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Leading Change, Adding Value ‘3 commitments 3Ps’ - Viv Bennett and Jane Cummings
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All Our Health, Blogs, population health, Protecting Health, Reducing health inequalities
As the Chief Public Health Nurse and Chief Nursing Officer we are passionate about maximising and valuing the role of nursing, midwifery and care staff to improve health outcomes for individual people and at the population level. This is set …
Creating national indicators for child development outcomes - Viv Bennett
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Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People
Today, we’ve published findings from work looking to create child development outcomes indicators in our new report. We’ve been looking at how data health visitors collect from their use of the ASQ-3 during the development review might be used to …
Making Prevention Our Healthy New Year’s Resolution - by Viv Bennett
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year and signpost three new blogs on PHE's main page written by my colleague Jamie Waterall, our Associate Deputy Chief Nurse. The blogs are linked to All Our …
Takeover Challenge 2017: Young people share views on Relationships and Sex Education - Wendy Nicholson
PHE is always keen to collaborate and ensure the public have a voice in our decision making, particularly for the work we do that impacts them directly – we have always been keen to ensure this extends to young people. …
Breast Screening for Women with Additional Needs by Pauline Watts
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Learning disability nursing, population health, Protecting Health, Uncategorized
Breast screening started in the UK in 1988 and has had an enormous impact on the lives of women, providing them with the choice to seek reassurance on their health and pick up any signs of cancer at an early …
Nurses play a key role in making cervical screening easier and more acceptable - Anne Mackie
Screening programmes are important components in our programmes to identify apparently healthy people who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition, enabling earlier treatment and better informed decisions. Nurses can make a real difference in ensuring that …
Supporting and Guiding Parents on the Signs and Symptoms of Sepsis - Penny Greenwood
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Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Health Visiting, population health, Protecting Health, School Nursing
Health visitors and school nurses are often the primary health contact point for parents and carers of children aged between 0-19 years. Together with other health professionals, they have a key role in providing advice or support for parents to …
Getting social about All Our Health - by Wendy Nicholson and Teresa Chinn
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All Our Health, Blogs, Protecting Health, Reducing health inequalities, WeLearn
All Our Health is a framework of evidence to guide health care professionals in preventing illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing ..... a really useful resource for health care professionals from all walks of life! The framework explores evidence at …
Why should we discuss weight with children and families? - Wendy Nicholson and Charlene Mulhern
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Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, obesity
With nearly a third of children aged 10-11 either overweight or obese, it is clear that obesity and its associated health risks should be raised with families in a sensitive, open and empathetic manner. Talking about weight can be tricky …
Language and Communication Development in Early Childhood - Eustace De Sousa
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Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People
The ability to communicate is a fundamental building block for each of us. It shapes our lives from the moment we are born and is influenced by a wide range of factors - including our own abilities, the homes we …
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