PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE - Holly Cummings is the Public Health Nurse connected with our Marshland School community. She works within a team of registered Public Health Nurses with knowledge and experience in child and family health. She can provide confidential and free nursing support for tamariki and their whānau where health and wellbeing concerns impact their home and school lives.

Please contact Holly if you have any health concerns for your child. Contact details are - Phone: 3836877 ext 99628 or 027 284 3397. Email/īmēra: holly.cummings@cdhb.health.nz

COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICE - Community Dental Service vans visit to our school and provide free dental care for tamariki. The dental therapist will provide a regular check-up and preventative care which may include Cleaning/Scaling (to remove plaque from teeth), Dental x-rays (to check for decay in teeth, or presence and position of teeth) Fluoride Varnish (painted on teeth to help prevent decay) Fissure Sealants (coating put on teeth to prevent decay) if required.

If your child requires any other dental care, they will bring home a ‘Care Plan’ which will explain what dental care and appointment times are required.

When you receive the ‘Care Plan’ please contact our Call Centre as soon as possible as you will need to arrange a time to bring your child to one of our Community Clinics for this dental care.

Please contact our Call Centre if you want further information on the Community Dental Service, to enrol your child or if you have any specific questions about your child’s dental care (a dental therapist will call you back)

Year 8 students: all year 8 students enrolled with the Community Dental Service are transferred from the Community Dental Service to a FREE private dentist from Year 9 until their 18th birthday. To help with this transition please ensure you have informed your child of their family dentist (not orthodontist). This will enable us to transfer your child to the correct dentist for Year 9 onwards.

More information will be sent home after their year 8 check-up. To contact our Call Centre: phone 0800 846 983 or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz

OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES - From time to time, you will be given the option of accessing other Health provisions from the school site. You will be provided with information about these services and if required, you will be required to give permission for these services to be offered to your children. This might include hearing and vision screening, immunisation or the provision of health-related materials etc.