And *this*, people, is why we need to commission, fund and support health visiting services! Thank you, @howlett_leanne for sharing your experiences so movingly
Lifetime achievement award to @lauraserrant “We need to tell our story, or others will retell it… (& they will tell it wrong) … we are our future, we are the ones we are waiting for” #NTAwards truly inspiring ⭐️💕⭐️
Almost but not Quite All hero’s to us though v proud of Whittington Health being shortlisted !! @WhitHealth @S_HarringtonNHS @RoseHensman @Jocol27
This spending review we want to see funding for Health Visiting & parent-infant teams. Together they can make an enormous difference to babies' social & emotional development,laying foundations for lifelong health & happiness. @RishiSunak this is the best investment you can make.
Our health service is too focused around late intervention, not prevention and early intervention.
We're too focussed on mopping the floor, not turning off the taps.
It's time for a new approach.
It's time to #TurnOffTheTaps and invest in #HealthVisiting.
With the help of Kirsty McDonagh, Specialist Health Visitor for Homeless Families @CNWLNHS we want to provide a window into the world of health visitors’ work with homeless families. Watch this fab video and #TurnOffTheTaps#InvestInHealthVisiting
https://t.co/60OHmTRSfp
Want to join our lovely team in the Critical Care Unit at the Whittington. We are very supportive and friendly and are looking for band 5 nurses to expand our team, please get in contact or see link below for Job advert.
https://t.co/IRjbr7MjxF
@jolisa68 @iHealthVisiting@lis_wad@Alison_Morton2 This hits the nail on the head! The number of families with multiple unmet health needs who look at you with horror when you mention groups is huge! HVs need to be out there, building relationships, building trust, being available for families who don’t access services routinely
Important reminder of the clear link between poor language development at 5 and GCSE outcomes, reduced employment opportunities and poor adolescent mental health #BrightStart Islington conference , #iHV training
Research indicates that supportive, responsive relationships with caring adults as early in life as possible can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress response @HarvardCenter#earlyrelationships#nurturingcare#AdventTweet #17
Absolutely brilliant free resources from Beacon House about different aspects of childhood trauma. Fantastic teaching and learning material here https://t.co/pJAmdoodxi
Find the Nursing, Health Care Assistant or Nursing Associate role for you at our Nursing Showcase Event - and grow it with us. Come along 12 November 2019, 5pm - 8pm at the Whittington Education Centre on our hospital site. Register at: https://t.co/VUAL5ijlXd
#WhitWelcomesYou
iHV delighted to publish ‘Health Visiting in England: A Vision for the Future’, their evidence-based blue print to rebuild #healthvisiting services. #FutureofHV#TimetoAct#BabiesMatter It's time to improve outcomes for children!
https://t.co/D5343nH9aX
Parent-infant relationship teams cannot operate in a vacuum. The health visiting workforce are a key set of eyes and ears able to spot #earlyrelationship difficulties and to support or signpost depending on level of need. Specialist HVs also work within teams #rarejewels