Re: Laming one year on [1 Attachment]

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Thanks for sharing this and also the Working Together 2010.

Many are not happy with the latter which needs to be seen as one part of the statutory guidance in terms of safeguarding children.

It is good to see Health Visiting back and interesting to me on the Safeguarding Leadership course that in some areas there are very few health visitors in designated and named posts.

Margaret

Laming one year on [1 Attachment]

The government's response to Laming has been published. It has a great deal about social work, and a bit about almost other form of health or social practice. There is an early paragraph about the importance of universal services,

5. It is particularly important that we learn together and across the whole system about new solutions, emerging practice and innovation including:

the role of universal services in developing comprehensive, inclusive and early support for families, given that this is where people see children and young people day to day, know them well and may be best placed to identify risk factors and provide the support they need;

and two paragraphs specifically about heath visiting:

62 There has also been progress on specific themes highlighted in Lord Laming’s report. The Action on Health Visiting Programme, developed jointly by DH and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA), has led the response to Lord Laming’s challenges to strengthen the confidence, competence and capacity of the health visiting workforce. Through extensive engagement with the profession and across the NHS, the programme has made good progress in raising the profile of the profession; defining five key dimensions of the health visitor’s role, including working with vulnerable families and

protecting children; disseminating good practice; and promoting health visiting as a career. Action in hand on professional development includes support for clinical development with a new e-learning programme for the Healthy Child Programme, and investment in clinical leadership fellowships, with health visitors as a priority. Initiatives to build capacity include action on recruitment, retention and return to practice.

63 In parallel, health visiting capacity for safeguarding was discussed with each Strategic Health Authority during DH/SHA meetings on safeguarding in autumn 2009 and SHAs set out plans to strengthen capacity in a sustainable way where needed. To reinforce this, the Secretary of State for Health has introduced a new requirement, confirmed in the NHS Operating Framework for 2010-11, for PCTs and SHAs to monitor health visitor numbers and caseload

sizes from April 2010.

Each of the 58 recommendations from the original report are listed, along with the response, which is the only point i which school nursing appears. Attached, or download from

http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails & PageMode=publications & ProductId=DCSF-00311-2010

best wishes

Cowley

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The government's response to Laming has been published. It has a great deal about social work, and a bit about almost other form of health or social practice. There is an early paragraph about the importance of universal services,5. It is particularly important that we learn together and across the whole system about new solutions, emerging practice and innovation including:the role of universal services in developing comprehensive, inclusive and early support for families, given that this is where people see children and young people day to day, know them well and may be best placed to identify risk factors and provide the support they need;and two paragraphs specifically about heath visiting: 62 There has also been progress on specific themes highlighted in Lord Laming’s report. The Action on Health Visiting Programme, developed jointly by DH and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA), has led the response to Lord Laming’s challenges to strengthen the confidence, competence and capacity of the health visiting workforce. Through extensive engagement with the profession and across the NHS, the programme has made good progress in raising the profile of the profession; defining five key dimensions of the health visitor’s role, including working with vulnerable families andprotecting children; disseminating good practice; and promoting health visiting as a career. Action in hand on professional development includes support for clinical development with a new e-learning programme for the Healthy Child Programme, and investment in clinical leadership fellowships, with health visitors as a priority. Initiatives to build capacity include action on recruitment, retention and return to practice.63 In parallel, health visiting capacity for safeguarding was discussed with each Strategic Health Authority during DH/SHA meetings on safeguarding in autumn 2009 and SHAs set out plans to strengthen capacity in a sustainable way where needed. To reinforce this, the Secretary of State for Health has introduced a new requirement, confirmed in the NHS Operating Framework for 2010-11, for PCTs and SHAs to monitor health visitor numbers and caseloadsizes from April 2010.Each of the 58 recommendations from the original report are listed, along with the response, which is the only point i which school nursing appears. Attached, or download fromhttp://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails & PageMode=publications & ProductId=DCSF-00311-2010best wishes Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn