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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
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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
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
Referral method
Referral form can be found on PIP and on System one
E-referral System one
EMAIL: Please send referral form by email to alyson.pearce@nhs.net
Or send referral directly on SystmOne
No postal referral will be accepted.
If you wish to discuss further please Telephone-
Mobile 07917 108679
Answer phone usually accessed Monday to Friday 8am-4 pm
Contact Information
Batternburg Child Development Clinic, Battenburg Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0TA
Opening hours
- Monday 8:00am-4:00pm
- Tuesday 8:00pm-4:00pm
- Wednesday 8:00pm-4:00pm
- Thursday 8:00pm-4:00pm
- Friday 9:00pm-4:00pm
Special Notice
These hours are Flexible. Visits can be done after school
Closed weekends and bank holidays