This section is for our younger patients, aged 13 to 18 years, giving information should you wish to access health services and advice confidentiality yourself.

Please see our leaflet (and posters in the surgery foyer) where you can scan to connect to different information.

If you would like text confirmations and reminders for any appointments you book (over 16s), please advise Reception of your own personal mobile number (we cannot accept a parent or guardian's for this service).

Mental wellbeing support is available for young people in Northants.

ChatHealth offers free confidential advice for young people aged 11-19 years old, by speaking to a school nurse.

Just text 07507 329600 (Monday to Friday, 0900-1600 hrs).

To find out more, go to www.nhft.nhs.uk/0-19

You can also find out more by emailing or telephone the surgery and asking to speak to our Carer's Champion Jill Gore, or by emailing carers@northamptonshire-carers.org or visiting www.northamptonshire-carers.org 

The Lowdown currently provides free counselling, sexual health and LGBTQ services for 11-25 year olds, living within NN1-NN7 area. 

A new well-being service was launched over the summer, which provides a drop-in service as well as activity-based workshops for young people.  Our drop-in offers one-off confidential emotional support sessions in which their Navigators will offer a listening ear, self-help resources or signposting to in-house or external services.

For more information on their well-being services, please email them directly at: wellbeingservice@thelowdown.info