Funding threat to school nurses
Funding for Blackpool's school nurse service is being slashed by £300,000 as part of cuts to the town's public health budget.
Spending on school nurses is being reduced by a third – to £600,000 a year from £900,000.
At the moment, nurses work in all Blackpool’s primary and secondary schools providing healthcare including running immunisation programmes, monitoring infectious diseases and giving nutritional advice.
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Hide AdThe service is contracted out to Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is now consulting with all school nurse staff.