{"id":38,"date":"2025-12-17T08:47:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:25:57","slug":"childrens-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/childrens-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull banner\" style=\"padding-top:4vh;padding-right:3vw;padding-bottom:4vh;padding-left:3vw;min-height:450px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-250 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/12\/Childrens-Services-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:15% 52%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"15% 52%\" 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class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-7ca5745e wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Children&#8217;s Services<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Children&#8217;s Services<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f77e2de0 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School&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondary.ac.fk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Falkland Islands Community School<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two members of the clinical team sit on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/socialservices\/safeguarding\/safeguarding-children-s-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Falkland Islands Safeguarding Children&#8217;s Board (FISCB)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about children\u2019s services, please contact KEMH reception on 28000, from Monday to Friday, between 8:00am and 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/12\/painted_rainbow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" 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