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Breastfeeding – How can we help mothers do it more?

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This month we launched our Start4Life campaign to highlight the importance of supporting new mums to start and continue breastfeeding for longer and this included the launch of a new app, the Breastfeeding Friend (BFF) ChatBot, to offer that little …

Honours - Recognising the achievements of ordinary people who do extraordinary things

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It may come as a surprise to you but finding a good, representative number of nurses, midwives and AHPs to receive the nation’s gratitude and recognition through an honour can prove a difficult job. This is not because there aren’t …

Week of action - Health Protection: What does this mean for midwives?

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Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at DH, offers his experiences and views on what health protection means for midwives. It all came rushing back: the sticky carpet, the tatty curtains, the smoke, …

Upcoming event - Week of Action - 24th to 28th February - Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges

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From Monday 24th February we will be undertaking another week of engagement activity on the nursing and midwifery contribution to public health, this time focusing on health protection. The aim of the week is to share and celebrate the contribution …

CiP Week of Action - David Foster on Making Every Contact Count

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In the fourth of our series of blogs from the Week of Action on Helping People to Stay Independent, Maximising Well-being and Improving Health Outcomes, David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at the Department of Health, shares his experiences of seeing a health visitor and midwives …