- Commissioners
Use The Lancaster Model to gain live, population‑level health and wellbeing data so you can evidence need, allocate resources confidently and demonstrate delivery of your service specification.
- Parents and Guardians
The Lancaster Model gives your child a safe, structured way to share any worries, have their health needs assessed and receive earlier advice and support from school health professionals.
- School Health Providers and Practitioners
TLM provides a proven online health needs assessment that helps you identify concerns early, prioritise follow‑up and deliver effective, preventative care for children, young people and their families.
The Lancaster Model
Earlier support for children, young people and families
The Lancaster Model is a validated, systematic and safe way to understand health and wellbeing needs across whole populations, so services can act early rather than in crisis.
Early identification before crisis.
The Lancaster Model identifies emerging needs early, before they escalate. By analysing health and wellbeing data in real time, it generates alerts when children and young people first show signs of vulnerability. This enables professionals to act sooner, provide timely support and prevent issues from becoming more serious.
Key benefits
- Spot emerging issues early, before they become crises.
- Give every child and family a structured opportunity to ask for help.
- Provide live population data to evidence need and plan services.
- Strengthen partnership working between health, schools and wider services.
How it works
TLM uses age-appropriate digital questionnaires to assess the health and wellbeing of children and young people at key points in their school journey, alongside questionnaires for parents and carers where appropriate. The responses generate alerts that highlight risk, protective and universal health issues, so practitioners can prioritise follow‑up and tailor support.
Teams can then contact families, offer advice, signpost to services, and work with schools and partners to put the right help in place at the right time.
Key features
- Online health and wellbeing questionnaires for children, young people and families
- Built‑in alerts for emotional health, physical health, safeguarding and wider needs
- Practitioner review and follow‑up conversations
- Aggregated data to support service planning and commissioning
Who is it for
Through secure online health and wellbeing questionnaires, The Lancaster Model (TLM) helps school nursing and community health teams quickly identify children and families who need support now – including those who might otherwise remain “under the radar”.
Real impact for children and families
These case studies, shared by Specialist Community Public Health Nurses, show how The Lancaster Model turns early information into timely support.
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Bring The Lancaster Model to your service
TLM is already used by school nursing and community health teams to improve outcomes for thousands of children and young people across the UK. If you would like to explore how it could support your service, we would be happy to talk.