschool
LOCAL SUPPORT - SELF REFERRAL
Your local health visitor team supporting your child’s early development up to the age of 5
From the Health Visiting Team (Buckinghamshire NHS Healthcare Trust)
Health visiting Health visiting – Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – CYP Website
Includes
- Contact details
- “Who we are, what to expect, when we do routine visits and how to contact us for advice on all aspects of baby and child management and behaviour ” (covering children up to the age of 5).
- How to feed your baby and other post-natal advice
- Live health visiting webinars (see under “Resources to support your child’s early years’ development”) where you can ask questions (coving topics such as “starting toilet training” and “introduction to solids” )
For linked practices you will also be able to find the telephone number for the district nurse team covering your practice under “contact details and self referral” , see “community teams working with the practice”.
The local Family Information Service covering ages 0 to 19
From Buckinghamshire Family Information Service
- Get help from the Family Support Service Get help from the Family Support Service | Family Information Service
- Family centres Family centres | Family Information Service
- Things to do Things to do | Family Information Service
- Childcare in the holidays Childcare in the holidays | Family Information Service
Further Support
Information on some other local services can be found below:
From the Family Information Service (Buckinghamshire Council)
- Childcare and early years Childcare and early years | Family Information Service
- Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND Local Offer) Local Offer for SEND in Buckinghamshire | Family Information Service
Learning disabilities
There is further information on support for children with learning disabilities, see under
For self- referral to other local Children NHS Community services including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and the wheelchair service see under
Information and search engine for local services
From Health for under 5s – Buckinghamshire
“Health for Under 5s provides support to parents and carers right through from pregnancy to pre-school, so take a closer look at our site for your early years support.”
- Support for under 5s in Buckinghamshire (Through the information on local services may be limited it is still worth reviewing as it is likely to increase overtime) Home Page – Buckinghamshire | Health for Under5s
- Broad support for under 5s across the UK Health for Under 5s | For healthy, happy early years
local activities
For local activities and services see under
- Activities, services and charitable organisations in particular look at “The Bucks online directory for activities and groups near you”
Other local preschool groups
From the NCT (the National Charity for Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood.)
Local activities & meet-ups Local activities & meet-ups | NCT
HELP WITH BUYING FOOD AND MILK FROM HEALTHY START
From Healthy Start NHS
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
NATIONAL SUPPORT - SELF REFERRAL
From Family Lives
A confidential and free helpline for families in England and Wales for emotional support, information, advice and guidance on any aspect of parenting and family life. Parentline family support and bullying helpline | Family Lives
Breast and bottle feeding
For both information and national support with breast and bottle feeding see under
- Pregnancy see “national support – self referral”
Support for parents
For more information and direct support for parents see under
FREQUENTY ASKED QUESTIONS
General information
From the NHS
“This guide includes everything you need to know about caring for a baby.”
Baby Baby – NHS
From Better Health NHS
Contains same / similar information to NHS website but with a focus on better health, so less information on medical conditions and more on good physical wellbeing.
From Health for under 5s – Buckinghamshire
“Health for Under 5s provides support to parents and carers right through from pregnancy to pre-school”
- Broad support for under 5s across the UK Health for Under 5s | For healthy, happy early years
From the IVH (Institute of Health Visiting)
Top tips for parents (includes an extensive list of leaflets dealing with common questions asked by parents) Top Tips for Parent – Institute of Health Visiting
From NCT (the National Charity for Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood.)
Baby & toddler Baby & toddler | NCT
From Start for Life
From Family Lives
Find advice on all aspects of family life from bonding with your new baby, dealing with tantrums, and positive discipline. Parenting advice and family support – Family Lives
- Advice about pregnancy and babies Pregnancy and baby advice – Family Lives
- Advice and information on all aspects of early years development Family Lives
From Healthier Together
- I’m worried about… Home :: Healthier Together
- Fever / High Temperature Fever / High Temperature :: Healthier Together
From Buckinghamshire Family Information Service
Childcare and early years Childcare and early years | Family Information Service
Health visiting (covering your child’s early development up to the age of 5)
From the NHS
- Your baby’s health and development reviews (completed by Health Visitors) Your baby’s health and development reviews – NHS
- Services and support for parents Services and support for parents – NHS
- Breastfeeding help and support Breastfeeding help and support – NHS
From Buckinghamshire NHS Healthcare Trust
- Health visiting resources Health visiting resources – Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – CYP Website
Other NHS community services
For information on other Children NHS Community services including occupational therapy, speech and language and the wheelchair service see under
Safety
From RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents)
Detailed and well organised information
- Accidents to children Accidents to children – RoSPA
- Our guide to choosing the right car seat Need help choosing a car seat? Our guide to choosing the right child car seat – RoSPA
- Teaching children about road safety Teaching children about road safety – RoSPA
- Child safety -road Child safety – RoSPA
“Trampolining isn’t suitable for children under the age of six because they’re not sufficiently physically developed to control their bouncing.”
- Garden trampolines Garden trampolines – RoSPA
From the NHS
- Baby and toddler safety Baby and toddler safety – NHS
- Poisoning Prevention Poisoning – Prevention – NHS
- Choosing a baby car seat Choosing a baby car seat – NHS
- Keeping your baby safe in the sun Keeping your baby safe in the sun – NHS
First Aid
Information on first aid in children can be found under
Information on spotting serious illness, so serious symptoms and signs are acted on immediately, can be found under
Information on vaccinations in general and the preschool vaccination timetable can be found under
Videos and podcasts
On the videos and podcasts page there are links to some relevant videos and podcasts covering the topic of babies and toddlers.
- Videos And Podcasts – see section “support over your lifetime.”
