Publish date: 27 August 2025
Child Health Team – Louise North
Louise North – School Aged Immunisation Nurse
We cover a large part of the North East including all schools across Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
I enjoy my job as it provides a healthy work life balance and also allows me to travel to different schools and meet a diverse number of people.
Our team is very proactive, encouraging children to be successfully vaccinated with a positive approach. We provide clinics for particularly anxious children or children who were absent on the day of the main vaccination session in school. We attend the school for catch up sessions and deliver health promotion in schools where opportunities allow, which helps build up relationships and trust with school staff and children.
It is important for us to be a trusted team that provide a friendly approachable service to all that work alongside us. We like to raise awareness where we can about the importance of life saving vaccinations, protecting our children against several cancers and diseases such as Meningitis and Flu.