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What is a health visitor
The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV), working together with parents and Solent NHS Trust, is delighted to share a short film to highlight the value and breadth of the role of the health visitor in relation to family mental health … See more
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Building a Future: A Career Pathway in Health Visiting
WebThe Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has published today a pathway for a career in health visiting. The Career Pathway for Health Visiting has been designed as a resource for workforce planning. It includes the different job roles contributing to health visiting provision and maps these against levels of practice that reflect registration status, …
What is a Health Visitor
WebHealth Visiting is… Health visitors are registered nurses/midwives who have additional training in community public health nursing. They provide a professional public health service based on best evidence of what works for individuals, families, groups and communities; enhancing health and reducing health inequalities through a proactive, …
Health visitor survey finds that more babies and young children …
WebThe Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) publishes the findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom. Our survey findings paint a bleak picture with health visitors seeing first-hand the realities that families with babies and young children in the UK are facing. Health visitors are reporting …
New toolkit for measuring outcomes and impact in health visiting
Web29th September 2016. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) is delighted to announce the publication of a toolkit during #HVweek to support the measurement of outcomes in health visiting – it aims to support health visitor service leads in developing outcome measures for their local health visiting service.. There is a growing body of evidence which …
Shining a spotlight on the vital role of the health visitor – new iHV
WebA short new film is launched today: ‘Health visiting in your community’. This inspiring film showcases the breadth of health visitors’ work and their critical role in supporting the health and wellbeing of thousands and thousands of families every week. View iHV short film: Health visiting in your community As health visitors often work …
Health visitors raise the alarm as more families struggle with …
Web18th January 2024. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) publishes its findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families with babies and young children across the UK – “State of Health Visiting, UK Survey Report: Millions supported as others miss out”. It’s deeply shocking that 93% of health visitors reported an increase in …
Principles of Health Visiting
WebWhen the Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors (CETHV) was set up in 1962, it developed a new syllabus and curriculum for preparing health visitors, which included a requirement that students should learn about the ‘principles and practice of health visiting.’ Educators discussed the meaning of that phrase at length, and …
History of Health Visiting
WebThe year 2012 was identified as marking 150 years since the start of health visiting in 1862, but the profession’s early days were not clearly documented. There had been a plethora of different home visiting initiatives, of which many stemmed from religious and philanthropic imperatives, whilst others came from new and developing ideas from within Read more
PHE: New integrated 4-5-6 model and updated high impact areas
WebPublic Health England (PHE) has published a new integrated 4-5-6 model for health visitors and school nurses, together with refreshed High Impact Areas for early years (health visiting) and the High Impact Areas for school aged years (school nursing). These documents support local authorities and providers in commissioning and delivering …
PHE publishes updated Healthy Child Programme 0 to 19: health
WebYesterday afternoon, the long-awaited refreshed commissioning guidance for health visiting and school nursing was published by Public Health England (PHE). This guidance supersedes the previous guidance which was last updated in March 2018. The guidance is presented in a suite of 3 documents to assist local authorities in the …
Becoming a health visitor
WebIf you are thinking of becoming a health visitor, hopefully, you have found a lot of information on this website that has shown you the importance of health visitors in working with families and communities. To become a health visitor, you need to be a qualified nurse or midwife and then undertake a postgraduate degree Read more
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health: What it is and why it matters
WebPerinatal Mental Health Mental health problems in the perinatal period effect 1 in 5 women New fathers’ depression rates are double the national average for men in the same age group 122,000 babies under the age of one are living with a parent who has a mental illness The mental health of parents in the Read more
Health visiting in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan: In brief
WebOn 30 June, the government published their long-awaited NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. The Institute of Health Visiting provided evidence and is listed as one of the organisations engaged in forming the Plan. As expected, we were keen to read the final details. The Press Release attracted considerable attention, but the ‘numbers’ in the Plan …
Policy, legislation and guidance
WebThis iHV infographic reflects Scotland’s child health policy and includes ‘Getting it right for every child’ (GIRFEC), which is the overarching policy framework for children’s services in Scotland.The NHS Scotland logo was also added, alongside a few other minor changes to align with the relationship-based context of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway (UVHP).
Institute of Health Visiting welcomes new NHS Long Term Plan
Web7th January 2019. The Institute of Health Visiting very much welcomes the new NHS Long Term plan, in particular the new focus on investment into community and preventative services, and the commitment ‘….to consider whether there is a stronger role for the NHS in commissioning sexual health services, health visitors, and school nurses, and what best …
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