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Finding a calm balance
A stressful working life can impact on families’ health and wellbeing, too. How can CPs support parents in a meaningful and non-judgmental way? Journalist Rima Evans reports.
Big question: what are your concerns about the workforce in your profession?
This month we ask: What are your concerns about the workforce in your profession?
Parents identification and help-seeking behaviours around Child Mental Health difficulties
Author: Sam Game, M.Sc. CAMH, B.Sc. (Hons) RGN, B.Sc. (Hons) SCPHN
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Children’s mental health services face postcode lottery, warns new report
Children in need of ‘low-level’ mental health services – vital preventative and early intervention services for problems such as anxiety, depression or eating disorders are facing a postcode lottery. So found an investigation by the Children’s Commissioner for England.
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Big story: a tough start in life
A report by the Health and Social Care Select Committee finds that children in England are not being supported in their critical first 1000-day period. Journalist Juliette Astrup takes a look at the recommendations and the reactions.
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India: free lunch boosts children’s test scores
Primary school children given free school lunches have significantly better learning outcomes.
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Big story: credit crunch
Universal Credit – the new system which rolls six other benefits into a single monthly payment – has been controversial from the outset. What impact is it having on families, and what do community practitioners need to be aware of? Journalist Juliette Astrup reports.
Psychological Support for Staff on the Rapid Response Team: Reflecting on Practice
Fiona Finlay, Anna Baverstock and Jackie MacCallam considered the need for coping strategies by rapid response teams following the death of a child.
Opinion
April feedback: opportunity knocks
This month is full of chances to be recognised for your work and get ahead. Here’s a round-up...
NQHV: the bigger picture
The transition to health visitor was difficult – the pressure of the responsibility is huge.
24 hours with Chris Sweeney
Chris is an HV from Glasgow. He is on his third assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières, as the nursing activity manager in Ethiopia.
Community Practitioner
In Depth
Unfit for life?
Physical inactivity among the UK’s children is at crisis point. What can be done? Journalist Georgina Wintersgill reports.
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On the edge
The suicide rate in the UK may be going down, but three times more men than women took their own life last year. Journalist Sarah Campbell asks what’s going on and how you can make a difference.