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Viv Bennett

Viv Bennett

Professor Viv Bennett is Director of Nursing at the Department of Health (DH) and Public Health England (PHE).

“Ready to learn, ready for life”: The central role of health visitors, by Alison Morton

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Health visitors were delighted to receive a resounding endorsement from Sir Michael Wilshaw for their central role in ensuring all children are “Ready to learn at two and Ready for school at five”. In a speech to launch the recently …

Improving the health of school-aged children and young people supporting best practice and effective commissioning

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The health of our children and young people and their ability to get the best from their education is vital for individual life chances and our future society.  Young people face many challenges in their developing years and have been …

Honours - Recognising the achievements of ordinary people who do extraordinary things

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It may come as a surprise to you but finding a good, representative number of nurses, midwives and AHPs to receive the nation’s gratitude and recognition through an honour can prove a difficult job. This is not because there aren’t …

Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges - End of Week Message and Thank You from Viv Bennett

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The fifth and final day of our week of action on health protection! We set out to make this vital function visible and especially to set out some of the successes and challenges for the nursing and midwifery professions. We …

Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges - Day Five - Friday, 28th Feb

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Day Five of our Week of Action – 28th February, Friday This short ‘blog’ is just to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you may want to book for later in the week …

Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges - Day Three - 26th Feb 2014

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Day Three of our Week of Action – 26th February, Wednesday This short ‘blog’ is just to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you may want to book for later in the week …