Children's Community Asthma Service Portsmouth

The Community Children’s Asthma Service is provided by Solent NHS Trust and commissioned to provide care across Portsmouth CCG.-

The service provides support and advice to children

With a diagnosis of Asthma
Who are registered with a Portsmouth GP

and may also have

Newly diagnosed Asthma
Interval symptoms despite escalating treatment
Poor compliance to treatment
Repeat oral steroids
Recent hospital admission
A home nebuliser
Repeated out of hours visits
Missing school or nursery due to asthma symptoms

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Referral criteria

The referral route for this service is via health care professional

GP/ practice asthma Nurse
Post hospital admission
Hopsital consultant
Health visitor
School Nurse
Other Health Care Professional

Health Professional?

Full service description

The service currently comprises of one full time Paediatric Asthma Nurse Specialist who is also a Nurse Prescriber.

The service works closely with GP ‘s and the hospital respiratory team.

The aims of the service are

To provide initial assessment and on-going telephone or face to face support as needed
To raise asthma awareness
Improve and standardise the management of Children’s asthma
Empower families to manage their child’s asthma at home
Reduce and Prevent hospital admission

Support offered to families

Families usually contacted within one month of referral
Given asthma management plan to help manage day to day and acute illness
Child can remain on a caseload and families can have on-going telephone or face to face support
Advice around Inhaler technique and compliance to treatment
School and nursery support and training
Medication explained and prescribed
Close links with GP and PHT