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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).

CiP Week of Action - Healthy Start: Health and Well-Being for Children and Young People

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We have strong evidence that what happens in the early and developing years impacts on people throughout the life course.  We have evidence based programmes for 0-19 and midwives, nurses and health visitors are the key professionals for our Healthy Child …

CiP Week of Action - Health Improvement & a Tweeter Chat at @wenurses on Making Every Contact Count

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More activity and information to bring to your attention as part of our Week of Action on Action Area One of the nursing, midwifery and care staff strategy, Compassion in Practice. Below we have details of a tweeter chat (1) that is taking place …

Quote from Felicity Harvey on Making Every Contact Count

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Leaders' Quote Series - supporting the work domains from Action Area One of Compassion in Practice Felicity Harvey – Director General for Public Health – Department of Health “As Director General for Public Health, I understand the significant contribution that …

Compassion in Practice Week of Action - David Foster - 3Cs: Culture - Clash or Complement?

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David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at the Department of Health, shares his experiences from his visit to the Eden Alternative in the third of our series of blogs from the Week of Action on Helping People to Stay Independent, Maximising Well-being and Improving …

CiP Week of Action Information Sheet - Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Making A Difference Every Day to Improve and Protect Health across Personalized Care and Population Health

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The attachment below brings together information and links to enable you to learn about, and share with others, details on what is being done to progress our work, as part of the nursing, midwifery and care staff strategy, Compassion in Practice,  to help people …

Quote from Jon Rouse on Supporting Health, Well-being and Independence

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Leaders' Quote Series - supporting the work domains from Action Area One of Compassion in Practice  Jon Rouse –Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships – Department of Health “I am really pleased that Compassion in Practice …

Compassion in Practice Week of Action - David Foster - I Know An Expert Patient......

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David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at the Department of Health shares his experiences of an expert patient in the second in our series of blogs from the Week of Action on Helping People to Stay Independent, Maximising Well-being and Improving Health …