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iHV in the News – February 2015

Journal of Health Visiting: Paper – Fathers’ mental health and wellbeing: Why is it significant to health visiting? – Sharin Baldwin

http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/johv.2015.3.2.76

Journal of Health Visiting: Fellows Column – A sense of professional identity – Justine Rooke

http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/johv.2015.3.2.71

Children & Young People Now: Early life health “as important as national defence”

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1149936/life-health-national-defence

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust: Jolly Good Fellows!

(Link no longer live)

Henry: Institute of Health Visiting asks HENRY to contribute to its National Framework for CPD

http://www.henry.org.uk/institute-health-visiting-asks-henry-contribute-national-framework-cpd/

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: Face facts…For she’s a jolly good fellow

http://www.cht.nhs.uk/fileadmin/trust_publications/newsletters/2015/trust_news_Feb15_final.pdf

 

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust: Meet our fantastic IHV Fellows!
We now have 7 Institute of Health Visiting Fellows within our organisation

Read the newsletter here

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow – Nicola Monaghan

http://www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/news/forshesajollygoodfellow/

University of Bolton: For she’s a jolly good Fellow! Zoe Ralph

http://www.bolton.ac.uk/MediaCentre/Articles/2015/Feb2015-03.aspx

Health Education East of England Health Visiting Monthly News:

  • Fellows in East of England Region
  • Report on iHV Midlands Regional conference
  • New CPD documents and Directory

https://healthvisitors.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/health-visiting-monthly-news-february-2015/

 

The Academy of NHS Fabulous Stuff: For They are Jolly Good FellowsThree of Lincolnshire’s experienced health visitors have been accepted to join the prestigious Institute of Health Visiting’s Fellowship programme. Rebecca McConville, Elizabeth Bunney and Jenny Harper.

http://www.fabnhsstuff.net/2015/02/27/for-they-are-jolly-good-fellows/

Nursing Times: Call for resources to tackle perinatal mental health and child maltreatment

http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/midwifery-and-neonatal-nursing-/call-for-resources-to-tackle-perinatal-mental-health-and-child-maltreatment/5082742.article

Nursing in Practice: Positive Culture Shift – article by Jane E Powell, a Fellow with the iHV.

The increase in the number of health visitors means the service has improved now attitudes need to follow suit.

http://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/positive-culture-shift

Keighley News: Keighley district health visitors recognised for outstanding contributions.  Six health visitors from Bradford District Care Trust have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the profession – Alison Dinsdale, Heather Cook, Joanna Howes, Kate Thompson, Sally Rushworth and Rugare Musekiwa have been selected for the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) Fellowship programme.

http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/11809251.Keighley_district_health_visitors_recognised_for_outstanding_contributions/

NHS Employers: New CPD learning materials published for health visitors

http://www.nhsemployers.org/news/2015/02/new-cpd-materials-published-for-health-visitors

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – Health Visiting Times: We are very proud that two of our health visitors have this year become Fellows of the Institute of Health Visiting: Sue Bond and Elizabeth Tinsley.

Read here

UWE Bristol: CHCR member accepted to become a Fellow of the Institute of Health Visiting – Dr Toity Deave

http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/hls/research/healthandclinicalresearch/news.aspx

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: For she’s a jolly good Fellow Sue Bond

http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-03200100400h0a1.RefLocID-032001004003.Lang-EN.htm

Chimat Newsletter: A national preceptorship framework for health visiting: the first 2 years
This framework is designed to outline best practice standards for a preceptorship programme for newly qualified, return to practice and new to area health visitors (HVs). The framework aims to provide the basis for local organisations to develop a custom-made preceptor programme appropriate for the local area profile and priorities.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=228851&src=KU

Independent Nurse: New CPD resources for health visitors

http://www.independentnurse.co.uk/news/cpd-for-health-visitors/73548/

DH Week of Action: Viv Bennett Blog: ‘Health visiting: listening to parents, transforming services’

Using simple messages to promote baby exercise – Julia Haynes (FiHV)

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/04/using-simple-messages-to-promote-baby-exercise-by-julia-haynes/

The Parenting Ladder – South Warwickshire Foundation Trust – Helen Mulleady (FiHV)

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/03/south-warwickshire-ft/

Helping vulnerable parents: health visiting and ‘Baby steps’ in South Warwickshire – Helen Efstathiades (FiHV)

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/03/helping-vulnerable-parents-helen-efstathiades/

Improving Perinatal Mental Health Services for Women and their Families in Oxfordshire – Nicola Taylor and Sylvia Woolley (FiHV)

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/03/improving-perinatal-mental-oxford/

Listening to parents, transforming services – ‘You said, we did’ – Pauline Watts – “The Institute of Health Visiting introduced mental health and domestic violence champions who have helped train other health visitors in this area.”

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/02/health-visiting-you-said-we-did-pauline-watts/

 “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” – Alison Morton (FiHV)

https://vivbennett.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/02/it-is-easier-to-build-strong-children-than-to-repair-broken-men-alison-morton/

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Four they’re jolly good health visiting Fellows!

http://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/news/articles/2015/02/four-theyre-jolly-good-health-visiting-fellows/

East Lindsey Target: Lincolnshire talented health professionals’ Fellowship honour. Rebecca McConville, Elizabeth Bunney and Jenny Harper, from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, have joined the Institute of Health Visiting Fellowship programme.

http://www.eastlindseytarget.co.uk/Talented-health-professionals-Fellowship-honour/story-25929432-detail/story.html

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