I have been a health visitor for 24 years and have seen many changes and reorganisations within the NHS. The recent changes within health visiting have been welcomed by the profession - our service has seen a substantial increase in …
We are coming towards the end of the national health visiting programme. Much has been achieved through the incredibly hard work of health visitors, practice teachers, health visitor leaders and all the programme partners who have provided national and local …
Health care is continually changing to meet the needs of our population. Children and young people are consumers of health services but their needs are sometimes overlooked and we offer adult-centred approaches to deliver services to them. School nursing services …
Writing this at the time of year when we are rather short on daylight and sunshine, reminds me that it’s important to talk about vitamins. The UK Health Departments recommend that pregnant women, new mothers and children under the age …
Christmas and the end of one year and the beginning of a new one is a traditional time to reflect on the past and look to the future and in this blog I will give some highlights of 2014. But …
Supporting the health and wellbeing of school aged children requires a workforce with expert knowledge, defined public health knowledge and the ability to respond to a plethora of issues raised by children, young people and families. School nurses and their …
We've reached the end of the week and I hope you have found plenty of interest in the material and information that we have posted, published and promoted. As with each week of action we have done, we have increased …
I am sitting on a train heading back to London from Christchurch in Dorset. The great thing about trains is that they allow time for reflection. As I gaze out of the window and think about what I have seen …
When babies are born it’s easy for the focus to remain firmly on the mother. After all, she’s the one who has been through pregnancy and childbirth, and needs time to recover and become an expert at breastfeeding! But mums …
We know that health care impacts on overall health, but when you work in health care it can be easy to forget that the biggest influences on overall health lie outside of health care. Health behaviours are thought to make …
