I’m delighted to announce that in the week 17th to 21st November we will be hosting our 4th ‘week of action’ to develop practice and services to improve health outcomes, this time focussing on a ‘Healthy Start,’ taking action and supporting families to give all our children and young people the best start to life.
The week will follow the 0-19yr journey, and will be an opportunity to showcase and learn from the work of healthcare and early years practitioners and wider partners and to celebrate at the progress made through the national health visiting and school nursing programmes.
Our hashtag for the week will be #PHPCYPWeek (population health practice/practitioners' children and young people week) and we will also be posting some info on PHE's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PublicHealthEngland
The week will be structure around 5 key themes:
Monday - Helping Families, Children and Young People to be Emotionally Strong and Resilient
Tuesday - Supporting Families, Children and Young People to Protect Their Health
Wednesday - Helping Families, Children and Young People to Look after Their Health
Thursday - Supporting Families, Children and Young People to Have a Voice and to be in Control of Their Well-Being
Friday - Helping Children and Young People to Learn and Grow
As with previous weeks, we are working with a number of partners to promote good practice, signpost resources and share learning and we will be hearing from parents, young people and a range of stakeholders. We will be featuring related articles in a number of professional journals, visiting services and posting blogs, case studies, podcasts, video messages and a range of info via Twitter. More details soon!
We also have a number of Webinars and Twitterchats for the week and details of how to book a place are listed below (further additions may be made):
Monday, 17th Nov
- 3.00-4.00pm Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing and the MindEd programme - webinar hosted by Mervyn Townley, Consultant Nurse, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. For more details on the MindEd Programme go tohttps://www.minded.org.uk/
(To book a place please e-mail ian.packman@dh.gsi.gov.uk quoting MON1)
- 4.30-5.30pm The Education initiative - New Elements of Learning webinar - hosted by Sue Hatton, Health Education England & Mary Malone and Lynn Sayer, Kings College London
(To book a place please e-mail ian.packman@dh.gsi.gov.uk quoting MON2)
- 8.00-9.00pm ‘AHPs, making a difference with children and young people’s health & wellbeing’ – Twitterchat with @Physiotalk
(Open to all AHPs – join on the night. Details will be available at http://physiotalk.co.uk/ )
Tuesday, 18th Nov
- 7.00-8.00pm Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association CPHVA hosted Twitterchat
(Open to all. Join on the night using the hashtag #CPHVAtt . Learn more on chats at
- 8.00-9.00pm @WeSchoolNurses Twitterchat
(join on the night at https://twitter.com/WeSchoolNurses)
Wednesday, 19th Nov
- 11.00sm-12noon Sheila Merrill, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' (RoSPA) public health adviser, will be answering home safety questions on the @RoSPA Twitter account. #AskRoSPA
- 3.00-4.00pm Promoting Child Cyclist Safety and Helmet Use – Simple Yet So Hard - Angela Lee, Paediatric Nurse Consultant, Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust
(To book a place please e-mail ian.packman@dh.gsi.gov.uk quoting WED1)
- POSTPONED Reducing Hospital/GP Visits and managing minor illness webinar – Pauline Watts, Health Visitor Professional Lead, and Wendy Nicholson, School and Community Nursing Professional Lead, Department of Health (unfortunately this will now not take place today but we will reschedule for a few week's time)
Thursday, 20th Nov
- 8.00-9.00pm Getting it right for our children and young people - @WeNurses Twitterchat
(Join on the night. Details will appear at http://www.wenurses.co.uk/ )
Friday, 21st Nov
- 12.00-1.00pm Special Educational Needs Reforms webinar – hosted by Lynne Watson, Fellow of Institute of Health Visiting, and Wendy Nicholson, School and Community Nursing Professional Lead, Department of Health
(To book a place please e-mail ian.packman@dh.gsi.gov.uk quoting FRI1)
I do hope you can join us.
Viv Bennett
