RE: FW: Health Visiting Monthly - February 2012

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Hi Looks really interesting – they are doing one in South Central as well and West Midlands are not doing a newsletter as such but have a separate Hv logo and send out loads of information under that banner. It is great and I hope it is making all you very stretched practitioners feel the effort is worth it as it will get better. Margaret From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of WhittakerSent: 21 February 2012 17:29 Subject: FW: Health Visiting Monthly - February 2012 I’m forwarding this electronic newsletter and ask if others have come across similar versions in their own areas. It seems like a very good idea to help spread positive talk about health visiting. Congratulations to Janette for being the hero of the month. From: Whittaker [mailto:KWhittaker1@...] Sent: 21 February 2012 17:16Subject: FW: Health Visiting Monthly - February 2012 Looks interesting From: Health Visiting Team [mailto:health.visiting@...] Sent: 20 February 2012 14:29 Subject: Health Visiting Monthly - February 2012 To view this email online, follow this link. Health Visiting Monthly February 2012, Issue 1 In February 2011, the Department of Health published the Health Visitor Implementation Plan 2011-15 – A Call to Action. This described the Government's commitment to improve services and health outcomes in the early years for children, families and their communities, through expanding and strengthening health visiting services, with an extra 4,200 health visitors in post by April 2015. Health Visiting Monthly supports the implementation of this commitment by sharing information on progress and good practice across the North West. This Months Health Visiting Hero Janette Hopkins, Consultant Nurse in Public Health in Blackpool is our first Health Visiting Hero. Janette has a wealth of knowledge, skill and experience that she is bringing to bear at both local, regional and national level. Click here for a resume of Janette's health visiting journey to date. I Commit Your opportunity to make a public commitment supporting 'Early Years are vital, Health Visitors make them count'.Watch this space for details of how to add your commitment. Look What We're Doing The North West Health Visiting (HV) and Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme has been up and running from February 2011. Over this period the Strategic Health Authority (SHA), working with and through the Primary Care Trust (PCT) Clusters and the Delivering the Commitment Partnership Board, has:Revised and updated targets and trajectories Clarified the definition of HV for inclusion in the count and consistency checking across the SHA Identified education commissioning and placement targets for 2012/13 Reviewed models of placement support for HV trainees Started working with colleagues in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber as part of the North of England SHA Cluster Established an SHA-wide HV network Published a service specification for HV services Developed professional mobilisation and recruitment promotional material Revised the SHA web site HV pages Published Partnership Board papers on the SHA web site HV pages What Our Families Say Families in the Foundation Years: Preparing for parenthoodWatch these clips to hear experiences of parenting children in their earliest years Support and Sustenance Key links for all:Getting the most from your appraisal Leaders:NW Leadership Academy Bouncebackability Tool Health Visitors:CPHVA Frequently Asked Questions Healthy Child Programme e-learning for Health Visitors Direct from Department of Health (DH) / Department for Education (DfE) Click on the links below for:Department of Health, Health Visiting webpage Department for Education, Children and Young People webpageKey information:A Call to Action - One Year On: Health Visitor Implementation Progress ReportThis report captures progress on the commitments within 'A Call to Action' and describes planned, next-stage activities. Helping health visitors and school nurses prepare for the futureThis summarises two accelerated learning events attended by more than 200 health visitors and school nurses, entitled 'Maximising the health visiting and school nursing contribution', which were held in Coventry. Educating health visitors for a transformed serviceNew guidance for education commissioners, higher education institutions and lecturers sets out the approach on aligning education with regard to provision of a transformed health visiting service. Also, it sets out a more detailed rationale and suggestions for aligning the 'new service vision' and meeting family expectations. Health Visitor – Return to Practice FrameworkThe focus of this framework is on return to practice (RtP) and has been produced to provide information for those considering a return to the health visitor service, and for consideration by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) delivering RtP programmes. Our Friends in the North NHS North East, NHS North West and NHS Yorkshire and the Humber - the three strategic health authorities in the North of England - now work together under a single management framework as NHS North of England.The links below provide access to respective Health Visiting Programmes:North East Yorkshire and the Humber Data Depot The Electronic Workforce Information Network (e-WIN) has information on your local health visiting service. To register and access this, click here. Health Visiting Who's Who First Director of Nursing for Public HealthProfessor Viv has been appointed as Director of Nursing in the Department of Health and the Government's Principal Advisor on Public Health Nursing. Click here for more information. Health Visiting Week 5 to 9 March 2012Click here for more information. 1,800 1,750 1,700 1,650 1,600 1,550 1,500 1,450 1,400 1,350 1,300 1,250 Blackpool Health Visitors celebrated the launch of a 'new look' health visiting service. Click here for more information. Do you have something to share regarding developments in your area? If so, please contact the Health Visiting Team at NHS North West (contact details listed below). Forward this email Subscribe to this email View Previous Issues NHS North West 4th Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BNTelephone 0161 625 7267 This message was sent to Jmtaylor2@... by North West Health Visitor Implementation Programme using NewZapp Email Marketing. Follow this link to Unsubscribe. No virus found in this message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4823 - Release Date: 02/21/12