Press Releases

Over 700 health visitors are expected to benefit from brand new resources developed by the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) when they attend one of four free regional professional iHV conferences taking place in early 2015. The new resources for health visitors have been developed as part of the ...

Twenty-one outstanding health visitors join the prestigious Institute of Health Visiting’s Fellowship programme - taking the total number of Fellows appointed so far this year (at the end of application phase 5) to eighty. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) Fellow scheme recognises the ...

A profile of the year’s successes and achievements for the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) is published in its year two annual report 2013/14 being made available on Monday 1 December 2014 at the iHV celebration event at the King’s Fund, London. The iHV has grown substantially this year. F...

Child and family health experts from Eastern Europe and Central Asia were in England from 20- 24 October 2014 to learn about the vital role that health visitors play in the health and wellbeing outcomes of children and their families in England. The week-long study tour was hosted by the Institute o...

Fifteen outstanding health visitors have just been identified to join the prestigious Institute of Health Visiting’s Fellowship programme - taking the total number of Fellows appointed so far this year to 50. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) Fellow scheme recognises the professional achie...

This evening Dr Cheryll Adams, Director of the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV), was named in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) 2014 Clinical Leaders List which was held in partnership with Veredus. The list (#HSJClinicalLeaders) celebrates those working in healthcare who not only excel in their...

The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) welcomes the new influential report ‘The costs of perinatal mental health problems’ released today by the London School of Economics and Centre for Mental Health.1 According to the new report, perinatal mental health problems carry a total economic and s...

Charities and professional bodies launch new Wellbeing Plan to put maternal mental health on equal footing to physical health Depression and anxiety among pregnant women and new mums is going under-treated due to lack of disclosure and poor continuity of care, according to new research with 2000 ...

The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) welcomes the Department of Health report of a rise of over 1000 health visitors in the workforce. The iHV is delighted that as a result of a massive effort on behalf of the government and the NHS, more than 1000 new health visitors are entering the workforce. ...

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS organisation to join all 114 of their health visitors to the Institute of Health Visiting corporate scheme. Jane Williams, Head of Children, Young People and Family Services, South Warwickshire said: "We are delighted to be the first corpora...