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In the News

March 2019

Sunday Mirror: Overstretched health visitors say babies will DIE because of service cuts

They Work For You: Evidence-based Early Years Intervention — Philip Davies in the Chair,
Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 2:50 pm on 21st March 2019

Nursing Times: Warning over budget cuts as health visitor numbers plummet

Nursery World: Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

February 2019

Nursery World: Health visitors to be trained to close the word gap

Huffington Post: We Must Act Now To Close The Gap For Disadvantaged Children

Nursery World: Ministers seek to plug gaps for 0-2s

PHE Blog: Closing the word gap – The leadership role of health visitors by Wendy Nicholson

The Times: Times letters: NHS long-term plan and the role of social care

ADPH: Public health should be a priority in the Spending Review

Nursery World: One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

January 2019

Nursing Times: NHS may take back control of public health nurses from councils

December 2018

CYPNow: Health visitors should take greater role in getting children school ready, says EIF

Nursery World: Children's early cognitive skills should be prioritised to close the disadvantage gap

BBC News: Teething gels to be taken off supermarket shelves

MHRA: Teething gels for babies and children to be sold in pharmacies only

OnMedica: Teething gels to come off supermarket shelves

Mirror: Teething gels will be BANNED from supermarkets under new rules

Daily Mail: Teething gels don't work well: Medicines like Bonjela to be taken off supermarket shelves and made chemist only in crackdown

Good to Know: Bonjela and other baby teething gels to be removed from supermarket shelves

Nursing Times: Health visitors fear staff shortages mean another child tragedy is waiting to happen

Nursing in Practice: Half of health visitors working with caseloads above recommended level

Care Appointments: OVER-STRETCHED HEALTH VISITORS FEAR POSSIBLE TRAGEDIES INVOLVING CHILDREN

November 2018

CYPNow: Health visitor numbers below safe level

October 2018

RCM: Professional bodies and maternal mental health experts welcome report highlighting need for more maternal mental health experts

September 2018

CYPNow: Health visitors: five key changes

Nursing Times: NHS learning disability nursing workforce hits record low

The Guardian - Health visitors struggling with ‘dangerously high’ caseloads

CYPNow - Health visitors quitting over fears they are unable to protect children

Nursing Times: Conference hears from innovators in nurse leadership and retention

CYPNow: Health visitors should take lead on infant mental health

Nursing Times: Health visitors 'deserve a space back in the NHS', say leaders

Nursing Times: Cheryll Adams CBE

August 2018

NHS Research and Development Forum: New Health Visitor Research Champions scheme launched

The Guardian: Express yourself! Celebrity mums lead breast pump boom

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust: Ready Steady Mums Herts walking group

Nursing Times: First ever inter-professional guidance on adult safeguarding

Nursing Times: Is health visiting facing turbulent and chaotic times ahead?

Nursing Times: Fears over public health services as local authority announces spending cuts of £70m

July 2018

Daily Mail: HEALTH: When is it safe to give babies solids?

Nursing Times: Round-up of last month’s main workforce and policy news affecting UK nurses

June 2018

Nursing Times: Preventive services not covered by NHS cash boost also need funding, warn nursing groups

May 2018

BMC Blog: Better training could help health professionals identify and support pregnant women with eating disorders

University of Surrey: aMAYzing Alumni – Dr Cheryll Adams CBE

University of Surrey: Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Awards winners honoured

April 2018

Care Appointments: One in four UK regions lack specialist mental health care for mothers/Labour pledges additional health visit for new parents

Nursing Times: Decline in health visitors having knock-on negative impact on breastfeeding support

Nursing Times: Blackpool trust to up health visitor contacts from five to eight in first

Channel 4 News: Cuts to vital service for new parents and babies scrutinised

Mirror: Labour pledges to give every new mum an extra session with a health visitor

Go London Info: Labour pledges to give every new mum an extra session with a health visitor

Nursery World: Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

Nursing Times: Labour pledges to mandate additional visit by health visitors

March 2018

University of Surrey: Vice-Chancellor announces winners of alumni awards

Nursing Times: Expansion in number of trusts piloting baby bereavement pathway

PHE: New technology supports new mums to breastfeed

Huffington Post: PHE Has Turned Amazon's Alexa Into A 'Breastfeeding Friend' For New Mums

Healthcare Global: Public Health England partners with Amazon Alexa in breastfeeding initiative

Yahoo News: PHE Has Turned Amazon's Alexa Into A 'Breastfeeding Friend' For New Mums

February 2018

Huffington Post: Pregnant Women With Eating Disorders Aren't Getting Enough Support, This Team Hopes To Change That

SAPHNA: iHV launch 2 new specialist conferences

January 2018

CYPNOW: Union demands action to tackle health visitor shortages

Making the Link: Health visiting survey highlights concern about overstretched and overloaded staff

December 2017

LocalGov: Health visitors overstretched because of ‘cash-strapped’ councils

CYPNOW: Health visitors fear for children's safety due to rising caseloads

Nursery World: 'Stretched' health visitors concerned children will slip through the net

November 2017

WiredGov: LGA responds to iHV call to reverse public health cuts

Nursing Times: Warning over 'alarming' continuing drop in NHS health visitors

Local Government Association: LGA responds to iHV call to reverse public health cuts

BBC News: Why British Chinese mothers won't go out after giving birth

Luxe Issue 49 Nov/Dec 17 Page 68: Generation Ageless - article on Vicky Gilroy (HV) about her postive attitude to mid-life

Nursery World: Health visitor campaign highlights fall in numbers

Nursing Standard: Karen Stansfield - the Future of Health Visiting is at Risk

Nursing Standard: Confusion over apprenticeships is putting health visiting at risk

October 2017

Nursing Times: Nurse leadership training launched by health visiting body

Primary Health Care: Short film focusing on crucial child health visitor role launched

Nursing Standard: Short film focusing on crucial child health visitor role launched

Nottinghamshire Help Yourself: Information for Health Visitors and Parents - Childcare options

September 2017

Dental Check by One national campaign launched

August 2017

QNIS: Health visitors gather to celebrate vital role

Aberdeen Evening Express: Health visitors' vital role hailed at Glasgow conference

Get Yourx Back Now: 9 of the most talked about breastfeeding pictures in the world

Discover USA: Doctors want children to be taught about breastfeeding

Vegas Sports Odds: Teach pupils about breastfeeding, say Royal College doctors

Nursing in Practice: Encourage mothers to breastfeed beyond six months, says Royal College

Independent Nurse: Mums need support: Push for breastfeeding education

Guardian: Break down barriers to breastfeeding in the UK

July 2017

Care Appointments: Parents and Health Visitors Receive Guidance to Help Young Handle Trauma

Mental health Foundation: New resources to support families and children after traumatic events

PACEY: PACEY and Institute of Health Visiting join forces to raise parental awareness of childminders

Nottinghamshire Help Yourself: Information for Health Visitors and Parents

Nursing Times: Resources launched for health visitors to support children after trauma

Guernsey Press: Parents and health visitors receive guidance to help young handle trauma

Care Appointments: Parents and health visitors receive guidance to help young handle trauma

Nursing Times: Call for more specialist staff to support those experiencing postnatal depression

PRWeek: DfE funds child-minding campaign to educate parents about entitlements

Independent Nurse: Vulnerable children if health visitors not funded

June 2017

Nursery World: PACEY teaming up with health visitors to promote childminding

Huffington Post: Investment In The Future Begins With Babies

May 2017

Independent Nurse: Children's health in jeopardy due to lack of health visitors

April 2017

Hambleden Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Longwick cum Ilmer Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Toppesfield Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Ludgvan Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Kent Public Health Observatory Bulletin: Spot the Signs: resources to help reduce domestic slavery in the UK

CYPNOW: Health visitor numbers continue to fall

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: Katy Tuncer talking about Ready Steady Mums and also iHV - 22mins - 30 mins

PubMed.gov: Advice for health visitors on identifying domestic slaves

UNITELive: Only point of contact

Portland Town Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Albrighton Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Marston St Lawrence Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Nursery World: New parents lose 657 hours of sleep per year

Aston Rowant Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Independent Nurse: Health visitors can help 'spot the signs' of domestic slavery

Dunnington Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Nursing Standard: Health visitors can help identify domestic slaves

Nursing Times: Health visitors may be only hope for domestic slaves

Princes Risborough Town Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Betley, Balterley and Wrinehill Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Lane End Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Handforth Parish Council: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery

Primary Health Care: Health visitors can help identify domestic slaves

LocalGov: Guidance for spotting signs of domestic slavery published

Nursing Times: Advice on keeping babies safe around dogs in the home

CYPNOW: Health visitor checks: Public Health England to monitor councils on delivery

Nursery World: PACEY awarded £400k to support childminders to deliver 30 hours

Nursing Times: Health visitor organisation opens doors to overseas members

March 2017

Pearson: Placing a spotlight on support for speech, language and communication needs

CYPNOW: Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties

Nursery World: Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

CYPNOW: Steep drops in health visitor and school nurse numbers

Nursing Times: Health visitors disappointed over ministers' failure to mandate four-month check

Nursing Times: Legislation will continue to ensure five health visitor checks

CYPNOW: Health visitor checks to remain mandatory

February 2017

Nursing Times: NHS loses 9% of public health nurses in a year, triggering fresh workforce warnings

January 2017

Independent Nurse: Public health cuts need to be reversed for better child health

Morochos: Child health among the worst in Europe

Nursing Times: Public health nursing roles ‘must be preserved’ to improve UK children's health

Normangee Star: Children's health suffers in poor areas

Nursery World: Families missing out on health visitor checks

The Guardian: One in four UK babies miss out on health visitor checks

December 2016

Children's Liver Disease Foundation: CLDF alarm over health visitor cuts in England

Nursing Times: Senior figures thanked for support by health visiting body

RSPH: RSPH echoes iHV calls to reinvest in public health

The Guardian: Babies missing out on key checks after fall in health visitor numbers

Nursing Times: Health visitors warn of rise in caseload and fall in staff

Nursing Standard: Health visitors reveal risk to young families of public health cuts

Local Gov: Health visitors warn budget cuts are putting safeguarding at risk

Independent Nurse: Health visiting services struggling under budget cuts

Day Nurseries: Babies are missing out on vital health checks because of public health budget cuts

BT.com: 30% of families not receiving early years health visits

PSE: Health visitors warn budget cuts are putting safeguarding at risk

November 2016

CYPNOW: The voice of health visiting: Cheryll Adams, executive director, Institute of Health Visiting

The Sun: BREASTFEEDING: THE FACTS Breastfeeding IS best for your baby – but there are GOOD reasons why some mums struggle

Nursing Times: Perinatal mental health training scheme to 'fill skills gap'

Nursing Times: New integrated 4-5-6 model for public health nurses

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester breakfast show: Health visitors in Worcester - iHV CEO mention at 01:10:30

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester drivetime show: Health visitors in Worcester - iHV interview at 01:37:10

October 2016

Independent Nurse: Health visitor checks: council leaders move to protect services

September 2016

Journal of Family Health: iHV welcomes innovative new mapping tool for perinatal mental health leaders

Nursing Standard: Support is in decline for families affected by abuse

Nursing Times: Mapping tool to improve perinatal mental health

Health Matters: Domestic violence

CYPNOW: Health visitor checks: Council leaders move to protect services

Nursery World: Health visits ‘key to early diagnosis’

August 2016

Journal of Family Health: iHV among 11 organisations calling on government to secure funding for health visiting services

Independent Nurse: Childhood obesity strategy is a 'weak' plan

Nursing in Practice: Health visiting and perinatal mental health

The Times: U-turn over health visitor recruitment

Nursing Times: Nursing groups issue warning over health visiting cuts

Nursing Times: Health visitor shortlisted for BME business award

CYPNOW: Health visitor chief warns against scrapping mandatory checks

Devon County Council News Centre: Children and Young People Now: Health visitor chief warns against scrapping mandatory checks

CYPNOW: Child health experts make case for retaining mandatory checks

July 2016

Journal of Family Health: Pamela Goldberg OBE FRSA appointed as new Chair of iHV

Harrogate Advertiser: Help group for new mums starts on The Stray in Harrogate

Virgin Care - A meeting of health visitor minds

RCPCH: RCPCH leads letter in response to damaging public health cuts for children

June 2016

Journal of Family Health: Queen’s birthday honours for iHV lead and senior PHE nurse

Global Network of Public Health Nursing: CONGRATULATIONS TO DR CHERYLL ADAMS

The Gazette: Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood

Community Practitioner: Honours recognition for community nurses

Picker Institute Europe: Guest Blog: Effectively measuring people’s experiences of health visiting services to improve care

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals: Your Health newsletter, Spring 2016

4HealthCare: Nurses recognised in top spots on Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Journal of Family Health: Queen’s birthday honours for iHV lead and senior PHE nurse

London North West Healthcare: Health visitors boosted by new training hub

Ipswich alumna Dr Cheryll Adams (nee Howells) awarded CBE in Queen’s 90th birthday honours

Huffington Post: What do health visitors contribute to Infant Mental Health?

Nursing in Practice: Nurses recognised in top spots on Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Gov.uk: Queen's Birthday Honours 2016 - health and social care services

Nursing Times: Nurses recognised in Queen's birthday honours

Civil Society: Former Samaritans CEO and Royal Opera House chair among 1,149 to receive Queen's Birthday Honours

Charity Digital News: Charity sector features heavily in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Third Sector: Queen's birthday honours

Portsmouth News: Those receiving awards in the Queen's birthday honours

Mirror: Queen's Birthday Honours 2016

Heart Southcoast Honours List

Mental Health Today: Inaugural Infant Mental Health Awareness Week seeks to emphasise importance of infant mental health

NEYTCO: Life chances: the importance of earliest relationships

International Journal of Birth and Parent Education: Editor's Blog Infant Mental Health Awareness week, June 6th – 10th, 2016

May 2016

Southern Health : “Socialcise” Mum and baby “walk and talk” group gets going in Farnborough

Birmingham Community Healthcare: Health visiting in the spotlight

Independent Nurse: Union raises concerns over the future of health visiting

Nursery World: Book charity launches bedtime reading campaign

Charity Today: TV Parenting Expert Launches New Campaign #BathBookBed

The Book Seller: BookTrust launches Bath Book Bed campaign

April 2016

Healthcare Leader: Mothers should have access to specialist health visitors in perinatal mental health

AIMH: Specialist health visitors in perinatal and infant mental health

Independent Nurse: every HV team should have mental health specialist

Nursing Times: Health visiting teams need mental health specialists

Nursing in Practice: Mothers should have access to specialist health visitors in perinatal mental health

Commissioning Review: Mothers should have access to specialist health visitors in perinatal mental health

Radio 5 Live:

Drivetime programme 8 April 2016: Fellow Carmel Blackie interviewed on behalf of iHV in relation to safeguarding around story of recent conviction of mother for the murder of her daughter. No link available

February 2016

Journal of Family Health: iHV calls for mental health investment to extend to early years

Nursing in Practice: Sport Relief to focus on maternal mental health

Nursing in Practice: Midwives should provide as much post-birth help as necessary

PIP UK: Who is keeping the baby in mind?

Nursing Times: Health visitors call for more infant mental health funding

Mental Health Today: Institute of Health Visiting calls for mental health investment to extend to early years

Children & Young People Now: Health visitors call for investment in infant mental health

Nursing in Practice: Health visitors call for infant mental health specialist role

Radio 5 Live:

Breakfast programme 18 Feb 2016: Institute of Health Visiting calls for significant financial investment for infant mental health – interview with Paula Carr, FiHV, and Clair Rees, PIP UK. No link available

Nursing in Practice: The big transfer

January 2016

Independent: Letters - Sugar-related illness will bankrupt the NHS

Nursing Standard: Letters – Funding cuts will be felt in perinatal mental health care

Prime Minister's Office: Helping mums get out and active

December 2015

Independent Nurse: Health visitors need more time to support postnatal mental health

Harmless: Postnatal mental health checks missed due to health visitor shortage

Brunel University London: Celebrating Communities of Practice at Brunel University London

Nursing in Practice: MPs unite to support perinatal health policy

Nursing Times: Health visitors lacking time for mental health checks

Children & Young People NOW: Postnatal mental health checks missed due to health visitor shortage

October 2015

NHS Employers: Nursing Times reveals top nurses and midwives

LGC: Do not repeat the unfortunate natural experiment of cutting health visitors

British Liver Trust: Yellow Alert app to promote early diagnosis of infant liver disease launched

Children's Liver Disease Foundation: Yellow Alert app to promote early diagnosis of infant liver disease

September 2015

Welfare Weekly: Child Health Subject To ‘Shocking’ Postcode Lottery, Says Charity

Telegraph: Relationship breakdown: family stability is vital for a thriving society

The Guardian: Child health subject to 'shocking' postcode lottery, says charity with quote from Cheryll Adams

LocalGov: 'Shocking' variations in health for under-fives, report finds

National Children's Bureau: Poor Beginnings

Daynurseries.co.uk: Children's health is a postcode lottery, claims National Children's Bureau with quote from Cheryll Adams

Yorkshire Post: ‘Postcode lottery for child health’

Northumberland Gazette: Postcode lottery of child health and development

Lancashire Evening Post: One in 10 young children in Lancashire are ‘obese’

Liverpool Echo: Charity's report reveals Halton reception pupils among worst obesity rates in England

Berwick Advertiser: Postcode lottery of child health and development

Scunthorpe Telegraph: Is North Lincolnshire the best place to bring up a child?

Western Daily Press: Startling variations in children's health throughout the West revealed in new report with quote from Cheryll Adams

Telegraph & Argus: Bradford children's teeth are among most decayed in the country, says report - with quote from Cheryll Adams.

Pirate FM News: 'Poor Beginnings' for Cornwall's Children - with quote from Cheryll Adams

Wisbech Standard: Health for children in Cambridgeshire is a postcode lottery, says a new report

Journal of Community Nursing (subscription only): Health visitors - making a difference to children and families

August 2015

Independent Nurse: Increase in health visitor workloads despite Implementation Plan

City Health Care Partnership CIC: Smooth moves from Hull health visitors to encourage healthy eating

July 2015

Independent Nurse: Health visiting leader named in clinical leaders list

BBC Radio Humberside: Interviews as part of Hull Big Latch On event - including Fellow Melita Walker (Interviews start approx. 1hr 17 mins and run until 1hr 46)

UNITE Live: Support for families at risk - Health visitor numbers will decrease under cuts

Nursing Times: Health visitor rise 'critical to nursery attendance for poor children' with comments from Cheryll Adams

Nursing Times: Exclusive: 'Grave concerns' for hard-won health visitor gains - with quote from Dame Sarah Cowley

Primary Health Care Research & Development Journal: Should perinatal mental health be everyone's business?

RCPCH: RCPCH leads calls to protect health visiting services

Nursing Times: Official figures confirm health visitor target missed - a negative title on a positive article about the great achievement in health visitor numbers.

Independent Nurse: Health visitor target just missed

Nursing in Practice: Nearly 4,000 new health visitors, official data reveals

June 2015

Nursing Standard: What the chancellor’s cuts today mean for public health tomorrow - with quotes from Cheryll Adams

Journal of Health Visiting: Paper - Leadership in health visiting: What makes a good leader? - Elaine McInnes and Terry Rich

Journal of Health Visiting : Paper - Maintaining and developing prescribing practice: Non-medical prescribing by health visitors in 2015 - Philippa Bishop and Vicky Gilroy

Journal of Health Visiting: Fellows Column - The challenges of education, training and preceptorship for new students - Karen Afford

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: National fellowship awards for Fylde coast health visitors

CAPT: The Institute of Health Visiting endorses Child Safety Week

CAPT: iHV and CAPT launch new e-learning package for health visitors

May 2015

Journal of Health Visiting: Fellows Column - Best practice in supporting maternal and infant mental health - Elaine Luff

Health Education North West: Institute of Health Visiting: CPD Standards

Boston Standard: Andrew Morgan column on health services: staff achievements including eight nurses awarded the Queen’s Nurse title and three gaining Fellowships at the Institute of Health Visiting

ITV News: New app to help parents and children interact - Julia Haynes FiHV

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