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Improving outcomes through the six high impact areas: Helping children get ready for school by Clare Slater-Robins

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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 …

‘A day in the Life’ – Tackling inequality in Newham by Dr Julian Grenier, headteacher, Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre

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It’s a typical Monday morning at Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre. In the reception space, the flow of parents and young children surges and then trickles. First there are the 90 children coming to our nursery school, some stepping …

Using local data to improve outcomes – Happy Tots in Cheshire by Penny Swift and Rachel Frampton

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Penny Swift and Rachel Frampton, Health Visitors, with support from the Health Visiting team in Winsford, Cheshire have initiated a new group called ‘Happy Tots’, which was launched on 2nd February, 2015 at the Library in Winsford Town Centre and …

Innovation through health visiting – using apps to improve breastfeeding rates by Clare Whitehead

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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 …

‘Cherubs’ – enabling women to come together by Nicola Wycherley

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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 …

Perinatal Mental Health: Development of a new care pathway by Steph Griffiths

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In Liverpool Community Health and NHS Sefton, health visitors felt that a lot of time was being taken up by mental health difficulties took up a great deal of their time, but there was no standardised assessment or monitoring process …

Health visiting supports "Transition to Parenthood" by working with NSPCC; Baby Steps programme sets the foundations for healthy development by Camilla Sanger

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Dr Camilla Sanger blogs about the NSPCC’s relationship-based perinatal education programme, Baby Steps. Pregnancy is the ideal time to offer support and help parents lay the foundations for their baby’s future. But preparing for parenthood is about more than just …

The ‘Having a Baby Programme’ in Barnsley by Alison Addy

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The ‘transformed’ health visiting service now has a four-level service model. The four levels of service model, from universal to more targeted, enables health visitors to give individualised support to families depending on the situation they are in, ultimately improving …

Implementing the Solihull Approach in Health Visiting to Improve Outcomes for Children and families

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Health visitors build a consistent and trusting relationship with parents to help disclosure. The four levels of health visiting service give health visitors the opportunity to give targeted support where this is needed. Here’s one health visitor’s story of working …