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Implementing the Solihull Approach in Health Visiting to Improve Outcomes for Children and families
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 …
Six high impact areas: The Importance of health visitors in promoting the Emotional Health and Well-being of Parents and Babies by Jill Beswick
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 value of social media in health visiting by Andrea Johns
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 …
Co-producing public health: a communities approach is key to reducing health inequalities - Annamarie Hassall, National Children's Bureau
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 4, 5, 6 model of care in action: making a difference for children and families - by Sabrina Fuller
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 …
Tackling inequality – a health visitor’s story - by Diane Crutchley
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 …
Health visiting: transforming services, improving outcomes and reducing inequalities by Viv Bennett
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/
How the service has been transformed: the numbers by Sabrina Fuller
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 …
‘Behaviour matters’, encouraging positive parenting
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 by Claire Taylor
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 …
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