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 …
Health visitors teams have a crucial role in improving the health and wellbeing of children and families. Services throughout the country have been transformed over the last 4 years to improve access, outcomes and experience, which will reduce health inequalities. …
Parent feedback is invaluable to create a health visiting service that is right for our families. Local services use various ways to make sure parents' views are collected and acted on and the Department of Health has been collating feedback …
The December 2013 Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report on A&E highlighted that the highest percentages of visits to A&E are for the very young and elderly. A large percentage of these visits are for children aged 0-5 years …
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 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 …
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 …
Every year, one million children under the age of 18 are taken to accident and emergency (A&E) units after being involved in accidents in the home. Many more are treated at home or by their GP. Many of the accidents …
