A summary of health services for children and young people in Southend, can be found here: Local Context section of the Southend SEND Strategy.
View the directory for details of local health and wellbeing services.
Other helpful links:
- NHS service finder tool
- your choices in the NHS
- Lighthouse Child Development Centre support lines for parents
- Health Visiting Service.
- health support for babies, children and young people in Essex.
- AccessAble access guides for Southend Hospital, Basildon Hospital and Broomfield Hospital
- National organisations providing support for SEND
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 at The Victoria Centre
- ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
- Southend Therapies Offer for families, mainstream schools and early years providers