Professor Viv Bennett is Director of Nursing at the Department of Health (DH) and Public Health England (PHE).
Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at DH, offers his experiences and views on what health protection means for midwives. It all came rushing back: the sticky carpet, the tatty curtains, the smoke, …
To commence our themed day on antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections as part of 'Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges,' I am delighted to introduce a blog by Professor John Watson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and …
Day Two of our Health Protection Week of Action – 25th February, Tuesday 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 …
We have an exciting week ahead to focus on nurses and midwives and their vital contribution to high quality practice in all care and in specialist health protection services to keep people safe. We will be making this vital contribution …
Welcome to the start of our week to promote health protection and increase its visibility within nursing and midwifery practice. This short blog is just to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you …
NHS Change Day is 3rd March and in the build up to that date nurses and midwives, along with other health professionals, are being urged to commit to a pledge to make a difference. To help bring the objectives of our …
From Monday 24th February we will be undertaking another week of engagement activity on the nursing and midwifery contribution to public health, this time focusing on health protection. The aim of the week is to share and celebrate the contribution …
In 2013 we started to make real progress in raising the profile of nurses' and midwives' work in improving and protecting people’s heath and in 2014 I want to aim for an even higher profile. We are demonstrating how we are …
In the week of 28th Oct we ran a week of action on the 6 Cs and the 6 domains of personalised care and population health. I want to thank you for your fantastic response to our week of activities, …
The Public Health Nursing teams at DH and PHE thank everyone who has been involved with our week of action on the impact nursing, midwifery and health visiting has in improving and protecting the public's health 6Cs Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage …
