Computerised school health profiles: implementing a new system

This paper describes the sequence of events from the instigation of a project pilot study, through the implementation of a district school nursing profile, to the results of a project which sought standardised information from school nurses on the health profiles in their schools. The profile form, which was introduced in 1992 and has been in regular use since, has allowed managers to gain accurate, easily accessible information on individual school health profiles, and to amend and adjust the workloads of school nurses accordingly.