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More than 45 health experts and organisations have urged the government to increase funding for public health ahead of this month's budget in an open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor..

Respiratory syncytial virus: Understanding the patient journey and healthcare burden

The current NICE bronchiolitis guidelines advise HCPs on when children should be discharged and provides key safety information for caregiver reference when caring for a child at home. The latter...

Advice on contraception for young people

The FRSH (2019a) has published advice on how to conduct a consultation with a young person (Table 1)..

Has school nursing progressed since 2018? A systematised review

The systematised review used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) (Page et al, 2021). Data extraction was undertaken by the author. The study used the Mixed...

Health visiting research: Overcoming barriers

Sphere of influence B: Transforming specialist community public health nursing practice: evidence, research, evaluation and translation.

The forgotten frontline: Unveiling the realities of school and public health nursing

The State of Child Health report in 2020 revealed that performance against key indicators had worsened or stalled, there have been increases in mental illness, child poverty, youth violence, children...

Co-producing SCPHN School Nursing programmes: Engaging children and young people

Co-production in higher education involves collaborating with various stakeholders to co-design, co-manage, co-deliver and co-evaluate educational programmes (Brown Wilson et al, 2022). For NMC (2023)...

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New horizons for children and families

None of us need reminding of the importance of early childhood experiences in relation to physical, intellectual, and emotional development. However, it is just as essential to promote healthy...

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Neglect has become ‘normalised’ as poverty has risen and community support for parents has decreased. However, too often it does not meet the threshold for intervention..

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Improving inhaler technique and adherence in children

‘MDIs are considered more challenging to use than most other devices … Spacer devices are therefore helpful tools that … minimise coordination difficulties, reduce oropharyngeal deposition and...

Women's experiences of the transition to motherhood and self-compassion

The WHO (2022) stresses the need for high-quality postnatal care to improve the outcomes of maternal and infant health and wellbeing, and promote positive postnatal experiences. Increasingly,...

The role of moral disengagement and lack of empathy in cyberbullying: How school nurses can respond

Developing interventions that target perpetrators as well as victims is essential in addressing the rising incidence of cyberbullying that CYP currently encounter. SNs need to take the lead and work...

Phobia: Supporting children and young people with specific fears

‘And though there is no evidence for phobias pre-programmed through evolution, there is some evidence in animals that suggests that we may be readier to learn a fear to an evolutionary relevant...

Teaching empathy can have a positive impact on behaviour and tolerance

Teaching children empathy can have a positive impact on their behaviour, emotional awareness, and tolerance and understanding of other cultures, a study has found (Webb et al, 2024).

Food poverty: The role of the school nurse

’Poverty at any age can have a devastating mental health impact but can be especially pernicious for children and young people. It is “impossible to overestimate how important poverty is as a driver”...

Re-balancing priorities for public health

The shortage of health visitors and the change in commissioning of services has resulted in many first-time parents having no access to health visitors in those crucial first few weeks and months.

If that is a quick roll-out what hope do we have?

‘NHS mental health teams are currently in contact with record numbers of children and young people, and since fast-tracking the introduction of these MHSTs, it's brilliant that we can confirm that...

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Research by the children's commissioner for England reveals extent to which the children and young people referred to mental health services are waiting to receive the support they need.

Whooping cough: An urgent call for greater immunisation uptake

‘GPs and health practitioners have issued an urgent warning to parents to vaccinate their children, after a huge spike in the number of cases of whooping cough in the UK in recent months.’ .

Digital mental health programmes for children and young people: Parental involvement and supporting implementation

The ‘Supporting a Child with ADHD’ SilverCloud programme has been designed for parents and carers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a neuro-affirming programme...

Time to Shine: Development of a new clinical model for a school health service: A practice development case study

‘School nurses utilise their clinical judgement and public health expertise to identify health needs early, determine potential risk, and provide early intervention to prevent issues from...

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