Asthma Friendly Schools (AFS)
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The Enfield Asthma Friendly Schools (AFS) Initiative is a project that supports schools provide a safe environment for Child and Young People (CYP) with asthma.
This initiative is being delivered by Royal Free London Hospital- Children Community Asthma Nursing Team.
The main aims of this initiative are:
- To develop asthma awareness: by empowering Enfield Schools to support CYP and their families to have a better understanding of their asthma care.
- We are creating a safe asthma friendly environment so that schools can manage CYP with asthma effectively.
- Identification of all CYP with poor controlled asthma – school teams will refer these children.
The benefits of AFS on our community include:
- Helping us to identify CYP with poorly controlled asthma – flag high risk asthma patients
- Allowing early intervention, so we can reduce the number of missed school days or CYP missing out on school activities
- Reduce the number unscheduled health appointments due to asthma
- Have a unified approach to asthma care across all Enfield Schools
Aim: For Enfield Schools to meet the 5 standards of the AFS school’s initiative and be awarded accreditation with the support from AFS Nursing Team.
Tamanna Begum
Role: Community Paediatric Asthma Nurse
Enfield Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative
Email: rf-tr.enfieldasthmafriendlysch@nhs.net
Sammy Ndlovu Dawika
Role: Paediatric Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Lead Nurse for Camden Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative