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 …
I have been a health visitor for seventeen years and during this time, I have used many different methods of keeping up to date. Many of us will remember searching through libraries for text books or documents to support us …
It seems very obvious that local health services should be built around the needs of the families and communities they serve, and that this will contribute to better health outcomes in the long term. So it’s good to see that …
The ‘transformed’ health visiting service is described by the 4-5-6 model. These are the four levels of the health visitor service; the five universal health and development reviews for all children at key stages; and a focus on the six …
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. There is also …
The health visiting service has been transformed in recent years to improve access, experience, outcomes and contribute to reducing health inequalities. This is the story of what's been achieved through more health visitors and renewed vision. Follow @VivJBennett or https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/
NHS England has just published information on improvements in health visitor service delivery over a 12 month period. The data measures delivery of Healthy Child Programme reviews and assessments – specifically the antenatal check, the new birth visit, the 12 …
Health Visiting teams across Hampshire are involving parents in improving services for children and families through regular audits and action plans to make sure the service meets their needs. In April 2014 the health visiting team in Winchester completed an …
Helping children get ready for school is a joint effort, and it’s crucial to ensuring ongoing wellbeing. Health visitors, school nurses and Early Years providers in Hayling Island are working together on a “School Readiness” project to improve health outcomes …
Children learn more between the ages of one and six than they do at any other time of their lives. Good-quality early education for two year-olds can really help to develop and complement all the skills a young child is …
