Ask the Expert: staying safe on home visits
Nicole Vazquez outlines precautions care workers and their employers can take against harassment during home visits
31 May 2011
Health visitors and social workers to work more closely in early intervention
Health visitors are set for a larger role in early intervention in the lives of vulnerable children. Julie Griffiths reports
26 November 2010
Birmingham Council grapples with personalisation agenda amid cuts threat
Birmingham has a plan to transform services that has started making savings, but the forthcoming spending review will put it in jeopardy, report Vern Pitt and Mithran Samuel
01 October 2010
Practice panel - The family of a woman of 84 are at a loss at what to do when, despite her strong desire to live at home, it becomes clear she is unable to live independently
The family of a woman of 84 are at a loss at what to do when, despite her strong desire to live at home, it becomes clear she is unable to live independently
06 July 2009
Identifying and supporting people at risk on hospital admission
Multidisciplinary teams in Croydon are leading work to identify people at risk of hospital admission and support them in the community, potentially saving substantial sums. Mark Hunter reports
01 June 2010
Coercing GPs to attend conferences will not work
Child protection training is as much about fluency in jargon Coercing GPs into attending child protection case conferences will do nothing to improve...
16 April 2010
Diary of a children's centre leader
Numbers , numbers and more numbers. I know we are reaching loads of vulnerable families but our database doesn’t reflect this.
02 March 2010
Older people: Early intervention schemes lead to better health
Save money and improve lives? The NHS and councils' early intervention scheme has, reports Jeremy Dunning
29 January 2010
Despite the scaremongering, a swine flu jab is worthwhile
Ignore the cranks who decry the swine flu vaccine, writes Michael Fitzpatrick. Protecting vulnerable service users must come first
20 November 2009
DH tells adult care directors to get ready for swine flu vaccine
The Department of Health has written to adult social care directors urging them to finalise plans to vaccinate frontline social care staff against swine flu, with the inoculation programme due to begin this month.
19 October 2009
Family nurse partnership boosts outcomes for vulnerable
The family nurse partnership (FNP) programme is improving outcomes for vulnerable families by helping young mothers improve their babies’ health and involving more fathers in their children's early years.
23 September 2009
Don't turn social workers into police
Campaigning organisations are keen to collate advocacy research but professionals risk losing their positions of trust
10 September 2009
DCSF research: Family nurse partnership scheme boosts parenting
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has said a pilot home nurse visiting service has significantly improved the parenting skills and confidence of vulnerable first-time mothers and fathers.
09 July 2008
Safeguarding board publishes London Child Protection Procedures
The London Safeguarding Children Board published the third edition of its child protection procedures today after a year-long consultation.
12 September 2007
Government must double hospices cash, says charity
Help the Hospices has challenged the Labour government to deliver its 2005 election manifesto promise to double investment in palliative care.
24 July 2007
Department of Health-commissioned review calls for health visitors to focus on most needy
Health visitors should be working intensively with families who need the most help, according to a Department of Health-commissioned review, published yesterday.
17 June 2007
Book Review: Talking about Food
This publication aims to be a practical guide for health professionals and tell them how to give healthy eating advice to disadvantaged pregnant women.
01 December 2005
Intensive support for newborn babies to be piloted from Manchester to Tower Hamlets
Ten areas that will pilot new intensive support service for newborn babies in families with multiple needs
were announced yesterday by children's minister Beverley Hughes.
They are Barnsley, Derby, Durham and Darlington, Manchester, Slough and Berkshire East, Somerset, Southend, Tower Hamlets and Walsall, and programmes will be led by primary care trusts and councils.
09 February 2007
A healthy start for babies and pregnant teenagers
Pregnant teenagers and families in low income households began receiving vouchers to spend on fresh fruit and vegetables this week, under a new scheme aimed at improving children’s health.
28 November 2006
Bids sought for parenting pilots
Councils and primary care trusts are being asked to bid jointly for intensive parenting support scheme pilots.
13 November 2006
