October sees the completion of the public health transfer to local authorities, with the responsibilities for 0-5 year olds at last coming our way. It feels like it's been a long journey to this point, from half a dozen or …
I believe that health visiting is at its best when it’s building strong communities and community assets, as this provides important health benefits for many people at once. For example, consider the public health benefit from health visitor initiatives such …
I wanted to share with you a very exciting new digital tool, which Public Health England has developed in partnership with the Joint British Society, British Heart Foundation and NHS Choices. My Heart Age uses the JBS3 guidelines to allow …
The health visiting service has been transformed in recent years to improve access, experience, outcomes and contribute to reducing health inequalities. This is the story of what's been achieved through more health visitors and renewed vision. Follow @VivJBennett or https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/
Providers of acute NHS health care services have the potential to play a much broader role than is often recognised in improving and maintaining the health of populations. At Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, we have committed to not just …
During our recent 'weeks' under the hashtag #healthvisiting we've been show-casing some of the excellent work being done by health visitors across the country as part professional practice and leadership to transform services. I'm delighted to say that we have now also published …
Last night we celebrated the conferment of 150 health visitors as Fellows of the Institute of Health Visiting. The very successful national programme for Health Visiting completes its work in June. Local leadership and expertise is vital for successful, sustainable services. I …
Parent feedback is invaluable to create a health visiting service that is right for our families. Local services use various ways to make sure parents' views are collected and acted on and the Department of Health has been collating feedback …
The Health Visiting Taskforce which was created in 2011 to support delivery of the Governments Health Visitor Plan – “A call to Action” by acting as an independent champion for the programme. I have had the privilege of acting as …
Child sexual exploitation is a highly sensitive issue and often a taboo subject. Many professionals find it difficult to talk about the subject and others feel they just don’t have the expertise to tackle such an complex issue. Child sexual …
