{"id":18381,"date":"2024-04-24T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=18381"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:47:13","slug":"specialist-health-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/health\/specialist-health-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialist health services"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69fb1c2ecd19d\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-dcc-subheading\">Devon\u2019s SEND Local Offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specialist health services<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about the health services available in Devon to support children and young people who have significant health needs or disabilities<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69fb1c2ecd336\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-69fb1c2ece052\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Specialist health services<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-3 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/onedevon.org.uk\/our-work\/services-and-support\/all-age-continuing-care\/cypcc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Children and Young People&#039;s Continuing Care (CYPCC)<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Under 18&#8217;s with complex health needs that can&#8217;t be met by GPs, hospitals or NHS community services may be eligible for CYPCC support. A referral from a healthcare professional, usually a Children&#8217;s Community Nurse or Paediatrician, is needed to access this.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilyhealthdevon.nhs.uk\/our-pathways\/neurodiversity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Neurodiversity support<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Children and Family Health Devon (CHFD)&#8217;s neurodiversity pathway helps children and young people in Devon access support for conditions such as autism, ADHD, tics and Tourette&#8217;s syndrome. Parents and carers can request support directly &#8211; a referral is not necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/onedevon.org.uk\/our-work\/services-and-support\/all-age-continuing-care\/chc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Continuing Healthcare (18+)<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is an NHS fully funded package of care that some people aged over 18 receive due to their long-term health needs. You will need a referral from a health or care professional to access this service, for example, a doctor or consultant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chsw.org.uk\/our-care\/our-hospices\/little-bridge-house\" rel=\"noopener\">Children&#039;s Hospice South West &#8211; Little Bridge House<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Hospice support, including hospice breaks, emergency care, palliative care and end-of-life care, for children and young people living with life-limiting conditions. You can contact this service directly (self-refer), or a healthcare professional such as a Children&#8217; Community Nurse may also offer a referral.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilyhealthdevon.nhs.uk\/childrens-community-nursing-service-palliative-care\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Palliative care<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>The Palliative Care service provides nursing care and support for children and young people with life limiting and life threatening condition across Devon. You will need referral from a healthcare professional to access this service, for example paediatrician or Children&#8217;s Community Nurse.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vranchhouse.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Specialist wheelchair service<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Vranch House provides the specialist wheelchair service for children who have been assessed by a community therapist as needing specialist provision. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":18504,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18381","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 15:19:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18381"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74292,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18381\/revisions\/74292"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}