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The high impact areas: a multi-agency approach to the two-year review by Lynn Evans
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 …
Improving outcomes through the six high impact areas: Helping children get ready for school by Clare Slater-Robins
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
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
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
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
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 …
Improving nutrition in Nottingham by Vicki Watson
Across the UK there is increasing concern over the rise in obesity and poor nutrition for young children and the impact that has on their future years. Health visitors through working with families can help address the issue of obesity …
Perinatal Mental Health: Development of a new care pathway by Steph Griffiths
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
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
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 …
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