The Community Children’s Asthma Nursing Service is available to children and young people with a Portsmouth City GP or a Southampton City GP.
Our teams are made up of:
- Portsmouth: one Community Children’s Asthma Nurse Specialist and one Community Children’s Asthma Nurse
- Southampton: one Community Children’s Asthma Nurse Specialist
We provide specialist support and interventions to Children and Young People up to the age of 16 years old, with an asthma diagnosis or those with suspected asthma who are taking asthma treatment.
About the service
The aim of the service is to improve the long term management of asthma in children and young people in order improve quality of life, improve asthma outcomes, subsequently helping to prevent and reduce hospital admissions.
We work closely with GPs, Practice Asthma Nurses, Consultant Paediatricians and Specialist Respiratory Teams.
What we do
- Provide telephone, face to face, or virtual support as needed
- Empower families to manage their child’s asthma at home
- Provide a personalised asthma (inhaler) plan and safety netting advice
- Asthma education within current guidelines
- Reduce unnecessary hospital attendance and prevent hospital admissions
Accessing the service
The referral route for this service is via health care professional only
- GP or practice asthma Nurse
- Post hospital admission
- Hospital consultant
- Health visitor
- School Nurse
- Other Health Care Professional
Healthcare professionals can make an e-referral via SystmOne or by emailing or calling the team directly.
How to find us
The Community Children’s Asthma Nursing Service are based in Portsmouth and Southampton:
Portsmouth
Batternburg Child Development Clinic
Battenburg Avenue
Portsmouth
PO2 0TA
Southampton
2nd Floor, Adelaide Health Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
SO16 4XE
Contact information
Portsmouth
Telephone: 0300 123 5045
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm (excluding bank holidays)
Southampton
Telephone: 0300 123 4153
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm (excluding bank holidays)
Further information
Information for Parents and Carers
Please contact your GP or Practice asthma nurse if:
- Your child has not had an asthma review in the last year
- Your child does not have an asthma action plan
- Is needing their reliever inhaler more than 2 times a week
- Is having frequent asthma symptoms affecting quality of life
- Has had a recent hospital attendance or admission for asthma
Asthma Control Test (ACT)
The Asthma Control Test is a tool to help you, and your healthcare provider determine if you or your child’s asthma symptoms are well-controlled. It is used by healthcare providers across the world and has been scientifically tested with hundreds of people with asthma.
Complete the relevant test below depending on age. Take the results to your doctor or asthma nurse and they can help you take appropriate action to better manage you or your child’s asthma.
- 4 to 11 Years Old: Asthma Control Test (PDF, opens in a new tab)
- Over 12 Years Old: Asthma Control Test (PDF, opens in a new tab)
Resources
- Asthma information for Child 1 to 4 years (opens on Healthier Together in a new tab)
- Asthma information for Child 5 to 11 years (opens on Healthier Together in a new tab)
- Asthma information for Young Person (opens on Healthier Together in a new tab)
- Beat Asthma (opens in new tab): A website with helpful information to support children and young people with asthma
- Asthma + Lung UK (opens in new tab): Asthma and Lung support for parent and carers
- Asthma Friendly Schools (opens on Healthier Together in a new tab)
Share your feedback
If you or your child are under the care of our service, we want to hear your feedback. This can help us to improve our Community Children's Asthma Service by understanding what we are doing well, what we could do more of and what isn't working for the best.
Complete a short online survey (opens in a new tab) and let us know what you think. The survey only takes about 1 minute and your feedback is anonymous.
Alternatively, you could ask us for a paper copy as you access our service. Your thoughts are important to us and will help shaping Community Children's Asthma Service for the better.