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Contact us
0300 123 4461
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
For all IHA & Initial Adoption Referrals (IHA & IAM): kcht.vsklacinitial@nhs.net
For all Review Adoption Referrals (RAM NP & RAM P): kentchft.LACRAM@nhs.net
For all Review Health Assessment Referrals (RHA): kentchft.LACRHA@nhs.net
For all children from an other local authority placed into Kent referrals (IHA, RHA & RAMS): kcht.OLALAC@nhs.net
Who we are
We are a team of health professionals who promote the health and wellbeing of children in care
What we do
Our LAC nursing service is commissioned across Kent to deliver health assessments for all children in care placed by Kent County Council. Clinics are held at multiple locations across the county. Health assessments are held 6 monthly for children aged under 5 and yearly for those 5 and over.
In addition to providing comprehensive holistic health assessments, the role of the LAC Nurse includes:
- All LAC Nurses are registered nurses with additional experience and, in some cases, additional nursing qualifications, such as health visiting, school nursing, midwifery, practice nursing, district nursing and sexual health
- Nurses participate at LAC reviews, professional meetings and network meetings
- Attend and participate in education plans
- Participate in children and young person wellbeing groups in partnership with colleges
- Provide packages of care for individual children
- Work with other agencies both within and outside of health services
- Direct referrals to GP and specialities
- Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams as required
- Attend local foster carer support groups.
We also deliver health assessments focused on children in care living in Kent that are placed in the County by other councils.
How do you use this service?
For all children placed by Kent County Council referrals to be emailed by the local Social Services team as per the list of emails shown above.
For all children placed by other councils please email kcht.OLALAC@nhs.net.
June 2020
Ashford
June 2020
Whitstable
May 2020
Gravesham
April 2020
Canterbury
March 2020
Dartford
January 2020
Canterbury
January 2020
Swale
January 2020
Dover
December 2019
Shepway
December 2019
Ashford
December 2019
Dartford
July 2019
Thanet
July 2019
July 2019
Ashford
June 2019
Ashford
June 2019
Dover
February 2019
Ashford
February 2019
Deal
January 2019
Other Local Authority
January 2019
Maidstone
January 2019
Tunbridge Wells
January 2019
Maidstone
January 2019
Sevenoaks
January 2019
Shepway
January 2019
Deal
June 2018
Thanet
June 2018
Shepway
June 2018
Ashford
June 2018
Gravesham
May 2018
Dartford
May 2018
Tonbridge and Malling
April 2018
Ashford
April 2018
Maidstone
March 2018
Whitstable
March 2018
Dartford
February 2018
Tonbridge& Malling
February 2018
Thanet
February 2018
Dartford
February 2018
Sevenoaks
February 2018
Ashford
January 2018
Whitstable
January 2018
Ashford
December 2016
Dover
December 2016
Tonbridge & Malling