At the end of #weactivechallenge 2018 I wanted to put pen to paper to thank the @wecommunities team for running another successful campaign and to share my experiences from this year's challenge. This is the fourth year of the #WeActiveChallenge …
WeLearn #AllOurHealth 2019 – Registration is open! All Our Health is a framework of evidence to guide health care professionals in preventing illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing, a really useful resource for health care professionals from all walks …
Keeping children safe from button batteries during the festive season and beyond Keeping children safe from harm is everyone’s business and we are urging all healthcare professionals and those working with children and young families to work with us …
We Learn All Our Health 2019: are you one of our next trailblazer organisations? It may only just be November but we wanted to take five minutes to talk about the New Year – 2019 – as there are some …
As a nurse, midwife and health visitor, I feel privileged to be working in a team that aims to empower people to participate in their health and care using digital services that meet their needs, target prevention and …
All Our Health - Protecting People from Infections This week, we are celebrating World Antibiotic Awareness Week (#WAAW) and the theme for this year is ‘Change can’t wait: our time with antibiotics is running …
When I first started tweeting and blogging as a nurse someone likened my journey to the throwing starfish story, I am not sure if you know it? It goes something like this: One day a man was walking along …
The schools are out, so is the sun, and August is upon us again. That means it's time for the #WeActiveChallenge! All across the country health and care professionals are upping their activity and taking photos and selfies of themselves …
Why do we need to Become Breastfeeding Friendly in England? It’s a loaded question, implying that as a country we are unfriendly towards breastfeeding and that we need to become something that we are not already. The facts are that, …
Two years ago the Lancet, 2016, published powerful evidence that breastfeeding saves lives, improves health and cuts costs in every country worldwide. The publication was a landmark moment for all those working to support breastfeeding – we felt that this …
‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together’ (African Proverb) Making a difference It is an exciting time to be an infant feeding coordinator, turned midwifery lecturer, working in the University of …
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