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 …
The new health visiting service model offers both universal support and more targeted support, depending on the needs of the family. In cases of domestic abuse, health visitors often help give targeted services to families, and can be a key …
The December 2013 Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report on A&E highlighted that the highest percentages of visits to A&E are for the very young and elderly. A large percentage of these visits are for children aged 0-5 years …
The UK is 16th out of 29 in the UNICEF league table of child well-being in the world’s rich countries. This is an improvement since the data was first compiled in 2007 when UK was the lowest ranking country, but …
In 2013, the Government committed to increasing the number of Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) places available at any one time to 16,000 by March 2015. We're on track to hit that target this month and reach between 25 – 30% …
The six high impact areas articulate the contribution of health visitors to the 0-5 agenda and describe areas where health visitors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, families and communities. One of these …
The six high impact areas articulate the contribution of health visitors to the 0-5 agenda and describe areas where health visitors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, families and communities. One of these …
Health visiting services have undergone rapid growth and transformation. We have found that knowledge and understanding of the service has not always kept up and health visitors and partners wanted a simple way of encompassing the reach and impact of …
The six high impact areas articulate the contribution of health visitors to the 0-5 agenda and describe areas where health visitors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, families and communities. One of these …
