My Care Bridge referral process

Provide Community (Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon): My Care Bridge portal
NELFT (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock): My Care Bridge portal
EPUT (Castle Point & Rochford and Southend): My Care Bridge portal

Please email the children and young people’s team in your area to be added to the portal:

NELFT (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock): childrensautismADHDassessment@nelft.nhs.uk 
Provide Community (Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon): provide.cccpaediatrics@nhs.net 
EPUT (Castle Point & Rochford and Southend): epunft.Lighthouse.ASD@nhs.net or epunft.Lighthouse.ADHD@nhs.net 

You will be emailed with access information when your referral is made by a GP, health visitor, or educational setting.

If you are having issues accessing the portal, please contact the service:

NELFT (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock): childrensautismADHDassessment@nelft.nhs.uk 
Provide Community (Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon): provide.cccpaediatrics@nhs.net 
EPUT (Castle Point & Rochford and Southend): epunft.Lighthouse.ASD@nhs.net or epunft.Lighthouse.ADHD@nhs.net 

To refer a child or young person to the neurodevelopmental diagnosis pathway, please login via My Care Bridge portal.

Only Schools, GP’s and other professionals are permitted to make a referral. If you are a parent or carer seeking support for either of these conditions please speak to your GP or other professional to discuss making a referral.

The professional who knows the child or young person best should make the referral. If the child is in education, this will usually be their school or nursery, rather than their GP. 

GP/SystmOne Users: Please complete the referral form via SystmOne eConsult Referral. Send a task to Administration, Community Paediatric Service at The Lighthouse Child Development Centre. 

If your child is accepted onto an assessment pathway, the child’s parents/carers and education provider will need to complete a screening assessment questionnaire. You may also have to submit additional information via the portal.

To refer a child or young person to the Tics and Tourette’s pathway

Schools or Parent: Please send the completed referral form to us via email: epunft.seechs.singlepointofaccess@nhs.net 

Parent/carer to complete Supplementary Screening assessment questionnaire – to be completed by child’s parent or carer. Use this link to download the form.

Education to complete Supplementary Screening assessment questionnaire – to be completed by the child’s pre-school, school or education provider. Use this link to download the questionnaire.

Parent/carer and Teacher/Pre-school to be completed Tics and Tourette’s questionnaire Use this link to download the questionnaire. 

For school aged children or young people, the school must also submit a recent progress report and any SEN plans the pupil has in place. 

Please email the completed questionnaires, school progress report and SEN plans to epunft.seechs.singlepointofaccess@nhs.net. 

GP/SystmOne Users: Please complete the referral form via SystmOne eConsult Referral. Send a task to Administration, Community Paediatric Service at The Lighthouse Child Development Centre. 

The following professionals can refer children, young person to our neuro disability pathway

• Healthcare professionals s (GPs, Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Health Visitors, Nurses, Educational psychologist)
• Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCo) / Teachers
• Early Support Workers

To refer a child or young person with Developmental Delay, Functional skills, Balance and Coordination, Postural Management, Gross motor skills, Neuromuscular/ Neurological, Musculoskeletal using this referral form.

Send using this referral form and email to: epunft.lighthouse.neurodisability@nhs.net

GP/SystmOne Users: Please complete the referral form via SystmOne eConsult Referral. Send a task to Administration, Community Paediatric Service at The Lighthouse Child Development Centre.