CommPrac

Community Practitioner, Unite-CPHVA's award-winning journal for health visitors, school nurses, nursery nurses and all community practitioners

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Greece has announced plans to ban social media for under-15s from 2027.

Would a social media ban work in the UK, and is it the best way to protect young people? ⬇️

Thanks to our experts including @mollyroseorg

https://t.co/EeasJ2iKBd

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The March/April issue of @CommPrac is out now ⬇️

Is a social media ban really the answer?
Why supporting healthy teen relationships is vital
+ much more

Thanks to our contributors as always, including @_andyburrows @YouthEndowFund @CarolynStaple12

https://t.co/kbXApIkTX7

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The award-winning @CommPrac journal of @Unite_CPHVA has a new home @cpl_one_

https://t.co/P6txSn3CpR

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Have you read our January/February issue? ⬇️

Explore: how to improve vaccine access, protecting young people online, and the value of 'why'

Thank you to all our contributors, including @HelenEBedford @ProfHeidiLarson @Lads_Like_Us @readingagency

https://t.co/PqPRVJafx6

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A reminder of the vaccine update that @HelenEBedford gave at the @Unite_CPHVA conference ⬇️

https://t.co/YuYFWX3GCc

#MMRV
#PublicHealth

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Wishing all our members, subscribers, contributors and followers a healthy, happy and peaceful festive period.

Hope to connect in 2026! 🗓️ 🎉

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Just sharing our cover feature from last November again, following the @ukhomeoffice announcement yesterday:

'For the first time, this government has declared violence against women and girls a national emergency, with a pledge to halve it in a decade'

https://t.co/H65Bmb4kRR

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‘Discrimination, bias and exclusion have no place in our professions’

And yet the hope for a fair society ‘feels further away than ever’

@unitetheunion @Unite_CPHVA

#PublicHealth
#CPHVA25

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That's a wrap for @Unite_CPHVA Annual Professional Conference 2025.

Look out for highlights and details of award winners in a future issue of @CommPrac journal

#CPHVA2025

#PublicHealth

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A hugely insightful talk from Danny @Lads_Like_Us:

'Your superpower is giving people permission to speak"

#AskWhy

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Judith Gillespie CBE:

'Speak up if you don't agree. Express your view at the table and make your voice heard...

You are where you are because you deserve it...

Courage doesn't always roar'

#ThrivingThroughTurmoil

#CPHVA25

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Judith Gillespie CBE:

'Nurses topped a poll for public trust in professions to tell the truth'

#CPHVA25

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Looking forward to hearing from award-winning #TraumaAttuned trainer Danny @Lads_Like_Us soon

Danny will also be featuring in an upcoming issue of the @CommPrac journal

#AskWhy
#LivedExperience

#CPHVA25

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Brilliant posters presented at @Unite_CPHVA conference!

Well done to all, and especially to the winner @EiPhoebsandDoll

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Deborah Hopkins @unitetheunion is now talking about the NHS 10 Year Plan and where community practitioners sit in that plan...

#PublicHealth
#CPHVA25

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Powerful talk from Janine Cranston on the serious dangers of the digital world @Nexus_NI

#CPHVA25

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We've just heard from one of the researchers behind @Channel4 Programme 'Swiped' (Matt & @EmmaWillis)

Dr Emma Sullivan @UniOfYork spoke about her work on social media & young people.

Did you know - parent/caregiver smartphone usage is linked to teen screen time!

#CPHVA25

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Obi Amadi @ObiCPHVA:

'Equality and inclusion remain central to everything we do'

#CPHVA25

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Obi Amadi @ObiCPHVA:

'Public health nurses are not an optional add-on.
Investing in prevention saves lives, saves money, saves communities.'

#CPHVA25

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Day 2 of @Unite_CPHVA Annual Professional Conference has begun!

#CPHVA25