What question did this study set out to answer?

Explore strategies to unify and strengthen the role of school nursing across the UK.

March 15, 2026

Building a cohesive future for school nursing across the UK: Strengthening the SCPHN profession

Key Points

Explore strategies to unify and strengthen the role of school nursing across the UK.
Analyzing the state of school nursing funding and service delivery
Identifying gaps in data collection and governance
Proposing a unified approach to enhance educational and professional support
Highlighted need for sustainable investment in school nursing
Uncovered challenges in fragmented funding and governance
Suggest an alignment of research and education to enhance outcomes for children

Abstract

Fragmented funding, service delivery and data collection in the UK limit the impact of school nursing. This could be addressed by aligning research, governance and education, and securing sustainable investment. Elaine Allan and Melanie Hayward discuss a unified approach to strengthen the role of school nurses in improving outcomes for children and young people.

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Discussion

Authors

Elaine Allan

Melanie Hayward

Journals

Journal of family & child health.

Actions

Institutions

Robert Gordon University

Buckinghamshire New University

References and Citations

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Building a cohesive future for school nursing across the UK: Strengthening the SCPHN profession

Key Points

Abstract

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Authors

Journals

Actions

Institutions

References and Citations

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Cite this study