Re: quarterly report [1 Attachment]

July 7, 2012

In Essex we have recruited all 101 however there have been challenges in

ensuring we have only the highest quality staff coming into the workforce. So

anyone successful well done you are already considered exceptional! Good luck

with your course look forward to welcoming you into the workforce next

September!!

Liz

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quarterly report [1 Attachment]

The Department of Health's quarterly report on the HV Implementation

attached. Of course, it makes encouraging reading (well, it is a

progress report on a high profile political project!) and I do think

it is encouraging to see the number of health visitors beginning to

creep up, with over 1600 new qualifiers expected to join the workforce

from September, so the most challenging time in terms of staff numbers

may soon begin to recede. That is not to underestimate the challenges

ahead, which remain huge!

Congratulations to the 23 new Early Implementer Sites. The first wave

were all nominated for various reasons by the SHAs, who were required

to identify at least two each - and some SHAs knew more about what was

going on in their patch than others. The second wave have all made

some significant progress in some way - a bit like first wave and

later wave Sure Starts, for those of us who remember that process. It

is good to see some really good work coming on stream, albeit in a few

places at the moment, but hopefully will spread.

I hear there are difficulties recruiting students in some places for

September - is that right, or is everyone up to their numbers now?

best wishes

Cowley

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