Final Year of the Health Visitor Programme
April 2014 has brought us into the 4th and final year of the Health Visitor Programme. Everyone has worked tirelessly to increase the health visiting workforce to levels not seen for many years and work towards making sure that children and families are able to access the full health visiting offer and of course improve their health outcomes. There is still much to do and we will continue working closely with providers, NHSE Area Team colleagues, universities and many others during this period to deliver the ambitions of the programme. As we move nearer the change in commissioning arrangements to Local Authorities from October 2015 there will be an increasing focus on linking with LA partners and amongst other things showing what health visitors can do to work with individuals, families and communities and show that early intervention works.
Welcome to new Programme Team Member
We are very pleased to welcome Jessica Ward to the team who has replaced Sophie Lakes as our Programme Support. Jessica was previously employed by Wherry Housing and was named Apprentice of the Year in 2012 by Great Yarmouth College so we are delighted that she has chosen to make the NHS her latest career move.
Law Commission Report
This project was a review of the UK law relating to the regulation of health care professionals, and in England only, the regulation of social workers.
Of particular interest to health visitors may be section 5.12 Page 57 where it states:
‘We also think that the draft Bill should remove the requirement for
the Nursing and Midwifery Council to keep a separate part of the
register for “specialist community public health nurses”. In practice
this appears to be an umbrella term which includes various
specialities such as health visitors, school nurses and occupational
health nurses. Instead, the Council would be able to use its powers
to include annotations in the public register – where appropriate –
to identify additional qualifications and specialisms’
Clik on the below link for more information:
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/areas/Healthcare_professions.htm
Recent Publications
Public Health Updates
April increase in cases of diarrhoea linked to school holidays and visits to petting farms.
Click on the link below for more details.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/april-increase-in-cases-of-diarrhoea-linked-to-school-holidays-and-visits-to-petting-farms
Update on rising scarlet fever numbers across England.
Click on the link below for more details.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-rising-scarlet-fever-numbers-across-england
Child and Maternal Health Knowledge Update – 11th April 2014
To access this weekly bulletin highlighting the latest news, events, reports, research and other resources relating to children, young people’s and maternal health please use the link below.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?QN=CHMK9
Spreading the word more widely – sharing practiceSustaining the Rapid Appraisal of Organisations in the East of England.
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