Mums and babies being left with NO HELP; NHS LOSING ONE HEALTH VISITOR A...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  May 11, 2008 ;     458 words ......issues in deprived communities. But health visitor numbers are now at their lowest for...local health authorities see scrapping health visitor jobs as an easy way to save money...children under five are allocated a health visitor, who is a qualified nurse or midwife...

Indulging in health visitor bashing

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2004 ;     127 words ......Essex 'and many mums' don't trust the health visitor, and know 'much' more than the health visitor, particularly about breastfeeding. Of...own professional body to indulge in health visitor bashing. Little wonder the service is...

A seat at the front: available places on the Health Visitor Forum and...

Community Practitioner;  September 1, 2008 ;     431 words ......taken forward. My involvement on the Health Visitor Forum has been immensely rewarding...incorporate the interests of the wider health visitor membership. I enjoy the full support...educator, in addition to my work as a health visitor. It also provided opportunities to...

Praise for health visitor who told on sex case GP

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2001 ;     290 words ...CHI REPORT The CPHVA has praised the health visitor whose persistence triggered a police...attacks to continue over 17 years. The health visitor raised concerns about the case for...who makes a complaint about a GP The health visitor with her advocacy of a particular client...

Long-serving health visitor retires at 66.(Health)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  July 31, 2003 ;     381 words ......Health Correspondent A long-serving health visitor who has worked all over the world but...Infirmary in Newcastle and began work as a health visitor in the city's Kenton in 1961. She used...She said: I have always loved being a health visitor. I love the contact with the whole...

Health visitor scheme a success. (news).(offering parents and children the...

Nursing Standard;  April 2, 2003 ;     202 words ......PARENTS and children the chance to see a health visitor at their local GP surgery instead of...minutes if you are lucky,' Croydon's health visitor team leader Jenny Giles told a conference...by a doctor and could be seen by a health visitor.' She added: `GPs are available for...

'Low-risk' mothers satisfied with health visitor service

Community Practitioner;  June 1, 2000 ;     331 words ...'Low-risk' mothers satisfied with health visitor service Bowns IR et al. Levels of satisfaction...service they have received from their health visitor with regard to their baby. Some mothers...assessed as 'low-priority' by their health visitor. Questions largely related to maternal...

Warning on bogus health visitor.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 6, 2001 ;     52 words ......have issued an alert to householders after a bogus health visitor tried to gain entry to a house in the Fforestfach...August in the same area a woman claiming to be a health visitor tried to see a child at a house but when checks...

Challenges in health visitor prescribing in a London primary care trust

Community Practitioner;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......primary care trust there was limited health visitor prescribing. A case study approach...recommendations and changes to develop health visitor prescribing. The situation was examined...the opportunities and challenges in health visitor prescribing. Semi-structured interviews...

You Text: HEALTH visitor.(Letters)

The Mirror (London, England);  November 26, 2004 ;     31 words ...Byline: I Williams A HEALTH visitor found nothing wrong when visiting the Sheffield house where five kids suffered appallingly (Daily Mirror, November 24). Was she blind? I Williams, Looe, Cornwall

The health visitor in the care of oxygen dependent children

Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of chronic lung disease present the health visitor with a challenge. Health visiting practice...community health workers, challenging the health visitor to work in a team to provide coherent...distress and need the support of their health visitor. What they often receive is a ...

Health visitor elected as PCT executive chair

Community Practitioner;  August 1, 2002 ;     149 words ...A health visitor has been elected as chair of her...representative. Nora Tebbutt still works as a health visitor for Sheffield South West Primary...who aren't GPs. `Being a nurse or health visitor chair gives the work a different...

Health Visitor Accused Over Care Of Orphans.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  February 26, 2004 ;     428 words ......professional conduct hearing yesterday. A health visitor charged with their care was accused...as family A and other families. The health visitor was employed at the time by the Craigavon...February, 2001. She told the hearing the health visitor's case load amounted to 212 families...

BOGUS HEALTH VISITOR FEAR.(News)

The People (London, England);  October 15, 2006 ;     164 words ......KING PARENTS were warned to be extra vigilant after a bogus health visitor tried to gain access to a baby in Co Down yesterday. A woman...subsequent check with the heath service revealed that no health visitor was due to call that day, said a force spokeswoman. Mother...

Health visitor found guilty of misconduct for 'inappropriate' case...

Community Practitioner;  February 1, 2002 ;     147 words ...MISCONDUCT An east London health visitor has been struck off the UKCC register after being found guilty of misconduct...their personal views at home when they go to work. The responsibility of a health visitor is to protect children.'