A summary of health services for children and young people in Southend, can be found here: Local Context section of the Southend SEND Strategy.
Find local health and wellbeing services.
Use the NHS service finder tool and learn about your choices in the NHS.
If your child is 0 to 5 you can read about Health Visiting Service.
AccessAble provides detailed access guides and photographs of venues so people know what access will be like when they visit. View access guides for Southend Hospital, Basildon Hospital and Broomfield Hospital
Please also review our health and wellbeing information pages. If you can't find what you need contact us at localoffer@southend.gov.uk
Health and wellbeing information
- Southend-on-Sea Vision and Hearing Support Service
- Neurodevelopmental guides
- Mental health
- Dental treatment and oral healthcare for people with special needs
- NHS continuing healthcare
- Personal budgets and direct payments for children and young people with SEND
- AV1 Robots
- Annual health checks for people with a learning disability
- Continuing care for children and young people
- Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
- Southend SEND: Early Identification and support toolkit
- Assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions (including Autism and ADHD)
- Transforming Care
- Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) role
- What to do if you are concerned about your child's health
- Speech, language and communication support
- LGBTQIA+ information
- NHS Complaints
- Consent to treatment and capacity
- Appointees, deputies and power of attorney
- Vision Impairment
- Hearing Loss
- Support for parent carers of children and young people with SEND
- Multi-sensory impairment
- Anxiety and worries about going to school
- Cubbie – The Victoria Centre
- Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy offer for schools
- ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)