Guest guest Posted January 21, 2001 Report Share Posted January 21, 2001 Thanks ; very clear and to the point. I must check out that website. I am not convinced that my MP, ASDA boss Archie Norman, will be inthe least interested, but perhaps that is a reason to write! Houston wrote: > June thanks for that website it is great > www.FaxYourMP.com dead easy to use! so I really used it!! > has persuaded me to print my letter out for other people to see and > have a go. I'm sorry it isn't a better specimen now that everyone is looking > at it but feel free to use it as a sort of template!! to encourage you to do > the same. I chose three issues on which to ramble didn't keep it brief but I > was polite! > For what it is worth here it is > Dear Hon Soames, > I'm sure you would support the government ideal of improving public health, > however you may be interested in my, and many others concerns regarding the > health visiting perspective.(I am a member of Senate for Health Visiting and > School Nursing a website for open discussion and exchange of ideas) > Issue 1. > I am disappointed that recent consultation regarding the new regulatory > council does not have health visiting in the title, Nursing and midwifery' > fails to take account of the valuable public health preventive role of the > health visiting profession, particularly at a time when the government > expects so much of the profession. Health visitors and their role were > prominently featured in many policy documents, Saving Lives Supporting > Families, Making a Difference and Our National Health (Scotland) > I believe that the name of the new council should include the three > professions it is being established to regulate. > Protection of the public can only be assured if attention is paid in the > regulatory process to standards of competence as well as to standards of > conduct. (Highlighted recently for other professions in the Climbie > case) > This brings me to my second issue, > As a health researcher involved in an as yet unpublished report, > 'A First Steps Project to Scope the Current and Future Regulatory Issues for > Health Visiting' 2000 > Cowley S, Buttigieg M, Houston A. > In this study for the UKCC one of the many findings highlighted was the > woefully inadequate training programme currently available for health > visitors (sadly under your own government training was reduced from 51 to 32 > weeks.) There was no consultation with the health visiting profession at the > time or when the legislation was finally changed at the end of August 2000) > Clearly the three professions are different and inadequate input to > government from the CPHVA fails to help in clarifying this. However if more > is expected of the service, multi-agency working, leading teams, leading > prevention, the epidemiologists in the field - staff need to be supported to > continue this important work of prevention and they need the extended > training that fits them for practice. Health visitors are very good at > keeping things from other people's door for example the GP and they are very > good at referring a problem early before it is a catastrophe. But much of > their work like most prevention is invisible and currently they don't have > many champions! > The National Plan for Scotland states that 'we will provide training and > development for NHS staff and managers to enable them to acquire the skills > and expertise they will need in order to provide the leadership and support > to deliver a patient-centred approach' P51 > Rumours and vague ideas of merging the role of the school nurse and health > visitor role in Scotland highlight a further lack of commitment to the > ideals of the profession. > > Finally I want to know why the rhetoric of the government does not accord > with its action and why it is that health visitors having completed at least > 5 years of training to become invaluable public health workers in the > community setting feel so dis-enfranchised as a profession and workforce. > > I am delighted to have found this site and been able to contact you. Please > pass on my many concerns to the appropriate health minister. I continue to > work in health research at King's College London on projects associated with > health visiting. I will always be delighted to talk passionately to anyone > on the topic of health visiting the forgotten diamond in the primary care > team! > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 , MP doesn't sound as difficult as " cooked " soap with lye. Do you think it would be a good starter soap for me to try? Where can I find instructions? THANKS! --- Fraser <bunnylady_01@...> wrote: > , > > MP refers to Melt & Pour soap. > > > > --- <iguanamama68@...> wrote: > > Okay. . .What does MP mean? > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2001 Report Share Posted March 28, 2001 MP is not difficult at all - quite a bit of fun. has a MeltandPourSoapers list (words all run together like that) with some great info also. Marie Browning has a new book on Melt and Pour - I highly recommend it - I know they have it at Amazon and and Noble. You'll soon find yourself moving on from MP bars to salts to balms, etc. This is a lot of fun Margaret Re: MP , MP doesn't sound as difficult as " cooked " soap with lye. Do you think it would be a good starter soap for me to try? Where can I find instructions? THANKS! --- Fraser <bunnylady_01@...> wrote: > , > > MP refers to Melt & Pour soap. > > > > --- <iguanamama68@...> wrote: > > Okay. . .What does MP mean? > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 it's a bit more complicated than that. have you looked at this website: http://www.marshallprotocol.com/ it's quite overwhelming at first but just reading a little about the basics of the protocol will give you the idea. there's a good doc in vancouver BC that does phone consults. monique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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