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Dear Parent/Carer
National Child Measurement Programme for Reception & Year 6 Children
Every year in England, school children in Reception and Year 6 have their height and weight checked at school as part of the National Child Measurement Programme. Height and weight measurements are used to calculate weight status. We collect this information to build a picture of how children are growing, to help plan better health and leisure services for families.
In most areas, parents receive their child’s measurement data, because this can be useful information about their child’s growth and provides an opportunity to offer support to parents where required. Your child’s class will take part in this year’s programme.
The programme will be delivered safely, in line with the school and local authorities' safety control measures and national guidance for schools and healthcare.
Registered school nurses or trained health care professionals carry out the checks. Children are measured fully clothed, except for their coats and shoes, in a private space away from other pupils. The School Nursing Team will be adhering to Government and NHS Guidelines whilst working within schools. This will include robust hand hygiene; cleaning arrangements for the measuring equipment and environment used and a risk assessment being completed.
Maintaining the well-being of children in the NCMPThe well-being of children and families is very important. Measurements are conducted sensitively, in private and away from other children. Research is ongoing to ensure this continues to be done in a supportive way. Individual results are not shared with your child or their school. The weight and height information is shared only with you, via a parent feedback letter or telephone call. It is your choice to share or not share the information with your child. If you are concerned about your child’s growth, weight, body image or eating patterns, seek further support from a school nurse or GP. The information we collect and what it is used for is listed below:Your child’s data
Other data sets held by NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) may also be linked to allow information from health and education records to be added, where lawful to do so. This helps understand how and why the weight of children is changing, how this affects children’s health and education and how the care children receive can be improved. These other data sets may include your child’s health data relating to:
Your child’s ethnicity and address are used to help understand some of the reasons for the difference and changes in child weight across England.
How the data is usedAll the data collected is also used for research and planning to improve health, care and services. All this information is treated confidentially and held securely. No individual measurements will be given to school staff or other children. The information collected from all schools in the area will be gathered together and held securely by South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. We will store your child’s information as part of the local child health record on the NHS’s child health information database and share it with the child's GP. We will send all the information collected about your child to NHS England. NHS England is responsible for collecting data and information about health and care so that it can be used to monitor and improve the care provided to people across England. The information collected about your child will also be shared by NHS England with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) which is part of DHSC but in a de-personalised form only. This means OHID will not be able to identify your child. Both NHS England and OHID will use the information from the NCMP to better understand numbers and trends in child weight and BMI. This helps to plan services to support healthy lifestyles in your area. No information will ever be published by NHS England or OHID that identifies your child. NHS England uses the data to produce National Child Measurement Programme statistics reports showing trends at national and local level. De-personalised information from the NCMP may also be shared by NHS England with other organisations, such as universities. This is to help improve health, care and services through research and planning. This information cannot be used to identify your child. NHS England only ever shares information for research through formal assurance and approvals processes, seeking advice from experts as necessary. Withdrawing your child from the National Child Measurement ProgrammeIf you are happy for your child to be measured, you do not need to do anything.
If you do not want your child’s height and weight to be checked, or your child has a medical condition that affects their height or weight please let us know using the contact details provided on the next page:
You can either call the School Nursing team on 01926 495321 EXT: 7494 or send an email to swg-tr.contactschoolnursescoventry@nhs.net, stating your child’s name, date of birth and school. We require you to do this by Wednesday 27th November 2024.
Children will not be made to take part on the day if they do not want to.
Further information You can find further information about the NCMP at The National Child Measurement Programme NHS webpage. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/childrens-weight/national-child-measurement-programme/ You can find information and fun ideas to help your kids stay healthy at the NHS Better Health: healthier families webpage Easy ways to eat well and move more. https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/ Another way to help maintain a balanced diet and physical activity for your family is the NHS Healthy Steps email programme. Sign up for the 8-week Healthy Steps emails and you will be sent lots of low-cost easy tips, fun games, healthy swaps and tasty recipes on a budget. You can sign up to NHS Healthy Steps - Step this way webpage or scan the QR code:
https://healthysteps.betterhealth-healthierfamilies.co.uk/signup
You can find information about how NHS England and DHSC collect and use information at:
You can find information about the organisations NHS England has shared information from the NCMP at NHS England's National Child Measurement Programme webpage. https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-child-measurement-programme/
Yours sincerely,
Emma Austin School Nursing Clinical Lead Coventry Family Health and Lifestyle Services | |||
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