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Pauline Watts on why Maternal Mental Health Matters
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Hi and welcome to another guest blog. It seems a while since my last update. However, lots of work is moving forward at pace on a number of key areas within the Public Health Nursing and Health Visitor Programmes. What …
Our Published Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Products
We recently produced a table of all the work we have published or helped develop over the last few years on public health nursing and midwifery. Each individual product is already available on the internet but a number of you have asked …
Ben Thomas on Improving safety and delivering a better healthcare experience for people with learning disabilities
As the Professional Officer for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities at the Department of Health, I want to make sure that people with learning disabilities receive safe, appropriate and high quality care. Unfortunately, the Healthcare for All, report of the …
Listening, Learning, Sharing and Saying Thank You
In March I used this blog to share some thoughts on the importance of staying connected to the front line; the importance of thanking our staff for what they do and for giving up their time to talk to me; …
Health Promoting Practitioners
As a society we face huge challenges in tackling the health and wellbeing of the population. We know the impact of lifestyle factors on health, and we understand more about the ‘causes of the causes.' We are learning more about …
International Nurses' Day 12th May
International Nurses' Day is a real opportunity to celebrate all the fantastic work that nurses do and to be proud of our profession. I was very pleased when @WeNurses and Britain's Nurses asked me for a nursing story as part …
Wendy Nicholson on School Nurses and our very own League of Champions
It's hard to believe it is a year since we published 'Getting it Right for Children, Young People and Families: Maximising the Contribution of the School Nursing Team: Vision and Call to Action' Our commitment to work with children and …
David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing, on the implementation plans for Compassion in Practice
When Compassion in Practice was published in December last year, I knew it was not going to be a document to gather dust. The vision and strategy for nurses, midwives and care staff was crafted by Jane Cummings, chief nursing …
Keeping Connected
Staying connected to nurses, midwives and care staff is a central part and one of the real privileges of my job. Hearing and acting on the views of people who use our services needs to inform everything we do as …
Pauline Watts on how every nurse can make a difference to dementia
In my guest blog I want to tell everyone about the really important work that is taking place on Making a Difference to Dementia, through the contribution of every nurse – Not just those working directly with people suffering from …
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