Members of Unite's branch in Hounslow are concerned that there is not even a single nurse with the specialist community public health nurse qualification working for Hounslow Primary Care Trust.
In response the union has written to the borough's 60 primary and 14 secondary head teachers asking for support for its campaign for more school nurses.
Hounslow PCT has undergone a modernisation of its health visiting and school nurse team, which means it has the equivalent of 10.5 nurses working with other members of its 0-16 team and partner agencies to deliver health services in schools. In her letter, Ros Godson, Unite's professional officer for school health, wrote: "We are concerned that the local PCT has reorganised the public health service for children as a complete birth to 16 years service.
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