Standard operating procedures for accessing health services
Referrals for speech and language therapy
- You may have been working with a child or young person at the universal and targeted level and now feel that they need more specialist support. This might be through specialist/advisory teacher or you may feel they need to be assessed by a speech and language therapist
- Referral form
Referrals for the neuro developmental pPathway
- Referrals should be made using the school-age ND pathway referral form. Referrals must be made with the knowledge and consent of the person(s) with parental responsibility for the child or young person
- The service does not accept self-referrals. The child or young person being referred must have a GP in Blackpool Fylde or Wyre, and evidence of targeted interventions already in place must be detailed in the referral
- All referrals go to the neurodevelopmental pathway clinical lead and will be triaged with one of the pathway consultants. If accepted the pathway coordinator will contact the families to discuss the process and to start gathering further information about the child or young person prior to their assessment with one of the 6 pathway consultants
- A referral can be made by an involved professional, or via a school teacher/SENDCO
- Referral information
Referrals for the ADHD pathway
For the referral to be screened by the team, lead professionals need to ensure they have attached any relevant supporting documentation/evidence including SNAP IV forms, School assessment forms (including learning levels), relevant social care assessments, Paediatric Clinic letters and EHCPs. Referrals that do not contain the necessary information will be returned to source.
Referrals can be made by a lead professional; this will be the professional who knows the family best, has regular contact with the family and is able to collate the supporting evidence above. This may be a school nurse, health visitor, SENDCO, social worker etc. Please ensure consent is gained from the family, in certain cases the young person, for the service to discuss and share information as we work in partnership with other agencies. Please provide evidence of a watchful wait of at least 10 weeks following initial contact this include the graduated approach in education.
The Neuro (ADHD) pathway does not accept referrals where the predominant needs relate to:
- Children and young people with identified emerging mental health, emotional and attachment issues at the time of the referral needing mental health intervention
- Toileting, sleeping issues.
- Specific learning difficulties: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia
- Social communication, social difficulties, rigid and repetitive routines needing further assessment for autism. These referrals need to be directed to the appropriate service
Referral form
Referrals for Blenheim
- The referral will then be triaged by the multidisciplinary team and a timeframe allocated for an appointment. Some children will need to be seen urgently and this is decided at triage so please include as much detail as possible about the child's strengths and areas of need
- Referral information
Referral for Options4CYP
(Options4CYP is the umbrella name for the NHS mental health support team)
Before making a referral into our Options4CYP Single Point of Access (SPoA), please consider
- How the school environment, via a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing, can be used to offer support to the child/young person
- How pastoral support within school can be used to support to the child/young person
- Discussing the needs of the child/young person with our PMHWs or, if you are from a secondary, special, appropriate provision or sixth form/college setting, with a member of staff from our MHST
- Discussing the needs of the child/young person with your link advisor from Blackpool's SEND support team
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- Encouraging the child, young person and their family to access one of our PMHW drop ins - run weekly which are published on the SEND Events calendar latest events in SEND
If all the above have been completed, please contact our PMHWs who will support you to make a referral to our Options4CYP Single Point of Access (SPoA). Referrals are screened by a multi-disciplinary team every morning, Monday to Friday, and may be allocated within Options4CYP or signposted to other community services
Professionals can request a referral form from bfwh.options4cyp@nhs.net.
Referrals for physiotherapy
- Referrals will not be accepted from parents/carers or educational settings
- The paediatric physiotherapy service accepts referrals from the following professionals: Doctors, consultants, allied health professionals, health visitors
- Referral information
Referrals for occupational therapy
- Referrals will not be accepted from parents/carers or educational settings
- The paediatric occupational therapy service accepts referrals from the following professionals: doctors, allied health professionals, ward sisters, specialist nursing, the children’s community nursing team, health visitors and ‘single point of entry’ referrals or social worker (home assessment only)
- Referral information