emotional health and well-being

Emotional health and wellbeing and complex needs: School Nurses are making a difference for children and young people by Jill Beswick

Viv Bennett, 3 November 2016 - Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, School Nursing

There has never been a greater need for robust and comprehensive School Nursing services for all our children and young people. According to ‘Future in Mind’ (2016), one in ten children needs support or treatment for mental health problems. With …

St Helens school peer mentors actively listen and support fellow pupils’ emotional health and wellbeing - Dr Liz Gaulton

Viv Bennett, 1 October 2015 - 0-5 transfer to LAs, Blogs, School Nursing

Children and young people in St Helens schools have recognised that sometimes it’s better to talk to another pupil if they’re worried and staff have reported a positive impact on the emotional wellbeing of pupils, where peer support programmes exist. …

Improving the health of school-aged children and young people supporting best practice and effective commissioning

Viv Bennett, 31 March 2014 - Blogs, School Nursing

The health of our children and young people and their ability to get the best from their education is vital for individual life chances and our future society. Young people face many challenges in their developing years and have been …

Our Published Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Products

Viv Bennett, 15 October 2013 - Blogs, Home

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 …