Start a chat with a school nurse in your area

Find out whether the ChatHealth texting service is available in your local area.

ChatHealth is a confidential text messaging service that enables children and young people (aged 11-19) to contact their local public health nursing (school nursing) team for confidential advice and support. You can get in touch for advice about any aspect of your physical or emotional health.

Visit chathealth.nhs.uk to find help near you using your school, town or location. If you are using your mobile phone, you can also start a text messaging conversation with your school nurse from this page.

Take a look at this video about the kinds of things school nurses can help with:

Hear from some of our school nurses:

Disclaimer:

We do not usually inform your parents, teachers or anyone else if you text the school nurse. We might inform someone if we were concerned about your safety but we would usually speak to you first. Your messages are stored and can be seen by other health care staff who follow the same confidentiality rules, We aim to reply to you within one working day and you should get an immediate message back to confirm we have received your text. Text will only be seen during working hours. If you need help before you hear back from us contact your GP, nearest walk in centre or dial 111. Our text number does not receive voice calls or MMS picture messages. We support messaging from UK mobile numbers only (which does not include messages sent from landlines, international mobile numbers and some ‘number masking’ mobile apps). To prevent the health professional from sending messages to you, text STOP to our number. Messages are charged at your usual rates.

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