Volume 1

Saving lives : our healthier nation / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty, July 1999.

  • Great Britain. Department of Health
Date:
1999
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Saving lives : our healthier nation / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty, July 1999. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11.17 As a result of this modern role: * parents will receive improved support including parenting education, health advice and information ¢ individuals and families will be able to have a tailored family health plan agreed in partnership with the health visitor to address their parenting and health needs * the health needs of families and communities will be met by a team led by a health visitor including nurses, nursery nurses, and community workers health visitors will lead public health * health visitors will initiate and develop programmes for P outreach, based on the experience of organisations such as practice and ARTCC Homestart, New pin and ‘community mothers’, where local ] yeh / ee / \ B p pe parents use their experience to support others * neighbourhoods or special groups such as homeless people within a practice or primary care group will have their health needs identified by health visitors, who will lead public health practice and agree local health plans * local communities will be helped to identify and address their own health needs, for example accident prevention for older people. improvement activities including: * child health programmes * parenting support and education including support to Sure Start, parenting groups and home visits ¢ developing support networks in communities, for example tackling social isolation in older people * support and advice for breastfeeding mothers and women at risk of post-natal depression